My husband loses weight, while smoking and eating just about anything, and quantities much higher than mine.  I know he puts on weight when not smoking.  I exercise, diet and restrict foods and portions, yet he is losing faster than me!  Is it basic metabolism or nicotine or something else in the cigarette?  Maybe it keeps him from eating more?
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Nicotine reduces cravings for food through centrally acting receptors (the duration of action is not that long so you've got to have a 20 a day habit) and increases gastric motility. It is however not medically recommended and trying to give up means you get a lot hungrier and put it all if not more back on. Your husband is bigger than you I assume so needs more food. Also women tend to snack outside meals more often and exercise less. There is monthly variation in women's weight mainly due to fluid retention and the fat distribution is different and overall greater as a percentage for women.\n\nIt does not increase metabolism as another poster has claimed
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well you need to start by eating more calories...stuffing yourself won't exactly help. i would say try to take in more protein and carbs. \nalso increase the amount of meals you have. so instead of eating 3 meals try eating 6 little meals...again..high in protein and carbs.\n\nyou need to quit smoking now!!! no more cigarettes do you know what they are doing to your body??? \n\ni think that it is nice that someone is trying to get up to their ideal weight in this world of people who are trying to be as thin as possible. \ngood luck!
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I've quit smoking twice now and both times it was hard to do.  If you haven't smoked in 4 weeks, you are doing really good.  Your metabolism will be fine if you avoid fats and starches.  This can be done by focusing more on green vegetables, corn and fruit.  Eat all the protein you can get your hands on.  Whenever you feel hungry, just pop a bananna and drink a glass of water.  The key is dealing with your hunger without overeating.  Fill up on vegetables all you want.  Replace wheat with corn.  After a week you will feel great.  Also, the key to succeeding on the treadmill is breathing.  The more air you breathe, the more fat you burn.  You can do it, grow and be healthy!
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In his talk "Frustrations in Weight Loss" Dr. Komadina talks extensively on this issue.\n\nFor access to his whole series of talks email me through the link on my profile\n\nhttp://www.larryward.com/audios/nutrition_talk/NutritionTalk-200606.mp3
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That's great that you WANT to quit!  That's half the battle right there!  Think about the baby you and your husband want to have someday...how healthy it will be if you don't smoke!  Smoking is an expensive, disgusting habit that is hard to break once you are hooked on nicotine.  If you haven't tried the patches that are available, ask your doctor for some help.  Put aside all the money you WOULD have spent on cigarettes and go on a trip!  Buy baby things!  And as far as gaining weight, be sure to have lots of veggies at home...carrots and celery, and lots of fresh fruit.  I don't buy junk food at all, because if it's here in the house, I WILL eat it!  If it isn't around me then I won't be tempted.  Try taking up a dance class or join a gym.  GOOD LUCK!!!!!  BE DETERMINED!
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You sound just like my older sister, shes addicted to chocs.... too much really isn't any good, think of your health i always say the same to my sister, im sure one of these days she will be diabetic.for the ammount she also eats.  Try to cut down, so that you will stop. this may sound hard to you, but its the same for ciggies, i was a heavy smoker for years. i  had health problems. I'm now a non smoker. nothing comes easy you need the willpower...
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Sometimes you can have problems if you quit too fast or cold turkey because your body becomes mentally and physically addicted and depends on the cigs. Just quit a reasonable pace. The benefits of not smoking will outweigh the risks of quiting. Use the patch and/or the gum. You'll start saving some money too, from not buying all the cigs.
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Stop smoking and starting eating better and getting more exercise. I know that isn't what you want to hear, but it's the best way. You obviously care about your appearance, since you came to post the question. I'll take a nonsmoker with some padding on him over a deathly ill looking skinny smoker guy any day. They're also nicer to kiss.
