Quitting Analogs makes you FAT ! How true is this?
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The problem is, once you stop analogs, your food tastes so much better. So, you tend to eat more as you really can enjoy the taste of the food. Once you eat more, I believe no further explanation necessary.
Yeah I gained a bit of weight after I dropped analogues, round 15 or 20 I figure, worked it off though.
Even if it stuck around though rather there be more of me than be pushing up daisies after wheezing and chokeing to death on my own fluids.
Even if it stuck around though rather there be more of me than be pushing up daisies after wheezing and chokeing to death on my own fluids.
I actually lost weight after stopping analogues..... Or is it my son torturing me??
Why do people gain weight when they quit smoking?
Smoking increases metabolism slightly:
Smoking burns up to 200 calories a day in a heavy smoker
Because smoking burns calories, metabolism is boosted (increased) slightly
Nicotine is an appetite suppressant
When you quit smoking, a gain of between 5 and 10 pounds during the first few months of cessation is normal. If your eating habits have remained the same as they were when you smoked, you can easily shed this small gain with a brisk, 30 minute walk daily.
Why do I want to eat more?
Smoking cessation throws our bodies into shock initially. Increased appetite is a side effect of quitting tobacco for most people. One or more of the following reasons may be at play:
Cigarettes as an appetite suppressant
Smokers often avoid between meal snacking by lighting up. Nicotine is a stimulant, and may also interfere with the release of the hormone insulin. Insulin controls glucose levels in the blood. When this function is blocked, a person will become slightly hyperglycemic, and as a result, the body and brain may slow down the hormones and other signals that trigger feelings of hunger.
Food as a replacement for smoking
Early on in a person's quit, the urge to smoke is frequent and uncomfortable. It's natural to look for something to ease the discomfort, and food is often used as a replacement. Not only does it fill the void left by the cigarette, food can be an emotional comfort, easing the pain of withdrawal.
Studies have shown that women are at greater risk than men for returning to smoking as a way to avoid weight gain. Understanding what happens to our bodies when we quit smoking, and what we can do to alleviate discomforts in constructive ways that do not involve weight gain will help you stay on track.
What can I do to avoid gaining weight when I quit smoking?
There are a number of choices you can make to minimize weight gain:
Exercise
Because quitting smoking slows the metabolism, getting some form of daily exercise is very important. To combat excess weight, shoot for at least a half hour of exercise, 5 days a week. It doesn't have to be a high intensity aerobic workout - a brisk 30 minute walk around your neighborhood will work wonders. Exercise is also a great way to beat cravings to smoke. If you're having a bad day, get out for a walk. It'll clear your mind and improve your attitude.
Healthy Snacks
Put snacks together ahead of time so that when the munchies hit, you've got good food choices within easy reach:
vegetable sticks - celery, carrot,
94% fat free popcorn
sunflower seeds in the shell
Water - drink lots of it!
hard candies to suck on
fresh fruit
fat free yogurt
herbal teas
hot cocoa made with nonfat milk
frozen grapes
fat free fudgecicles
If you're concerned about weight gain, do yourself a favor and remove tempting, high fat foods from your home. Don't have a chocolate cake on the counter begging you to cut a slice. If you have an intense craving for a hot fudge sundae, it's better to go out and have one at a restaurant than it is to keep all of the ingredients to make it on hand in the house.
Avoid Alcohol
Not only is alcohol high in calories, it can be a huge trigger to smoke. For many people, smoking and drinking go together like a hand in a glove. Avoid the empty calories in alcohol, but more importantly, don't put yourself at risk of relapse by drinking early in your quit.
Source: Quit Smoking Weight Gain - Why People Gain Weight When They Quit Smoking
Smoking increases metabolism slightly:
Smoking burns up to 200 calories a day in a heavy smoker
Because smoking burns calories, metabolism is boosted (increased) slightly
Nicotine is an appetite suppressant
When you quit smoking, a gain of between 5 and 10 pounds during the first few months of cessation is normal. If your eating habits have remained the same as they were when you smoked, you can easily shed this small gain with a brisk, 30 minute walk daily.
Why do I want to eat more?
Smoking cessation throws our bodies into shock initially. Increased appetite is a side effect of quitting tobacco for most people. One or more of the following reasons may be at play:
Cigarettes as an appetite suppressant
Smokers often avoid between meal snacking by lighting up. Nicotine is a stimulant, and may also interfere with the release of the hormone insulin. Insulin controls glucose levels in the blood. When this function is blocked, a person will become slightly hyperglycemic, and as a result, the body and brain may slow down the hormones and other signals that trigger feelings of hunger.
Food as a replacement for smoking
Early on in a person's quit, the urge to smoke is frequent and uncomfortable. It's natural to look for something to ease the discomfort, and food is often used as a replacement. Not only does it fill the void left by the cigarette, food can be an emotional comfort, easing the pain of withdrawal.
