Sat, Apr-03-10, 09:37
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Every day is day one
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Plan: AtkinsMaintenance/IF
Stats: 185/145/155
BF:
Progress: 133%
Location: Oregon Coast
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Originally Posted by Annisme
I actually quit smoking already. The Chantix was the only way to get through it. I was thinking of stopping the Chantix early, before the script runs out but I'm a little afraid to try it. I worry I will feel that overwhelming urge to smoke again and it's been sooooo good since that urge left! I smoked for 20 yrs. I sure don't want to go back to it now that I've finally beat it. Maybe I will just wait until I'm finished with the prescribed course. Thanks all for the input.
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If you've already gotten this far, I'd just finish out and deal with the weight issue after. You've come so far, you don't want to mess that up now.
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gained weight when I quit smoking using chantix. Not because of the chantix I imagine, but because of my oral fixation that smoking used to take up.
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The other thing that most people do not take into consideration--yes, part of it is an oral fixation/habit, but also physiological--nicotine increases the metabolism--that's why so many models smoke--it keeps their metabolisms reved. When you remove the nicotine, the metabolism slows down. Add in eating more to quell the oral fixation and you have a recipe for weight gain.
Congratulations on quitting and making the effort to quit. I tell my patients that if they had to choose, to stop smoking first. Then work on the weight loss. Smoking is deadly, and if ou're dead the weight issue becomes a non-issue.
Progress not perfection.
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