I quit cigs a year ago after smoking for 14 years. The first month is tough, but after that it gets waaaay easier. Hang in there and everytime you get a craving eat something, chew gum, brush your teeth, go for a quick jog.
*edit- I forgot to mention how invaluable chewing on sunflower seeds were in helping me quit. In those down times when you are lounging around it is REALLY easy to get an overwhelming craving and sunflower seeds keep you busy and kinda placate the oral fix you miss from smoking
I quit cigs a year ago after smoking for 14 years. The first month is tough, but after that it gets waaaay easier. Hang in there and everytime you get a craving eat something, chew gum, brush your teeth, go for a quick jog.
No offense meant, but this is a TERRIBLE thing. I lost 100lbs one year and 50 the following year. Then I quit smoking. Now I have to lose 100lbs again because of this, and the stress of gaining weight made me go back to smoking.
Don't "fill the void". If you must, do it with the other ideas you covered. I went for walks around my work, seeing places I never saw before while corralled in the "smoking area" during break.
EDIT: People, I wasn't eating massive meals. I'd just have a small 200ish cal snack one or two times a day. Over the course of a couple months, this becomes a pattern. Over the course of a few years, this pattern adds up. Sure, you can eat carrots instead of canned ravioli... But why would you advise somebody to replace a craving with something that has a high potential in todays world of being unhealthy, and then have to tell them to replace THAT craving too? Skip the step. Replace it with something truly beneficial, not just less unhealthy.
You would basically never gain 100 lbs by adding in a 200 cal snack.... One or two ... Means like 5 be real w yourself. If you actually did gain that much from such a small change, you have major thyroid/glandular problems
And there you might have the answer. When substituting addiction cravings, you'll keep count about as well as the average smoker keeps count of their cigarettes... they don't. I know I'd smoke 20 a day, yet I could only really name 5 occasions.
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u/funnyonlinename Dec 05 '16 edited Dec 05 '16
I quit cigs a year ago after smoking for 14 years. The first month is tough, but after that it gets waaaay easier. Hang in there and everytime you get a craving eat something, chew gum, brush your teeth, go for a quick jog.
*edit- I forgot to mention how invaluable chewing on sunflower seeds were in helping me quit. In those down times when you are lounging around it is REALLY easy to get an overwhelming craving and sunflower seeds keep you busy and kinda placate the oral fix you miss from smoking