Day 55
Today is the 55th day in a row I decided not to smoke.
I have only taken one Chantix in the last 2 weeks or so, and I doubt that does anything for you. I still have all the pills here in case things get really bad. On the whole I feel great, but there are times when I do start to get pretty decent urges to smoke. I am not going to smoke, I won’t.
I was terrified of gaining weight when I stopped smoking. To that end, I have been restricting calories and working out like mad. I woke up this morning and weighed in at 191. I am 14 pounds lighter than the day I quit smoking. I even had to go buy new jeans yesterday as the ones I normally wear were causing someone to call me ‘droopy drawers’. I am not bragging (well maybe I am a little) but I wanted to record my weight loss here to show other would-be quitters that stopping smoking doesn’t mean you have to gain weight. It’s not magic, consume less calories than you burn, and you will lose weight (or consume the same amount and stay the same). Now having said that…it’s much like quitting smoking. Simple, not easy.
Stay strong!
Congratulations!
Wow, many congrats! That is just awesome. My weight has stayed the same, but then, so has my diet ;) I think the addition of walking is why I didn’t gain, though. Glad to hear you are doing fine even basically off Chantix. Congrats again!
Great stuff buddy… I wish I could say the same for my recent weight loss. But, it’s pretty obvious why I’m not losing weight anymore. Despite the long miles, I eat like a pig.
Congratulations thats great news. Ive been trying to keep the weight off myself and with a healthy lifestyle and 8-hour energy pills its been a success so far.
8 hour energy pills?
Careful. Speed/Caffeine can do truly horrific things; I’d talk daily with someone who knows the dangers when doing something like that.