You quit smoking!!!! That is so great!!! Cut yourself a bit of slack. You can catch up on those scale numbers soon enough. Sugar free stuff cause craving for me but if you are not eating more that is not what is happening with you. May just be a bit stress for your body as you are working though those cravings. So body just holding on to more water than usual. It will come off!
03 Jun 19 by member: liv001
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03 Jun 19 by member: AmandaandDanny2016
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I'm so impressed with your combo of weight loss and quitting smoking! You must be feeling so much better. And you deserve to be proud of the discipline!
03 Jun 19 by member: erikahollister
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Standing ovation for stop smoking. And I agree with Liv.
03 Jun 19 by member: FullaBella
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it could possibly be your medication I used to be on that same medication and it had caused me to gain weight
03 Jun 19 by member: sam lovenburg
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I doubt sugar free gum hurt and cause weight gain. Stopping smoking is great! And so good for you. The weight will come off, looks like you are doing a good job with your diet.
03 Jun 19 by member: Fritzy 22
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Sugar free gum does contain calories and carbs, and it can add up if you chew a piece of gum every time you were going to smoke a cigarette, so you might want to watch that. Quitting smoking is worth gaining 6 pounds. BRAVO to you! I quit 23 years ago, and It was the hardest thing I ever gave up (including drugs). So just take it a day at a time, watch your portions and try to stay in your eating plan. By the way, I can weigh twice a day and vary as much as 8 pounds between weighing!!! Give it time.
03 Jun 19 by member: bobi su
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03 Jun 19 by member: shirfleur 1
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Nicotine is a stimulant and helps keep your metabolism running faster. I know when I quit 7 years ago the weight piled on. I think I snacked a little bit more maybe but not proportionate to what I gained lol. Add menopause a year later and here I am 50 pounds overweight. But we are far better off as non smokers. The weight will come off slowly with healthy habits! Congrats!
03 Jun 19 by member: nevilles
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Please do a little victory dance every single time you realize that you've QUIT SMOKING! You are amazing!
03 Jun 19 by member: 4xgramma
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There is no way chewing any kind of gum would make you gain that kind of weight. Check your salt. And macros.
03 Jun 19 by member: dmhicks0214
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your metabolism slows down when you stop smoking. I read that and no I do not believe everything I read. I smoked for 40 years and stopped cold. I was different and lost weight. Go figure.
03 Jun 19 by member: Sweet Georgia Peaches
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yes I quit 20 yrs ago and gained 20 lbs. Metabolism does slow down. Exercise helps. Whatever you do don't go back to the nicotine!!! Proud of you! Quitting was the hardest thing I've ever done. Prayer helps too.
03 Jun 19 by member: moeandtina
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If your doc hasn't told you, one of the side effects of wellbutrin is weight gain
04 Jun 19 by member: radonro
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Just an update. This morning i was back down to what I weighed last Friday. So definitely I was retaining some water weight...
05 Jun 19 by member: AmandaandDanny2016
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