newbie help

[Guest guest]

Thanks Felicity and n for your congrats on kicking that nasty

habit. Don't worry, I have no intentions of going back down that

road. Quitting has been really, really hard.

And n, I would tend to agree with you that there is no way I put

on 10 lbs of fat if I was eating 1400-1600 calories a day except that

during this time frame I have been counting calories. Normally, I

don't count calories, I just palm/fist it but I had heard the horror

stories of people getting way fat when they quit smoking and I was

determined that that wasn't going to happen to me. So I started

counting calories the day I quit smoking so I could keep my calories

under control. I think I did pretty good with snacking on the carrots

but that only lasted the first 3 days, now I'm back to my 6 scheduled

meals. I have noticed that I am less thirsty now, but I do get my 5

litres in a day and I have been craving hot and spicy food. I have

been satisfying those cravings with hot seasonings and my homemade

salsa. I watch my salt so I don't know what else to change to get

this 10 lbs off. I too don't know a thing about what happens to your

body or metabolism when you give up nicotine; perhaps I should google it.

Anyway, thanks for your help and good wishes. It feels great to be a

non-smoker!

Blessings - Tina