Hello everyone,

I attempted to quit smoking 4mths ago and the scale shifted up, so I gave up on trying to quit. Well I jumped back on the band wagon again and after a mnth and 1/2 of cheating daily I've finally gone "almost" a wk without smoking. BUT you guessed it, the scale is on an upswing again. I've decided that I want to quit smoking for me, but I've gotta get a grip on my weight too. So out of frustration I came to the net to see if there's support on line that's FREE, and hear I am.

I've always battled with ups and downs of my weight, and for the past 2 yrs it's been on an uphill shift. I'm now about 30lbs overweight. Funny thing, I know proper eating habits and I enjoy exercise, so how do I keep expanding - SALTY potato chips and lazyness. Lately I start eating and can't seem to stop.

I'm bad for exercising and eating properly for a few days, dropping a few lbs and then let life get in the way (my excuse) and not keeping up with good eating and excersise. I quickly gain back what I lost and an extra lb or two.

So here's to a new day and hopefully a new lifestyle that I stick with this time. I woke up and weighed 162, I've eaten balanced meals so far today, walked for 1/2 hr and lifted weights for 10mins.

As I reread this thread I have to say I'm impressed with myself for being honest and getting off my butt and walking today! Take care all

Congrats to starting this off again. Just think in 6 month how great your gonna feel Smoke free and down some pounds. I joined this site not to long ago and I have to say it as one of the best things I have ever done. The support is fantastic and the motivation you can find here to stay on track is endless.

The main advice I received when I first started was to create a Diary to keep track of my progress. Starting on of those not only keeps me honest it just is a nice place to dump all the craziness that goes on in my head lol.

Anyway welcome and looking forward to hearing about your progress!

Thanks for the support. The diary is a great idea, your write about it helping to keep you honest. I love the weight meter that was on your post, your doing awesome. I've managed to get my daughter to her game and go for a 1/2 hr walk before 8:00am so the day's looking pretty good. Just gotta stick with it!

Does anyone know how to start a new post for a journal?

Start weight 162lbs Goal: 130

OCT 12/07
Morning weight 162lbs (first thing before breakfast)

Breakfast: cereal, Coffee w Fat Free French Van x 4
snack: sm slice mozza ch 2C H2O
lunch: english muf with deli chicken, lettuce and jerk sauce toasted, 1 c milk
snack: 2 c H2O, 1 sm carrot oatmeal cookie (homemade)
Supper: 1 s/s chicken and rice lean cuisuine meal (290 cals)
1c 1/2 Eng Tof 1/2 reg coffee
Snack: 1/2 bag microwave popcorn, and 1 c hot chocolate

1/2 hour to 40 min walk with dog, 10 min wieghts

Midnight Munchies: 1 sm carrot cookie
NO Cigs day 4

Oct 13/07 weight 159lbs

Oct 13/07: 159lbs goal 130 Oct 14/07: 159lbs Day 5 no cigs

Yesterday went well untill after supper. Actually no, after lunch, between the stop smoking and kids being kids (fighting, interupting) I got moody and snuck a sm container of pringle chips. A few hrs later I quit being so grumpy and continued with my day. After supper kids came with me and the dog for a walk, good right, ya then I sat down with the kids to watch Surf's up the kids poured chips into bowls. It was like a force of habit, my hand into the chips, I told myself I did good all day and thought to myself I shouldn't eat any, weights going to go up, this is how I've gained the weight but still managed to eat the chips. Hense "Salty" momma. I know about a wk before that time of mnth I crave the salt and junk but it's not close to that time yet, this is just my personal obsticle I have to get over.

Onto a happier thought - I walked for 1/2 hr in the morning, didn't park to the closest doors of anyplace I had to go into and walked the dog after supper for 1/2 hr.

As I look back on what I ate yesterday I didn't eat as well as the day before, didn't drink nearly enough water (which I know I should have 84 ou at least a day), and the midnight munchies well I know I shouldn't do it, but at least now it hasn't been chips, kinda did that earlier anyways though. What's done is done, no more feeling like crap b/c of yesterdays bad choices, I've wrote about it, reflected on it and it's time to move on.

Onto a new day, some friends and I are packing a picnic lunch and taking the kids to the park to play in all the leaves. Will be a great day!

Oct 13/07 Menue

Breakfast: Ate 3hrs after waking BAD had to run kids to soccer, Poor excuse
2pcs rye toast with peanut butter, and cheese whiz
Coffee w FFcreamer x 3

Snack: Coffee w ff creamer and 2 c H2O

Lunch: 1 cup chili
2 bites of vanilla and peanut butter icecream
Coffee w ff creamer

Snack: sm container pringles lunchable size, 1 c milk

Supper: 4-5ou roast,1/2 pot, gravy, broc and caul with cheez whiz
1 beer

Snack: Quite a few handfuls of chips, assorted variety

Midnight munchies: 1/2 c milk

Exercise: 2 each 1/2 hr walks

On an average day I'm busy around the house cleaning, gardening, mowing or shovelling depending on the weather, up and downstairs 20 times a day (bilevel).

