Lamont D
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- Type of diabetes
- Reactive hypoglycemia
- Treatment type
- I do not have diabetes
I can't be normal! I'm special!I never got back to normal.
I never was normal so that's not anything to go by.
According to my doc!
I can't be normal! I'm special!I never got back to normal.
I never was normal so that's not anything to go by.
And meI can't be normal! I'm special!
According to my doc!
I meant not normal rather than im special,And me
That is the eating and drinking to replace the dreaded "fag". You will get all that under control in time. Anger management might be a new thing you may have to consider.I know something that can't be normal and that is the fact I have gained over 6 kilograms in the 25 days or so since I stopped tobacco. SIX KILOGRAMS, can someone please explain this?
Blast, you beat me to it. I was going to have a pop at your "avatar"I wasn't going to mention the weight thing unless you did but yes, that's what can happen. What's 6 kilos as a percentage of your total weight? As izzzi says, it's not easy and I would add that like any addiction it's pretty sneaky, waiting for you to relax your attention. It helped me if I concentrated on one aim: don't light up that first cigarette. Just the one. No.
I'm sorry about my avatar -- he's probably going to have horrible diseases later. And no one will love him because he smells.
I know something that can't be normal and that is the fact I have gained over 6 kilograms in the 25 days or so since I stopped tobacco. SIX KILOGRAMS, can someone please explain this?
Thank you.It's well documented that smoking boosts your metabolism so when you stop obviously your metabolism slows down, so that even if you don't eat any more you will be burning less calories.
Then of course there are those few extra nibbles that you have instead of a cigarette so that makes weight gain even worse.
Your body will adapt quite quickly but some weight gain is to be expected.
Oh and by the way - Well Done !!!
Yeah, I know, will reduce carbs down to 10 grams a day and see if has any effect.I do not know why people who stop smoking often put on weight, I just know that they do.
Comfort eating, reduced metabolism, some other reason?
Does the why matter?
You probably know what you need to do to shed the excess weight, eat less and exercise more. Dare I suggest this? Eat less carbs!
Whether the time is right for you to do this is now, when you are still adjusting to giving up smoking or whether it will have to wait for later only you can decide.
Pavlos
Think it is the nicotine.I've always wondered whether it's something to do with the sulphur in cigarettes
Consider the possibility that you may need to reduce calorific intake by cutting down on fat if cutting carbs does not work.Yeah, I know, will reduce carbs down to 10 grams a day and see if has any effect.
As to eat less, don't know about that. Nor about exercise more as I work pretty hard already.
I am intrigued though, how after being perfectly stable at a BMI of 21.5 I suddenly have gained a stone in a very short period of time.