I Quit smoking , best way to lose extra pounds?

Hi, guess what, I quit smoking 2 months ago too. Weird.

I don't eat breakfast or lunch and have dinner really late. I know this doesn't sound very healthy, but by the next day I feel thinner. I was up to 165 lbs. (my normal weight is 155) and I did this for two weeks and I lost the weight again, but sad to say right now I am yo-yoing. I certainly want to eat stuff and I tend to snack a lot to mask the cigarette urges, but there comes a point where you just realize you have to sit there and suffer because you're not getting another cigarette. So, I manage the same with food. If I can sit through the cigarette cravings, I can manage the food cravings too.

I know you said you have been eating less, but not less enough. This is not going to be a preferred answer, I'm just saying that's the only thing that works for me. I get lots of diet advice from people who have been unable to lose weight for decades, so . . .

When I smoked I had quit before with minimal weight gain, but this last time I quit (it has been two years now) I have gained almost 40 lbs, which is quite frustrating because I really have not been eating any differently since quitting. The Dr. told me that once you get to your mid 30's your metabolism slows way down especially after you quit smoking and basically that I would have to work out like a mad woman to get the weight off. You have to do more than walk briskly, I have been doing 40 minutes of step aerobics along with strength training and yoga to equal 60 minutes a day 6 days a week and I was eating 900 calories a day and it took 4 weeks to lose 6 lbs. So yeah, your metabolism has probably slowed down and you need to exercise to get your heart rate up for at least 30 minutes at a time.

I know this is going to sound horrible, but I think it is impossible to loose weight that you gain from quitting smoking. I quit smoking and gained 12 pounds and I could not loose it. I went on every web site and bottom line when you quit smoking it slows your metabolism down, that is why you gain and can't loose. I about had a fit. Unfortunately, I started smoking again, and guess what no additional activity and no dieting and I lost the weight. I guess the thing to do is loose about 15 pounds before you stop smoking and then quit and the extra 10-12 won't matter. Good Luck!

Natural Quit Smoking Magic

I hear you. I quit smoking 3 months ago and I have gained over 10 pounds. I told myself that I was going to accept the weight and work hard to take it off. But I am in a big-time FUNK, and can't get the energy to get off the couch.

Don't eat fried foods. My sister recently lost a ton of weight in just 3 months by simply not eating fried foods.

www.alissacohen.com Tough, but it works. I lost 12 pounds in a week.

did you try fasting? if not you will just have to be a 5 by 5 by 5

no junk eating at all, smaller portions and walk 2 miles a day. it works

its called EXERCISE! do it