How
to avoid gaining weight after you quit smoking
By Sherali S. Bharwani
It's a very
common observation that people gain weight after giving up
smoking. Generally speaking, that happens due to 2 major reasons:
-
Your body
burns about 10% more calories per day when you smoke. So
when you give up smoking, you burn 10% less calories per
day.
-
Food
usually tastes better when you stop smoking, so you eat
a little more.
So what do you
do? Don't quite smoking? Let me tell you why your body burns
more calories when you smoke.
Smoking adds significant
STRESS to your system. In response, your body burns about
10% more calories per day resisting the toxic effect of
smoking. A similar toxic response is seen when ingesting
large amounts of caffeine, high-protein diets, and other
drugs and supplements.
Interestingly
(and sadly), a recent survey showed that 40% of young women
listed 'weight control' as primary or secondary reason for
taking up smoking!
Come on! There are hundreds of ways you
can burn more calories per day apart from putting your body (and
life) under stress, wasting your energy and sacrificing your
health.
Tell me.. If I
told you that you're 20 pounds overweight and you can get
rid of that excess weight by cutting off your left hand.
Would you go for it? If you are shocked to hear the
question, excuse me. But very frankly, in my opinion, taking
up smoking to lose weight is just as absurd!
Now let me
tell you how to avoid gaining extra pounds after giving up
smoking. It's pretty simple. You just have to readjust your
calorie intake to match the 10% reduction in your calorie
output.
Additionally,
as I said, food usually tastes better when you stop smoking
which is a good thing NOT a bad thing. But be sure to be sensible and make
intelligent food selections and satisfy your hunger with
nutritional food, not empty calorie food. Otherwise, what's
the use substituting one unhealthy habit (smoking) with
another (regularly eating junk food)?
Now the big
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effectively yet easily modify your diet, activities and most
importantly, your long term behavior and lifestyle in order
to achieve your ideal weight goal.
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