OK, all through my late teen to adult life I've heard it bandied about that people who give up smoking put on weight.
I've heard very different reason, including the obvious (people need to replace the habit and often do with food) to the curious (it speeds up metabolism, so quitting = blub disaster).
What is the truth? I currently smoke and would like to quit again (I had done for a year prior to starting weight loss) but am obviously worried as do not want to jeopardise my weight loss. The actual quitting itself, in conjunction with my diet, would not be a problem, it wouldn't upset my dieting regime itself.
I've also heard that smoking causes toxins that prevent the correct rate of fat burning...
So much conflicting information, please somebody put the record straight!
I've heard very different reason, including the obvious (people need to replace the habit and often do with food) to the curious (it speeds up metabolism, so quitting = blub disaster).
What is the truth? I currently smoke and would like to quit again (I had done for a year prior to starting weight loss) but am obviously worried as do not want to jeopardise my weight loss. The actual quitting itself, in conjunction with my diet, would not be a problem, it wouldn't upset my dieting regime itself.
I've also heard that smoking causes toxins that prevent the correct rate of fat burning...
So much conflicting information, please somebody put the record straight!