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I'd say don't try to do too many things at once. Yes, you should quit smoking, but trying to lose weight AND quit smoking at the same time . . . well, I'd freak out! Try to cut down, that's always a good idea, but maybe focus on the weight loss first.
What?????????
No offense, but I would rather gain weight while quitting. I have set my quit date for the end of Jan (I am getting Zyban from Md first), but I've been doing my research on the 'net--to hurt your body the way smoking is, you would have to gain
100-150 POUNDS to equal the damage! Weight is much easier to lose--you can always do-over a diet, but you can't do-over your life!
QUIT
SMOKING FIRST!!!!!
Here is my plan: I currently smoke about 10 a day (2 on the way to work, 2 on the way to lunch, 2 on the way back from lunch, 1 when I go to check the mail at the business complex, 2 on the way home and 1 later in the evening). I plan on--for now--making all of the '2's '1's. this way, when I am ready to quit at the end of the month, it won't be quite as bad, and Zyban should take care of most of it. As far as cravings go, I've quit before, and I know that Dum Dums will give me both the oral fixation (having something in my face) as well as the physical (I have a white stick in my hand). I'll walk to the mailbox at work. I don't smoke at home anyway, so I won't have the urge there.
AFTER the **** Week (when cravings and withdrawl symptoms are at their worst) I will return to the gym, to get back in the swing of things (I've been skipping because of the holidays anyway), and around the middle of Feb, I feel that I will be able to take the weight-loss thing more seriously. 1 down, 1 to go mentality--see it as a challenge, if you have that kind of mindset, and tackle that mountain!
Good luck in the quit--know that I am right here in the trenches with you, suffering, but suffering FOR A BETTER LIFE!