Smoking/Weight Gain

[mandmom 31]

On 6/20/2018 at 2:42 PM, teresa-ark-grannie said:

Hello, fellow stop smoking friends,

I hardly post because i have been feeling like a failure...yep the stop smoking has been an issue for me also. I can say this where I have been a 2 pack a day smoker for 38 years I have managed to be able to go 2 weeks without one then I will buy a pack that pack will last 7-9 days and I will not buy another for 2 weeks ... yes I know this sounds crazy but its like if I don't a pack nearby I begin to panic and go crazy............I have just finished my last pack and have vowed not to buy another one...... I have my last pre-opt appointment with surgeon and psych eval on July 10th. the doc says we will be setting the date for bypass on that date. this whole thing has been a process sleep study, colonoscopy, stress test, heart cath to be told nothing was wrong with my heart very scary and traumatising. trying to lose weight and trying to quit smoking. taking that 2-hour drive to little rock for these appointments. plus appointments with my doc here and I haven't even had the surgery yet. I am a little high strung anyway so this proccess has been very overwhelming to say the least. but thank God i think we have finally reach the finsh line where this thing will be on a popping. It really helped my to read thes post and find out that i was not by myself .....it gives me the hope and assurance that i can do this my doctor or insurance is not saying anything about it but i dont want to go through all of this get the finish line and be cancelled because i am still smoking . hell nah not going out that way.......I had lost 7 big pounds but gain them back trying to quit smoking. I did tell my doc it is because have quit smoking and he as ok with that saying ti was more important to be a non smoker .

Glad I'm not the only one who has this problem

[Frustr8 7,886]

Love love love the picture. Someone should start a thread for you guys who are fighting Bed Nicotein tooth and nail. Even though up a title PUFF NO-MORE!
Much love to you all, I am not a Nicotein fiend, having too much trouble being a reforming food-a-holic😝👍

[Screwballski 540]

I can only tell you what I did.
I, too, had to quit for surgery. I haven’t gone back.
I quit the day after my consult. I transferred my cig obsession to a calorie/carb/protein counting obsession so I stayed compliant as far as not gaining weight before surgery.
I tracked everything I put in my mouth and began living my life as if I’d already had surgery. 90 grams of Protein per day, very strict low carb...like under 60/day! Never went over 1100 calories. Instead of gaining weight, I lost 30 pounds and got really prepared for my post surgery life.

It was hard but it made this side super easy.

And, it kept me so busy on the food end, I didn’t have time to worry about smoking.

When I really wanted a smoke, I took a brisk walk and just breathed the air.

Truly, I wish you the best.  It’s difficult.