135 Days !! Smoke Free ..........
 

... but I gained 20 more lbs :eek: I'm now up from 250 to 270 !
Sheeeyiitt !! I have so much trouble trying to lose weight! :(
Not many exercises I can do with emphysema and PN. :confused:
Damn - but I haven't had a cigarette since August 1st.. :o
so I'm giving myself a big pat on the back.:D:cool: (if I can reach it !!)

Congrats on quitting the smoking! You deserve a pat on the back. If you can quit smoking, the weight will be a cake walk...oops...I mean, you will eventually lose it....the weight that is.:o

:hug:

This is wonderful the smoking cessation working!
 

Everyone seems to gain some weight. But that can be dealt with when you have the energy to do so. Saving your lungs, so you can live and breathe is so much more a priority now.

Just take it one day at a time. One thing you can do is reduce your portion sizes by 10% each week until you get to about 70% of what you ate before. That way you are not really dieting, or missing favorite things. Drink more water, to fill you up etc.
Then it won't seem so difficult.

:winner_first_h4h:

Well done Bob, congrats mate :)

Great to hear! keep you around for a few extra years.
the respiratory/PN thing is a one two punch. everytime i get up to walking regularly something goes awry with either bronchitis/asthma or PN. Keep up the good work! Think of how much money you are saving that you can use for trips. Its up to over $10 a pack here now.

That's an awesome accomplishment.Been there. You rock

Jack Lalanne used to say "Exercise is king. Diet is queen" He was wrong and there ain't much he is wrong about on fitness. It's just the opposite. Diet is king.

I been working around the PN busting my *** off for 4 months. Lost maybe a few pounds. A net pal sent me a vid recently of a guy eating pizza and drinking soda while another guy ran on a treadmill at 11 mph, which is fast

The pizza guy ate about 1100 calories, 2 slices and a coke or so in the same time the runner burned 31 calories. MORAL? You can't outwork a bad diet

Your doing great. Hope this helps

Congratulations!!!!!!!
I hope that in 2011 i can post the same here, "I quit smoking!"

Congratulations on a major accomplishment. :You-Rock:

Congrats! That's wonderful. I too had a terrible time trying to lose weight. That was until I tried the candida diet, no sugar or sweeteners other than stevia, no processed foods. I lost 94# this year. I do walk though and I am sure that has helped.

Good luck!!!

Should we all send you 10 lbs of sugerless gum?
 

NAH! You're doing great man! Just keep on truckin'!
I'm counting on you! IF you can? Likely I could... I'm not quite as stubborn as you are!
Hoping and crossing my fingers and eyes [toes don't work anymore]! :hug::hug::hug::hug:!!!!!'s - j

Congratulations! You can keep going. I quit smoking 1 1/2 years ago and it gets easier every day to stay smoke free.

have to agree with mrsd (big surprise there, not) and add curcumin and horse radish....google herbs and emphysema for more.

Good 4 u!!
 

I too have gained about 20. No cigs in 1 1/2 yrs. Folks PLEASE DON'T SMOKE!

Sweetheart
 

I finally grt back on line,and forget the weight for now,just get those lungs in shape first. And according to my son coming off those smokes is the hard part. Then he went to W. W. with his Mother=in=law and lost the weight. I
for one,,well good for you DEAR....Hugs to all,and Happy Holidays :) Sue

Good job. Bob! If I could do it, you surely can. And rose is right--it does get easier as time goes by. I rarely think about it unless I see or smell it, and those times don't even bother me.

Too bad my PN started about a month after I quit though--that still makes me mad.:mad: