Quit Smoking Weight Gain
Dear Friend,
Quit smoking weight gain happens to more people than would be willing to admit it. Some preliminary research shows that people that quit often quickly gain about 10 pounds. That is not a lot of weight, but for those who are used to looking and feeling lighter it could be the straw that breaks the camels back.
Do you have to gain weight though? That is not a tough question. in fact there are so many things you can do to avoid the proverbial “10 pound bump” that many doctors know is cause for concern for many former smokers.
What to do to avoid gaining the weight?
1. Very simply, you should avoid the carbohydrate loading that many foods you have not been able to taste and now have a craving for. Nicotine is a very potent appetite suppressant. It actually help back your urge and desire to eat. If you make a concerted effort to retrain your “new” taste buds, you should be able to steer around this speed bump with ease.
In order to make wiser food choices, you must avoid allowing yourself to get to hungry. If you work at an office and can bring snacks around your computer or office space, why would you not want to pack along some healthy and nutritional snacks? The trick here is to avoid letting yourself becoming ravaged. If you eat a steady amount of slow burning foods throughout the work day, have a decent lunch and dinner, you should be well on the road to avoiding the 10 pound bump.
2. Another step you can use is to beginning some form of regular physical activity. This is something you should do while at the doctor and he or she is advising you on the latest quit smoking pills, nicotine replacement inhalers or patches that many are using with success today.
As you read this the odds are that you have already been to the doctor and been told that you have to quit smoking. If you have already done so congratulations. By taking the two steps shared above, you should be able to get and stay healthy and fit.
Avoid Lung Cancer Now
Many people understand that smoking and lung cancer are intrinsically related, that is, you can rarely have one without the other. But with all the treatment options available for people today, is there still a connection between smoking and lung cancer? What are the odds that a smoker will get this disease? Is there anything a doctor can do to help?
Unfortunately, lung cancer and smoking are still very much related. Smoking is the leading cause of the disease, and there still is no known cure.
Cancer of the lung is when tissue of the organ grows out of control. This may lead to metastasis, invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs. Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer-related death in men and second most common for women. There are an estimated 1.3 million deaths worldwide suffered annually from this disease.
Smoking causes lung cancer in about 90% of cases. A man who smokes has a 17% chance of getting lung cancer – that means that for male smokers, one out of five will get the disease. For women, the statistics are closer to 11%, or one out of ten.
