iTalkBeauty » Weight Loss http://www.italkbeauty.com Where you come to talk beauty! Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:17:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 en Quit Smoking And Now a Weight Gain? http://www.italkbeauty.com/quit-smoking-gain-weight/ http://www.italkbeauty.com/quit-smoking-gain-weight/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 12:53:17 +0000 Carol Clifton http://www.italkbeauty.com/quit-smoking-gain-weight/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Quit Smoking And Now a Weight Gain?", url: "http://www.italkbeauty.com/quit-smoking-gain-weight/" } ); ]]> Keepin it real You can imagine that sometimes a girl needs to keep it real to stay away from the couch in the psychiatrists‘ office.
Today is that day for me.
No, I am not necessarily being funny as quitting smoking and gaining weight is critical stuff. Why you ask? Because last week I came to the realization that I have gained 15lbs. since I quit smoking the last quarter of 2007…Yep! That has been some slow and steady weight gain that is exclusively attributed to giving up up smoking.

My original plan to control my weight was to use hootia lollipops. Those hootia pops worked well athough I couldn’t keep it up and found that in social situations they looked downright silly.

here-i-come.jpg This morning, I had my assessment with my NEW trainer, Michelle. Today, I am smiling and feeling hopeful that these 15 pounds will depart very soon from my being. I will offer up more about that later in this article.

Encouragement for my continued success with not smoking comes daily from thoseGood Job!!! around that don’t smoke, continue to smoke and even strangers that may smoke or not. If anyone of those people would guarantee me that I would not get lung cancer or worse yet emphysema then I would start again ASAP. For me, cigarettes were like a best friend that only listened and a constant and consistent reward system for just about anything I would choose …Um…I woke up this morning! guess I’ll have a cigarette, Um…I just took a long brisk walk so I reward myself with a cigarette. Need I go any further? Those of you that smoke or have smoked (and loved it) in your past will certainly understand that aspect of smoking.

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