Quitting smoking and increased appetite?!
Question: Quitting smoking and increased appetite!?
This is not me just trying to keep my hands busy, or otherwise occupy my time; I am STARVING all the time!. I gained 5 pounds!. Does the insatiable appetite go away over time!? Haven't had a cigarette for a week-and-two-days!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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It is important to replace your cigarettes with healthy foods, and enough foods at meal times!. Five to six small meals a day will help you immensely!. It is also important to avoid junk food- the sugar and salt content do not help when you are trying to quit an addiction!. Eat green vegetable- lots of salad and drink plenty of water between meals will fill you up, but more importantly these foods will flush your body of the chemicals stored there from years of smoking!. Make sure each meal has a protein, carb, and good fats!. Also, are you taking vitamins!? A good multiple, plus B complex, 1000-1500 mg!. Vit!. C, 25,000 iu Beta Carotene and Vit!. E will help restore the body!. Look at the work of Dr!. Elsen Haas on detoxifying from smoking and other detox diets!. As a nutritionist, I use Dr!. Haas' work!. Take walks and breathe in and out from your diaphragm- not just from your chest!. Rest when you are tired, and then walk back to where you started!. Don't push yourself because you will stress out and set up conditions that invite a relapse!. Hope this is helpful!. Be well!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Cigarettes are great appetite suppressants!.Not to mention if your hands are busy smoking you can't pick up a donut and eat it!.
But the fact that you will get cancer and die outweighs you gaining a little weight for the sake of giving u cigarettes!.The less addicted you get the more normal your eating habits will become!.Your body is just adjusting!.Try replacing a smoke with a walk around the block,or a run!.Substitute when you normally would smoke with some form of exercise,instead of grabbing something to eat!
And congrats on quitting!Www@Answer-Health@Com
But the fact that you will get cancer and die outweighs you gaining a little weight for the sake of giving u cigarettes!.The less addicted you get the more normal your eating habits will become!.Your body is just adjusting!.Try replacing a smoke with a walk around the block,or a run!.Substitute when you normally would smoke with some form of exercise,instead of grabbing something to eat!
And congrats on quitting!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Chances are, you're probably starving because of what you're eating!. When I quit smoking a year and a half ago, I concentrated on nutrient rich, low calorie natural foods!. They tend to satisfy the hunger urge better than conventional prepared and 'refined' products!. Plus, you get the added benefit of feeling better!. In my case, this way of thinking helped keep my glucose numbers down and makes it far easier to manage my weight!. I've been at my ideal weight for nearly a year, now!. Yes, I exercise every day!.!.!. kinda have to if I want to stay off the medication, though!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i quit on the17th Feb 07 the same day zeta died of lung cancer from smoking ( as seen on TV ) i got hospitalized with pneumonia and pleurisy i have had so many tests and now have really bad lungs i will never smoke again and i will be honest i have gained 10 kg but i am alive there is no comparison!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
i wish you so much good luck and be strongWww@Answer-Health@Com
i wish you so much good luck and be strongWww@Answer-Health@Com
I agree with the advice to excersice and eat healthy!. I don't know why but people do seem to gain weight when they quit smoking!. Also ask yourself when you are hungery, am I hungery or do I just want to have that hand to mouth habit feling right now!. The habit of bringing cigg to mouth over and over can make you miss it when you stop!. Try Gum!. And keep up the good work!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you start exercising,it should help!.I quit 2 years ago and didnt gain any weight!.I took green tea supplements to help get rid of toxins in my body!.I also watched what I ate!.
I didnt count calories,I just made sure that it was healthy!.
I also had to rearrange the kitchen table so I would sit in a different place!.(first thing in the morning I sat in the same place for coffee and a smoke)!.
I kept hot cinnamon candy handy cause it kinda feels like smoke in your throat !.
I hope that this helps,Dont Give up!
You can do this!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I didnt count calories,I just made sure that it was healthy!.
I also had to rearrange the kitchen table so I would sit in a different place!.(first thing in the morning I sat in the same place for coffee and a smoke)!.
I kept hot cinnamon candy handy cause it kinda feels like smoke in your throat !.
I hope that this helps,Dont Give up!
You can do this!Www@Answer-Health@Com
im afraid all the skinny people smoke!yes it supresses the appitite,and once you stop you go to normal,i quit with a few friends and all of us have gained weight though im not going to tell how much!.!.!.!.thats another question!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Whoo hoo!!! Congrats for going so long!.
Have you thought about a over the counter appetite suppressor!?!?
I don't know!. I don't diet or smoke!.
But hey, your getting healthy!! YEAH!! xxxxxxxxxxWww@Answer-Health@Com
Have you thought about a over the counter appetite suppressor!?!?
I don't know!. I don't diet or smoke!.
But hey, your getting healthy!! YEAH!! xxxxxxxxxxWww@Answer-Health@Com
Your body is punishing you for smoking in the first place!.!.!.so it makes you gain weight =)Www@Answer-Health@Com