Any time is a good time, especially in light of all the information we get from the FDA about how bad smoking is for us and this blog is not to persuade you to do anything but to give information to those that are about ready to quit for the New Year and what they will be in store for.
May be for years you have smoked and you have put on a few extra pounds but now you are deciding to quit. So to get in front of the curve you decided to go to the local gym and sign up thinking to yourself that by doing this you won’t gain any extra weight. Maybe you are thinking that since you have stopped or will be stopping you should begin to “eat healthier” and cut out so of the sweets you every day. These things could not be further from the truth. As a matter of fact it won’t matter what you do, thinking that you are getting in front of the weight curve, you will gain weight.
Once a person stops smoking the average person WILL gain 50 to 75 pounds more. Even if they exercise rigorously it won’t matter, they will still gain it. Even if you run 10 miles a day it won’t matter you will still gain it. Why?
The reason is simple. We all know that the toxins in smoking are deadly and when a person smokes they allow these toxins in their body and from the moment the body receives these toxins, it begins a battle for survival. Our heart rate increases, which in turn increases our metabolism which in turn gets us to burn my of the fuel we consume every day. Now the average person has 10 cigarettes a day which means that their heart rate is beating real fast at least 10 times in a day which in turn means that our metabolism is racing pretty much all day. Now you decide to quit smoking and go to the gym or work out once in a day. Now your metabolism is really racing once in the day. It won’t matter how hard you work out in that one day. Are you getting it now?
Your weight gain is not because of the food you have consumed but because your metabolism isn’t running 24/7 anymore. It may only run once a day for a brief period of time. However, don’t let that stop you from quitting because there is good news. With a proper regiment of exercise and diet after 6 months your body will stop gaining weight, level out and then begin to slowly come down in weight.
So going into the New Year I absolutely want you to stop smoking, but remember that at first you may think that you are fighting a losing battle when it comes to you gaining weight, but you are not. At the same time you quit smoking, start a good and realistic exercise and diet program and in the end you will help your body win the battle of such a bad addiction.
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