Afraid you’re going to get fat if you give up smoking? Gaining weight is the #1 most used excuse for men and women who are afraid to quit smoking. But if you’re serious about your health, you know you have to quit the habit. Studies show that nicotine actually helps the body burn about 200 more calories a day, so quitting does mean you’re facing a challenge.

Remember it takes only 21 days to make something a new habit. 

To make up for the difference in calorie-burn once you stop smoking, try using a nicotine-replacement gum or patch to help reduce cravings and hunger while you’re quitting. Don’t replace your cigarette habit with a food habit, unless you promise to just munch on veggie sticks instead (minus the dips and dressing).

Remember greens with no dressings or dips, celery, lettuce, and green onion to name a few.  

Instead, pick up a journal every time you want to reach for a cigarette and write down your thoughts to remind yourself why you’re quitting. Distraction is the key. And finally, compensate for the loss of calorie burn by cutting back on calories here and there during your day and by making it a point to be more active throughout your day. You can easily make up for the difference in calories simply by adding a 20-minute walk to your day and leaving the mayo and cheese off your sandwich at lunchtime.

Exercise will reduce the munchies and those cravings.

Remember the doctor that told the man to walk 2 miles a day to lose weight. After 30 days the man called the doctor for a checkup. The doctor said how are you doing? The man said greta I lost 10pounds. The doctor said how is everything else in your life ? The said really bad. The doctor said what? The man said you said to wlak 2 miles a day and I am 60 miles from home and my wife, but I lost the 10 pounds. 

These little sacrifices are worth the bigger goal you have in mind – being smoke-free and smokin’ hot.

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