Sat, Mar-29-03, 19:28
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Senior Member
Posts: 161
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Plan: Protien Power
Stats: 180/~~/115
BF:
Progress: 93%
Location: Memphis, TN
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Go ahead and quit.
Hey, Shari
It is great that you are going to kick the habit. I've heard that there are a couple of reasons that SOME people gain weight, not all, although I think the majority do. I have been officially nicotene free for 1 week and 3 days, and have been doing some reading to find out how to keep the weight down. I read somewhere in this forum, that when we give up smoking , our metabolism drops by about 10%. If you eat 2000 calories, that equates to 200 calories not burned(I hope that is clear enough ).
Sooooo, you could do a number of things to make up for the discrepency, from cutting calories to upping exercise a little. I also heard from one of the moderaters that green tea seems to raise the metabolism by about 6%(look into this). More than likely, after the initial withdrawal, you will feel sooo much better that you will want to be more active so, don't stress. One of the great things about your quit is that you are doing it while lowcarbing, too. For me, it really helped with the cravings for cigarettes and food.
Whoa, that was a long one. Once again I think it's great that you are quitting.
Grace
Last edited by 2bfree : Sat, Mar-29-03 at 19:36.
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