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03/14/2013 06:16:22 PM · #1 |
I quit in Dec 2011, gained 20 Kgs (40 lbs) in a year but have lost 4 Kgs (8 lbs) the past 3 months. Roller Coaster.
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02/13/2013 02:48:59 PM · #2 |
I posted this in it's own thread a while back.
Quit smoking 16 months ago, lost 175 lbs since Dec 2011.
Now I spend a lot of time and money buying clothes! ;-) |
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02/13/2013 01:21:09 PM · #3 |
I didn't participate in this thread originally.
Never been a smoker, but have lost about 80 pounds since early 2011. (This thread title does also mention weight loss) Actually, I didn't lose it. I know exactly where it went. Have about another 40 to go in order to get where I want to be.
Before & after:
 
Oh, and almost 4400 cycling miles in 2012. My numeric goal for 2013 is 6000.
Message edited by author 2013-02-13 13:22:13.
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02/13/2013 12:43:29 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Tiberius:
Originally posted by Tiberius:
Quit smoking 1 year 9 months. Put some 5 kg on but still not fat (173/75kg)
Feels good indeed.
Now time to work on booze hic! |
Still not smoking. Gave up booze more then 1 year and a half ago. Lost those 5kg and feeling fit. Completed a 50k trail run in 7h 20 min. |
That is very impressive! Congratulations!! |
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02/13/2013 06:25:31 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Tiberius:
Quit smoking 1 year 9 months. Put some 5 kg on but still not fat (173/75kg)
Feels good indeed.
Now time to work on booze hic! |
Still not smoking. Gave up booze more then 1 year and a half ago. Lost those 5kg and feeling fit. Completed a 50k trail run in 7h 20 min.
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02/13/2013 02:53:58 AM · #6 |
Deb, it's been THREE and A HALF years! No looking back. Well, OK, I am not happy with the weight gain, though that seems a small price to pay for not ruining the environment for my comrades...
Diet proposals welcome. |
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02/13/2013 01:21:21 AM · #7 |
Ah, the memories....
So how is everyone who was in this thread in the past doing? I'm still an "in remission" ex-smoker, and still carrying those extra 10 pounds, plus perhaps a few more. Been adding a lot more exercise, but keep adding the weight, too. Sigh. NOT giving up the mochas, no matter what. Life is too short.
Whatever happened to  Quigley, does anyone know? I see a few of the other folks who once posted here on Facebook these days, so I know Rosemary is still not smoking, and I think Barbara is still an ex as well.
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05/26/2011 11:38:27 AM · #8 |
Quit smoking 1 year 9 months. Put some 5 kg on but still not fat (173/75kg)
Feels good indeed.
Now time to work on booze hic! |
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05/26/2011 08:21:31 AM · #9 |
One year!!!!!!!!
Almost 10.000 cigarretes not smoked.
5200km on my bike, since.
About 10kg lighter.
Definately felling better.
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03/04/2011 10:41:39 PM · #10 |
| Stopped smoking 5 years ago (cold turkey) and have never looked back. Needed to lose about 10 kilos at the time or go on diabetic tablets. Joined the gym and bought a road cycle. I now cycle about 100km per week and have lost 12 kilos. I can also actually taste the food I eat.....unbelievable. |
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03/04/2011 06:46:59 PM · #11 |
| I was here when this thread was started and I can say that I am starting my 3 year of being smoke free. |
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02/28/2011 12:25:03 PM · #12 |
I'm 9 months smoke-free now. I was heavily slacked off for a while before that, but I kept sneaking the occasional smoke. Haven't done that in a long time, and don't feel any urge to either. What a relief! Haven't got any heavier, either. Lighter, in fact... Due to more exercise, since my lungs can handle it.
R. |
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02/28/2011 12:14:19 PM · #13 |
Quit smoking 7 times, last time was successful (15 years 6 months and 9 days ago :)
If I keep on eating chocolates and fresh bread for the next 6 weeks I will have some weight to lose. I will check this thread in early April! |
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02/28/2011 11:59:42 AM · #14 |
| So I wasn't here at the time this thread started but I am ready to quit smoking (again) and I have a bit of weight to lose. Anyone interested in joining me? |
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07/02/2010 02:24:19 PM · #15 |
| By next year I hope to be happier. But at least I don't currently want to go back to smoking as it is entirely too much of a hassle these days. |
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07/01/2010 12:03:58 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
One year ago today for me. Yay. Rah. And all that good sh!t stuff. You think I'd be happier.... |
YAY, congrats to you :D |
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07/01/2010 12:02:04 PM · #17 |
After 7 1/2 years of a smoke free life I ask myself if I really did smoke for 26 years before that. Twenty six years of imposing my smoke and stench onto others and denying it when it was pointed out to me. I still apologize to people for having done that. Why? Because I now smell every smoker I meet, whether in a super market or in the work cafeteria or out in a bar. Some people smell no different than an old unwashed ashtray and I used to wear the same cologne, arrgghhh, I'm so embarrassed just thinking of it.
