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Post by Dot on Jan 28, 2007 17:02:32 GMT -5
When I quit before, I gained 30 lbs in 3 months. I don't care that much about how I look fat, but as I've always been a little person, I felt like I was toting around an extra body! That wasn't the reason I started back again, but for many people it can be.
Strangely enough, I've lost a couple of pounds the past 2 weeks. I'm trying to be very aware, not of what I'm eating, but how much. 6 or 7 small meals a day seems to satisfy both my hunger and that darned oral fixation. Hope I can keep this up, because at my age, one just isn't able to physically work off weight.
Dot
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Post by Vanessa on Jan 28, 2007 22:34:55 GMT -5
Hi Dot,
I'm trying to increase my walking, swimming and exercising to get rid of the extra weight. I'm short, too, and even 5 pounds is alot of extra weight. Before I quit, I was a size 4 ~ but, like I said, smoking unnaturally keeps the weight off.
Vanessa
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Post by slim on Jan 30, 2007 10:51:57 GMT -5
I was very thin when i quit....6 ft 160 lbs....cause i never ate for goodness sakes. I smoked and drank coffee...how long was i going survive doing that??? Anyways, the oral fixation of food and drinks(water mostly) was very high for me quitting cold turkey and all...so i put on about 30 lbs in the first few months. Today, I am still 6ft for the time being, and 180lbs. My doctor says i'm perfect!! so i agreed. :-) but i still feel heavy...i do some exercise but i need to it more consistantly...and so there is the key...right. perhaps i could take off that 5 lbs that bug me.
for what it's worth....i would rather be a bit overwieght and not smoking than smoking and skinny. Over time i think we all will level off and find our way.
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Post by Flo on Jan 31, 2007 13:41:48 GMT -5
I gained about 10 pounds when I quit which doesn't seem like much, but nothing fit, even my ring! That 10 pounds took 2 months and it took about 4 months to get it off. I have been dieting, eating vegetables, fruits, organic whole wheat etc. and nothing! I just couldn't get rid of it. Then at the beginning of this month, I started working out each morning and especially jogging on the spot - really started the thing going. I am getting back to my pre-quit self but not quite there yet. I use my Port's belt as a measuring stick. I got it when i was about 30 and you can see the knotches as the years pass. I started with the first hole and pre-quit was using the second to last and sometimes the last hole. In December I could barely put the belt around my waste! I felt like a beached whale for heaven's sake. This morning, I tried it on and I'm back to the second to last hole. I'm goingto go for the third to last. I have two pairs of jeans - one really tight and other other baggy - and the baggy ones are/were tight! Forget the tight ones. So, I tried those on this morning and they are getting better but I'm not there yet.
I think I read somewhere that you do hit a plateau and then you keep going and it sheds again. So I had plateaued for awhile there and almost despaired but kept going and now I am losing the weight and firming up.
I was slim too before I quit but took the lazy way as I didn't have to exercise. Quitting has improved my life and health in so many ways. I feel so much better working out each morning before I start my day.
Hang in there. Perserverance brings furtherance.
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