The quitting weight gain

Do you put on weight after you quit smoking, no matter what you eat? Yes, yes you do. That is unless you eat air or actually change your life-style which is something I did and didn’t do (depends who you ask).

I come before you at my first official weigh in roughly 2 months post quitting. I am roughly 9 pounds <collective gasp> bigger. God knows how long it will take me to take them off. It’s not entirely the cigarettes fault though. See.. what happened is (this is science right here so brace yourselves) my endorphine drowned brain started to drain and as a result I started to

1. eat sweets to make myself feel better

2. drink alcohol to forget about quitting

3. mope around & become a couch potato

And for those who can’t read:

This all happened after the first 2-3 weeks, you know, after the energy pill feeling goes away-right & about the time the reality sets in.

“Oh God..I’m going to be quit forever. I need some 151 to forget about this shit!”

So now I have love handles. I have boobs. I have ass. Major ass. I like big butts ass. And I hear it’s mighty hard to loose it..perhaps even impossible. So like I said a while ago..it might be time for a tonsil operation.

I’m trying to go on a diet. I do these things called mini exercises. For example I try to move around a lot in the shower. I do calf-ups <collective ewww>. I walk with my arms slightly elevated. I pinch my fat. I think thin and I make other people feel fat. The system is not really working yet but I am hopeful and already feeling better about myself.

Above all else I try to do everything except quit drinking alcohol, exercise and stop eating. Why? Because eating has become delicious now with all the extra taste buds; alcohol is my fall-back feel good drug and exercise is just plain tiring.