You are missing vegetables and fruits! No wonder you probably crave junk like icecream and chease wiz. Focus on getting lots and lots of fruits and vegetables for a while. Eat them before you eat anything else. It can fill in the nutrients you are missing and handle cravings. But it also gives you vitamins and nutrients you need which help your body to burn fat and calories.

Thanks for the note, it's kinda what I needed I hope to get a grip and do what needs to be done.

Yesterday was again a right off, not even listing what I ate, almost smoked a cig too.

Today is a new day, Oct 15/07: 160lbs Day 7 no ciggerette


Break: 1 pckg oatmeal, 1/2 c milk
1 cof with FF Cream
32 ou water
1/2 hr on elliptical fat burn levels 3 & 4, free weights arms 1 x 10 reps ea curls, raises, flys, and presses
Snack: 1 shot V-8 juice, 1 ou mozza cheese
Snack again: 2 rice cakes
Lunch: 1/2 pita pocket with 3ou roast beef, and piles of lettuce, 1 Tbsp jerk
marinade, 1 cup milk, 1 sm orange
Snack: handful of carrots and 1 ou cheese
2nd 32 ou bottle of water
Supper: 5 ou lean ham, spegetti squash 1 cup, 1/2 c rice, 1/4 c dried squash seeds
with salt, 32ou of water.

After supper walk the dog for 1/2 hr

Snack: rice cake
Midnight: 1/2 cup milk (always 1%)

It's great to have you journaling your food intake. Your best bet is to create a diary in the diary thread there so others can follow your progress.

Good Luck!

Make sure you incorporate as much water (cold water is better) into your diet. Water will help with metabolism, weight loss, and appetite control. Good luck!

Well let's try this again, I had just typed in a wk's worth of eating habits, feeling's, ect and it timed out on me. I scanned my diary sheet so I'll see if it will paste in on the bottom. Nope, couldn't get it to.

So today is day 14 of no smoking. And I'm down 1 and 1/2lbs from last Mon. Oct 15 - 160lbs
Oct 16 - 158.5
Oct 17 - 157.5
Oct 18 - 156.5
Oct 19 - 156.5 Fri out w girls, sup and 2 Heineken beers, home s&vin chips
Oct 20 - 159
Oct 21 - 158

I drank at least 64ounces of H2O/day except yesterday was only 32ou. I got side tracked over the past weekend. Didn't exercise, and got into the halloween choc's. Sun I craved a smoke all day/night and again got into the halo choc's, popcorn and didn't exercise, BUT I DID NOT SMOKE.

So now it's Oct 22/07 another new day. I'v had 2pcs of fibre toast (130cals) with ff swiss and an egg white with 2 cof ff cr. Switching to H2o now and going to the eliptical for a level 4 fat burn for 30 mins. Time to get back at it! Have a great day everyone.

Yes, I agree with others here that a diary is an excellent idea. It is great to be able to measure your progress, and sometimes it is the motivation you truly need to keep going.

Welcome to the forum! I hope you enjoy it here.

Personally I think going through the initial phase of quitting smoking and expecting to lose weight at the same time is asking an awful lot. Just try to keep your weight stable until you get your body detoxed from nicotine.

Then I suggest signing up at fitday and being brutally honest about what you eat. Include everything!

BTW...if the fat free creamer you're using is like the stuff I like, it's got a lot of calories in it. The fat free variety is higher in calories than the sugar free. Ideally a fat free/sugar free creamer will have the least calories. I've also noticed that I tend to use more of the fat free creamer because it's just not as creamy. So not only am I getting more calories per serving, I'm using a larger portion to get the same amount of creamy in my coffee.

Welcome and good luck on the smoking and the weight from a gal who smoked for 30 years but has now been smoke free since June 23rd!

Oh.....I love the salty snacks too. lol

Thanks for the welcome!

Sounds like you are making some great progress with both your diet and not smoking. As a fellow Albertan, im proud!

Michael

I'm taking the champix too to quit smoking. It's been 20 yrs for me, I quit once before for 6mths and don't want to ever have to quit again! I read back to one of your posts that you didn't gain when you used it, but when you went off it is when you gained. I sure hope that doesn't happen for me, I've already gained since I've quit, don't need to gain more after I go off the champix. My doctor told me to deal with the quit smoking first (and I do agree with him) then deal with any weight loss after, but... when I've always had weight issues it's hard not to worry about the weight gain, (especially when I was overweight before I started to quit smoking). I need to learn how to fill the void of not smoking with something other than food. And to deal with stress w/o smoking or again, food. Good to hear I'm not the only one with those salty cravings!

I haven't seen a sugar free creamer, I'll have to look for it. Only see reg or the FF thanks for the heads up.

Gotta go, thanks for the mess and insight, best wishes

Does anyone else have a noticeable gain at that time of month? Do you eat almost uncontrolably the night before then it comes the next day and you say uhhuh! What about the wk before it comes?