Studies have shown that women are at greater risk than men for returning to smoking as a way to avoid weight gain. Understanding what happens to our bodies when we quit smoking, and what we can do to alleviate discomforts in constructive ways that do not involve weight gain will help you stay on track.
What can I do to avoid gaining weight when I quit smoking?
There are a number of choices you can make to minimize weight gain:
Exercise
Because quitting smoking slows the metabolism, getting some form of daily exercise is very important. To combat excess weight, shoot for at least a half hour of exercise, 5 days a week. It doesn't have to be a high intensity aerobic workout - a brisk 30 minute walk around your neighborhood will work wonders. Exercise is also a great way to beat cravings to smoke. If you're having a bad day, get out for a walk. It'll clear your mind and improve your attitude.
Healthy Snacks
Put snacks together ahead of time so that when the munchies hit, you've got good food choices within easy reach:
vegetable sticks - celery, carrot,
94% fat free popcorn
sunflower seeds in the shell
Water - drink lots of it!
hard candies to suck on
fresh fruit
fat free yogurt
herbal teas
hot cocoa made with nonfat milk
frozen grapes
fat free fudgecicles
If you're concerned about weight gain, do yourself a favor and remove tempting, high fat foods from your home. Don't have a chocolate cake on the counter begging you to cut a slice. If you have an intense craving for a hot fudge sundae, it's better to go out and have one at a restaurant than it is to keep all of the ingredients to make it on hand in the house.
Avoid Alcohol
Not only is alcohol high in calories, it can be a huge trigger to smoke. For many people, smoking and drinking go together like a hand in a glove. Avoid the empty calories in alcohol, but more importantly, don't put yourself at risk of relapse by drinking early in your quit.
Source: Quit Smoking Weight Gain - Why People Gain Weight When They Quit Smoking
Goodness....its time to up the frequency to the Gym. Food taste beta heah! wahahaha....but with the reduced amount of impurities in my system after getting off analogs, then the increase in metabolism rate should negate away the increased consumption of food rite? I guess sometimes the maths dun work to our favor!
i'm actually less hungry these days than when i was smoking. i think it's because i'm able to maintain more of a steady stream of nicotine throughout the day. i vape my brains out, but i only use 2-5mg liquids. i've lost and kept off about 10 pounds for almost a year.
Tat applies for cold turkey? What about quitting analog and replaced with vapering with nicotine?
i think alcohol is also a huge trigger to overeating! i don't drink at all most days; yet, i imbibe heartily about twice a month, and find that i'm ravenously hungry towards the end of the night...not only does alcohol put my appetite into overdrive, it also causes me to have an "i don't care" attitude about eating healthy.
(so then, why do i indulge in alcohol at all, you ask? well, i somehow think my neighbor's super fun parties wouldn't be so super fun without it.
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try your best not to binge. or if you still can't resist, vape pizza juice.
i think trini has it.
i think trini has it.
Too late, was fat before I quit.
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But all these is applicable to those who quit cold turkey wor. For most of us here would be food become tastier I guess
but i end up getting fatter. =pp pv in one hand, potato chips in another, eyes on laptop watching movies (or tv) haha =x
p.s. cuz my fav chip taste so much tastier than b4 so can't stop munching on it haha =p
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i ald fat before quitting analog,,and now after quitting and permanent vape i have to say my appetite increase and intend for supper or hungry at night,,,cannot siam everytime passby bus interchange and walk back home at night somehow with mcdnld 24hr and wendys closing late.. feel the urge craving to buy...with wendys french fries and their staking layer of beef burger...sedap licking finger,,haiyoh,,confirm gain weight,,hardly thought of this before till im typing here now..i guess no matter what,,die die must go exercise or gym soon...now single,,no girlfren,,when trying kena reject,,feel like %$^&,,last time body workout and sweat,body maintain..but now,,haiyah bochap..dont care what others think as long we like what we do enough to make ourself happy.
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Look at my avatar, do I look fat? Lol
Well quiting tobacco smokes don't make you fat.
It due to the taste .... pore is not block by tobacco tars and you feel and smell and eat better. You already have long forgotten how good taste food will when you started to smoke. And now you quit tobacco smoke and so you just doing the revenge on eating right? You must not forget to exercise and drink plenty of water.
Sometime is only mentally the temptation to eat more due to good taste and smell.
Well quiting tobacco smokes don't make you fat.
It due to the taste .... pore is not block by tobacco tars and you feel and smell and eat better. You already have long forgotten how good taste food will when you started to smoke. And now you quit tobacco smoke and so you just doing the revenge on eating right? You must not forget to exercise and drink plenty of water.
Sometime is only mentally the temptation to eat more due to good taste and smell.
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