I quit smoking 5 days a go and was worried about gaining weight too. Then I realized that a few pounds would not kill me, but smoking would if I kept going. And, because I knew that smoking caused insulin to rise, I knew my metabolism would be better off in the long run.

Days 1, 2 and 3 were munch filled, but day 4 was easy in that deptartment. In the same way I let my cravings for smoking go away, I'm learning to let the cravings for food to go away. I have some cinnamon sticks to chew on as well. I heard this years ago, and it's always stuck with me - Your craving for a cigarette will go away whether you have one or not. I used that phrase for avoiding sweets when I first was on this WOE and it can be used to avoid the munchies as well.

At least if you munch, you're going to be low-carb munching which is a heck of a lot better than high carb munching.

Karen