To Diet or Not to Diet?

Posted by Beth on 26 April 2007

Being smoke free is kind of like going on a diet. You have to do without something that you really love. Like giving up desserts or chips, but worse because there are no real substitutes for a cigarette. There are tons of substitutes for food, but I suppose they aren’t like the real thing, but at least your eating!

Hence, I’ve been eating quite a bit since quitting. It helps keep my mind off of the fact that I want a ciggy! I have to watch it though. I may have gained a few pounds. Recently, I’ve been trying to make healthier choices because I know I am more prone to weight gain right now. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am sick of carrot sticks and I think that the stuff I’m dipping them into is only counteracting the fact that I’m eating carrots!

Besides, I don’t want to feel like I’m on a diet because I’m already giving up smoking and that’s like doing two things that are difficult and I just don’t need that right now.

But I digress, maybe it’s worth it to gain a few pounds for a time, because it’s much more important that I quit (as long as I don’t gain 100 pounds).

I think that I will just not worry about it right now. I don’t need the added stress, that’s for sure. I’m just going to do the best that I can with the food thing while I concentrate on the not smoking thing.

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