Gave up smoking and took up eating ;o(

[Trash]

Ok I've always struggled with my weight in that Ive always been around BMI of 27/28 but 6 months ago I gave up smoking (i used to smoke 30 a day) and since then I have put on nearly a 1.5 stones in weight!

I cant stop eating. I am craving food all day even 10mins after a meal I am craving food! Its driving me insane!

Anybody else feel like this! Every day I say i am starting a sensible diet with calorie counting but I fail after a couple of hours!

 

[Legomom]

Yup. Quit smoking last yr (wooooo!!!) and for ages I was just nibbling all the time!!! I've found SW really easy to follow whilst craving as there's so much 'free' food included in the plan. You actually can munch away mostly guilt free lol your doing better than me anyway!! I piled 2.5 stone on in 9 months. Frankly it was worth it to get off the darn fags!!!

 

[Rkmriddell]

Ok I've always struggled with my weight in that Ive always been around BMI of 27/28 but 6 months ago I gave up smoking (i used to smoke 30 a day) and since then I have put on nearly a 1.5 stones in weight!

I cant stop eating. I am craving food all day even 10mins after a meal I am craving food! Its driving me insane!

Anybody else feel like this! Every day I say i am starting a sensible diet with calorie counting but I fail after a couple of hours!

Yep. This happened to me. I developed an insatiable appetite. Sadly I still have it. Find an instead, something to distract you x

 

[Zest for Life]

Yep. This happened to me. I developed an insatiable appetite. Sadly I still have it. Find an instead, something to distract you x

Did you turn to food? What would you suggest for distraction?

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[Rkmriddell]

Did you turn to food? What would you suggest for distraction?

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Talk to friends no 1. Cook. Pluck eyebrows. Paint nails. Things that need attention and use hands are best.

Didn't realise i did but yes. Food became my coping mechanism whereas fags were initially. This is definitely where my appetite came though. Could eat a mountain once i stopped smoking

 

[Tesam2931]

Well done you on giving up smoking. There's no better investment for health
Would you think of changing your plan to Slimming World, it enables you to eat loads, much of which doesn't need to be counted - it may help

 

[Trash]

Thanks for your replies I've just signed upto SW in the hope it will help! ;o)

 

[Tesam2931]

That's gr8, I'm sure it will help you. I did WW for a while, but found it restrictive and soon tired of counting everything.
Looking forward to hearing how you get on x