Nicotine

[Mrmik]

You're welcome! There are more of us, too, that have had the same thing happen. One member in particular, @Mrmik, was doing the same type of experiment with his nic mg. The last time I saw him post about it...he'd lost a good amount of the weight he'd gained. In August, he said he'd know within 6 months if it had definitely been his lack of enough nic (compared to what he got when smoking) that caused his weight gain. He's the one who suggested I might want to try adjusting my nic mg, too, to see if it made any difference for me, too.

Ah, nice thread this is.......
In late fall of 2015 I started wean down on nic level and was nic free into 2016. My body did not crave it at all and I enjoyed vaping at zero nic for a few months. In the summer of 2016, I realized I went up in weight and was about 15-20 lbs above my ideal weight, that, in just a few months. My lifestyle and eating habits were just the same so I did some research and found nicotine is a stimulant. After the bloodwork from the yearly physical exam (late summer 2016) there were nothing changed. Went back adding nic to my DIY 3mg vaping about 10-12ml/day.
It has been about 4 months since then and my weight is about 8 lbs above the ideal weight I had.
I am positive that having zero nic was the culprit to my weight gain and will know for sure in the months to come.

 

[JCinFLA]

@Mrmik - Thanks for posting! I figured if I mentioned you in my last post...you'd show up.

Looks like your nic adjustment is definitely working for you. So far, I'm pleased with my results and plan to keep going with it, too, to see what happens. Thanks again for telling me about it in August and suggesting I might want to see if it would make a difference for me, too.

 

[Mrmik]

@Mrmik - Thanks for posting! I figured if I mentioned you in my last post...you'd show up.

Looks like your nic adjustment is definitely working for you. So far, I'm pleased with my results and plan to keep going with it, too, to see what happens. Thanks again for telling me about it in August and suggesting I might want to see if it would make a difference for me, too.

You are welcome.
I do check this forum almost daily but it is kinda hard to keep up with all the threads/posts.
Yeah, back then I felt I had to share what reason I thought was for my weight gain all of a sudden after cutting nic. It seem logical and I am glad to learn that others experience the same thing as I do. Let us keep in touch for the next few months as we should get a more concrete answer.

 

[JCinFLA]

Let us keep in touch for the next few months as we should get a more concrete answer.

Sounds like a good idea to me. Will do.

 

[David Wolf]

so i'm just curious, I was reading something that said the nicotine is different in vapes than cigarettes. So if I vape 4 tanks a day of 3mg nicotine ( tank holds 4 ml of juice) so basically one tank equals 14 cigarettes? Or am I doing something wrong

Absorption rates for nicotine vaping varies widely. Just vape what satisfies you with no ill effects like headaches that indicate too much nicotine and that will be about the amount of nicotine you were getting in cigarettes.