Well the time has come. I said once I hit 20lbs off I would curb the other monkey on my back. After WI this week that should be what I need to do as I only had .8 to go after last week.


Anybody else out there trying to do this? I am not worried about snacking as I feel like I have that under control but I am deathly afraid my metabolism is going to take a nosedive and go into hibernation mode.

I guess I will try to keep up my walking and see how things go.


any suggestions from anyone???

Other than trying to get in alot more activity - I would love to do alot more in the extra activity dept but a ft job, a disabled DD, trying to keep a house in order, and a business I help my DH run cut into my time considerably.


Thanks
Cindy

Quitting smoking is the most important thing that you could do right now. It is FAR more important than a couple of pounds of weight gain. Do what you need to do to quit smoking. You can do it!

I am going to give it a shot. I quit twice before for a year and a half both times. As long as my body doesn't decide to shut down I will be ok. I think now is a good time to quit as I am already doing something to combat the weight gain whereas if I leave it until I do get down to goal if I put on a bit of weight I think I will be even more frustrated.
I will just have to keep active and be very careful that I don't start snacking!!!
Thanks
Cindy

The last time I did WW and was really focused on myself. I ended up quitting smoking too. It came naturally. I am hoping I can do the same this time too. THe last time it was around the 30lbs loss that I just went cold turkey on the smoking. One of the things I did is when I wanted to smoke..I would wait..drink a big glass of cold water...then decide if I wanted to smoke. I also start by cutting back...I could be up to a 2 pack a day smoker...currently I am about 1/2 pack a day and most of that is in the morning when I get up. I have to keep ice cold water in the fridge so I can have that instead of coffee in the mornings. My biggest challenge is my dh smokes. If I could get him to quit..it would be so much easier for me..but I doubt that will happen!

Don't stress about quitting..the more you exercise the less you want to smoke.
Lisa

Well quit on Monday and not so bad so far. Have been using the patch when I remember to put it on in the AM Forgot yesterday and again today. By lunch yesterday I was a little edgey.
I just think it will be easier to control the eating part of quitting smoking when I am already trying to lose this weight. I thought of waiting until I hit goal but I think a person might be more inclined to eat too much. I think it would be easy to get into the "oh one or two of those won't hurt because I am at goal" and then get carried away.
DH is quitting at the same time so DD will ship us away if we get too bad!!!LOL

Way to go on the quit! I will be rooting for you!