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There are so many things that smoking does to the body. The really sad fact is that it does not just hurt the smoker. It really does effect all persons around them. \nA smoker has increased risk of respiratory and vascular complications. Smoking actually creates a tar substance in the lungs and decreases the persons capacity to take in oxygen. Also smokers veins and arteries are constricted from chemicals in the cigarettes. This puts them at a higher risk for blood clot causing stroke.\nMothers who smoke when they are pregnant usually have smaller babies. A nonsmokers umbilical cord (which supplies nourishment to the baby) is usually about wide as a roll of quarters and the smokers umbilical cord is about as thick as a pencil. \nChildren who grow up in the home of a smoker are at higher risk for developing asthma and/or allergies. They can develop lung cancer just as easily as the actual smoker can. Not to mention that growing up with parents who smoke puts them at higher risk for becoming smokers themselves. \nI have a grandfather that smokes. He is eighty. The last several years he has been on oxygen. He wakes up at night because he can't get his breath. He has a barrel chest because that is what your body does to try and help you get more oxygen. Your lungs try to get bigger so they can take in more oxygen because the cigarettes have destroyed portions of the lungs over the many years of smoking. Some people would say he has made it to eighty and that is a long time for a smoker to live. You have to keep in mind that most of his family lived into or close to their 100's. They say that every cigarette takes five minutes off your life. There is no telling how long he could have lived if he had just been able to stop smoking. \nYou may not be able to talk him into quitting. Maybe you could talk him into atleast not smoking in the house and changing his clothes before holding the baby. This will atleast help the people who have to live with this be a little healthier. Good luck to you!
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Hello Sue\n\nIm not a doctor but I do have some experience in this area. I was a smoker for 50 years but stopped cold turkey after a heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery 14 months ago.\n\nIt is my theory that smoking robs the heart and artories of oxygen and that allows plaque buildup, it also hampers your breathing and causes laziness so smokers are less apt to exersize then non smokers are.\n\nAfter 14 smoke free months my risk of heart attack is now half that of a smoker and thats a good thing.\nBy the way I was smoking 2 packs a day so it wasnt easy.\n\nLeon
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you quit smoking by not lighting up a cigarette and smoking it.  But, that can take several tries before it happens.  I quit 6 months ago for good, but the first time I quit was 10 years ago.  I also was afraid of weight gain, so I joined a gym the day I quit smoking.  I go every day, and haven't lost a pound.  HOWEVER, I didn't give up any foods, drinks, etc...I eat everything I want to (for now, until I feel like I can tackle that issue, too) and I just look at it like 'hey, I didn't gain any weight, either'.  I'm much more fit, and most importantly, I'm not scared everytime I have a pain that I'm gonna have a heart attack, or die from smoking.  All you can do is substitute your smoking with something healthy.  When you're ready, you'll do it.  I'd say good luck, but you won't need it.
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Possible.  Smoking is bad for your health all the way around.  It has been known to restrict the arteries, thereby decreasing the bloodflow to the heart and brain.  So, I'm saying, yeah, sounds right.  I'm guessing he told you that to make sure you never start smoking, and I hope you never do.  Terrible, nasty, expensive habit (I know, I smoked for 11 years) that will only kill you early and painfully.  Don't bother with it.
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I hate to say this .... but it sounds like you should just have a dang cigarette lol. I'm not trying to sound pushy but a lot of people who quit smoking do it to fast and they go through weight gain and bodily problems.
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Search Yahoo!Answers under smoking and you will get plenty of other advice as this question gets asked about once a week or more.\n\nFrom me, I would suggest you change your eating habits to those that address the reason your body demands that you smoke, which may be a blood sugar imbalance (not something wrong in your brain). Seriously! Some of the reading I have done due to my diabetes suggests that the body gets addicted to substances to survive a chronic low blood sugar condition.\n\nYou may want to check out www.hufa.org to see some basic information on blood sugar imbalances both high and low.
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Check it out with your doctor.\n\nI believe that if you suddenly stop eating, you don't loose weight. Your body thinks that there is something wrong - so it doesn't burn the normal fat. You have to substitute your normal food with other kinds like fruit veg etc but it has to be a complete diet of protein, carbs and fat (but you have to check out the amounts). You have to increase your cardio activity - run, jog, bike etc. \n\nBest thing is to check it out with you dietitian or doctor. This is just friendly advice! Good luck.
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Of course you can beat the statistics like the previous answer, because some people have different genes, inhale less, eat differently and so on, but I'll bet you don't want to run any risks.\n\nThis website http://www.quitguide.com has a lot of free helpful info on quitting, weight, pregnancy etc, and some other powerful resources so you can quit quickly and for good.
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My husband got some sugar free hard candy to suck on so that he wouldnt want to have that morning cigarrette. It worked, he has been smoke free for over 2 years. Good luck and congrats to yourself!