Smoking Giving Up

I understand that most people seem to put on weight after giving up smoking which isn't a problem for me, I just wondered if I will as well...

Only if you start eating a lot to quench your craving for cigarrettes. The weight gain isn't as much metabolical as it is a compulsive thing, my husband tried quitting and after 2 months he put on close to 20 pounds since he just kept eating snacks and sweets and microwaving hot dog after another to put something in his hand and in his mouth OTHER than a cigarrette. The craving and the mental addiction got him and he started up again.

If you can find a healthy way to occupy your hands and mouth and time, like start a hobby or play video games or something, then go for it.

Just remember that you can't lose or gain weight because of cigarrettes. Cigarrettes can stop someone's appetite and so they can aid in losing weight, like a diet pill - its not the item itself, its the side effect of loss of appetite. You'll just regain your appetite and possibly your metabolism will slug down a bit for a while.

2006-06-21 07:19:57 by Bored at work

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I have been smoking for 30 years, have tried giving up using patches, cold turkey & Allen Carrs Easyway - all of which I have failed miserably. Beginning to think that i'll never be able to quit the damn things.

Hypnosis has no absolute scientific basis due to the fact that it "works on some, doesn't work on others".

However in Australia the QUIT foundation has approved the Australian Hypnotherapists Association (AHA) as a group that is able to help you quit. However quiting is surprisingly not because of the cigarettes or the chemicals, nicotine can be out of your system within 3 days whilst other chemicals (which can reach in excess of 4000) may take 5 days. NOTE: This does not mean that your body is perfectly healthy in a week.

Most people trying to quit are psychologically addicted to smoking, this happens through routines - when driving somewhere, they have a smoke. Before work, they have a smoke. In the morning, coffee and cigarette. It is also engrained into the subconcious mind through repeated actions - making your body believe you want a cigarette.

Hypnosis can help to relieve you of these psychological addictions. The AHA claim that it does not matter how much you smoke, all that matters is that you actually WANT to quit. After all, hypnosis does not work on somebody who does not wish to be hypnotised.

Upon the AHA website they hold statistics stating that 60% of single session hypnosis patients quit, whereas only 6% of quitters who work on willpower alone quit. With other methods such as acupuncture and nicotine replacement therapy (patches) falling between 10-25%.

2008-01-29 14:22:29 by Becky B

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I'm not asking who here has, I just wondered whether the government estimate of 600,000 people giving up smoking due to the new law has been realised? Has the law really made a difference?

Judging by the groups of smokers AND non-smokers standing outside pubs/clubs etc, no not that many have. But a change in weather (cold/snow) could start to make us feel that standing outside isn't so much fun anymore, and we may see a fair few quit round about then.

2007-10-10 05:04:22 by sunnyannie

I'm talking about the body craving nicotine. I heard it was 2 weeks, and after that it's a habit and association problem. I gave up for 6 months once but was lured back because all the interesting people were found hanging out round the back having a puff. Non-smokers are so boring. The only reason I'm contemplating it now is because as a smoker I really suffer when I'm out socially and not allowed to smoke. Going outside in the cold is not the same at all, and I just feel like going home. With the ban looming I'll having to either stay at home or give up and I'm not the kind of smoker who can just have one occasionally. For me it's part and parcel of relaxing with a drink. I don't know if other smokers feel this way, but as a reason for giving up I've never heard it mentioned in any of stop smoking campaigns. I'd like to know what kind of agony I'm in for - nicotine replacement is not the answer for me, I've got to kick the nicotine habit cold turkey.

It takes 1-2 weeks but the real problem is the psychological aspect, the habit.

2007-02-16 08:03:43 by Molly F

I was wondering if anyone knows what difference giving up smoking has made to my health. I gave up ten weeks ago....
I'm 27 and smoked about 20 a day for nine years. My general health is good.
I'm 27 and smoked about 20 a day for nine years. My general health is good.

-Your Blood pressure and heart rate are lower and back to normal levels for you.

-Clears your lungs of mucus and to put it bluntly 'gunk'.

-Reduces risk of bronchitis and pneumonia, which means you have a higher exercise tolerance, each breath you take gives you more oxygen, meaning your body doesnt have to work as hard.

-The Carbon monoide levels in your blood will drop, and this again will increase the oxygen supply in your body.

-Your risk of MOST malignancys will drop (not just lung cancer, smoking is responsible for nearly all cancers.).

-You are slowing down the process of atherosclerosis, reducing your risk of Stroke and heart attack.

-Psychologically you are improving your coping mechanisms, and not resorting to chemicas to reduce your anxiety, you are reducing your compulsive behaviour e.g. after a long flight quickly running to the terminal exit to have a cigerrette.

-You wont smell of smoke, improves peoples perception of you and people will enjoy being around you.

-Your skin will be clearer and you will begin to look younger. As smoking causes (smokers face> premature ageing and creases).

-You wont have tar staining of your fingers.

-You will be saving a vast amount of money.

You will feel fantastic, but you need to keep at it, well done for stopping for 10 weeks.

2007-05-21 16:48:18 by masonv80