Respect goes out to everyone for trying. Congratulations to those who've succeeded. Don't you feel like a new person? :D |
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07/01/2010 11:41:16 AM · #18 |
I want to congratulate everybody taking part in this. And my congratulatory sentiment isn't limited to those who haven't lapsed. The fact that you're trying says a lot. It's not an easy thing to kick, and it isn't uncommon for folks to take numerous tries at quitting to succeed.
I grew up in a smoking household, and I'm currently watching my mother smoke herself into a grave, day by day. I can't tell you how difficult it is to watch this.
Many of my friends started smoking in their teens, and didn't really think of it as anything much. Now I watch them attempt to quit, and lapse. Though I don't smoke, I share that struggle with them, when we go out, when they're stressed, when they lapse.
Try to set up a support system, people you know in the same boat, or even people who were never in that boat- they'll be more hardline with you anyway. And make sure to ritualize your quitting/weight loss programs, just like how your old habits were ritualized in the first place. That's part of why it's so hard... they become routines. "I eat when..." "I only smoke when..."
Form a group to exercise. It's easier to stick with a program that way. Same with a group to quit. Online is one thing, but in person is even better.
In any case, it's awesome you all are endeavoring to change things and live life how you want to. |
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07/01/2010 09:38:53 AM · #19 |
One year ago today for me. Yay. Rah. And all that good sh!t stuff. You think I'd be happier.... |
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06/28/2010 10:59:07 PM · #20 |
Almost used to the extra 15 plus pounds. My doctor also thought it was an improvement. Possibly there is a medical anti-waist movement?
Yes, yes, it is well worth it. |
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06/28/2010 10:31:10 PM · #21 |
I've gained 10 pounds. It could be distributed a whole lot better than it is. All in my gut and the top of my things. Ugh.
But a doctor I saw recently said "you GAINED 10 pounds? Well don't go losing any of it!"
Love her. Think I'll keep her. :-) |
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06/28/2010 09:57:14 PM · #22 |
Anybody figured out yet that this is an addictive behavior?
So, sometimes 'just one' sneaks up on ya, and one thing leads to another.
Harmless, perfectly legal.
Yeah, sure.
They cost 25ΒΆ when I first bought 'em. (Lucky Strikes. Remember them?)
That was mumble mumble years ago.
I quit. 26 years ago!
Yep, I gained a bunch of weight. And oh, yes, it was super difficult.
But, I'm still here! I and my weight gain. I work on it, every day. But...it's still part of me.
So you don't want to look at me and my rounder body? Go look at someone else!.
If gaining weight is an excuse for continuing to smoke, nope, it doesn't wash.
Congratulations to those who have made it! You are a more complete person.
Yeah, you are.
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06/28/2010 09:17:26 PM · #23 |
Congratulations to all of you that have quit, on your anniversaries, and on every day that you don't smoke. Quitting is difficult, but SO important. A few pounds or kilos is easier to carry around that a few grams of tars and nicotine in your lungs. Ya smell better, too!
I am a little over 9 1/2 years quit. I don't ever think of it anymore. But...I still often think of the journey I've been on in that time.
I quit smoking right after my initial cancer diagnosis...yeah, too late! My 6th surgery for that bladder cancer (MUCH more common in smokers than non-smokers) was in February this year. I went through a third course of BCG immunotherapy in April and May that was a huge ordeal, but we hope it will fend off recurrence for another couple of years. I'll have a pot full of co-pays and co-insurance paid by the end of the year, instead of that new K-X body or 100mm macro. But I get to keep all my parts, and get to stay around for a while yet.
Let me add an extra note of encouragement to all of you: you've made a life saving decision to quit. Stick with it, you can do it, and it does get better and easier. And that little extra weight can be managed a whole lot easier than a case of cancer, COPD or heart disease.
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06/28/2010 08:16:33 PM · #24 |
| Happy Anniversary!!! And CONGRATULATIONS!!! |
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06/28/2010 11:06:26 AM · #25 |
Today I quit ONE YEAR!
Wooooooooohoooooooo :D |
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