| There is substantial evidence underlining | | | | that is the secret of how to stop smoking |
| weight gain as the main concern smokers cite | | | | without weight gain. |
| as a reason for not stopping smoking. This is | | | | |
| amongst the many other excuses smokers give | | | | What you think is that you 'want a cigarette' |
| for putting off stopping smoking. Other | | | | when in actual fact, you want some nicotine. |
| examples include the inability to cope with | | | | It is simply that over the years, you have |
| stress or a fear that they will not be able | | | | wanted nicotine, had a cigarette to get it |
| to enjoy an upcoming party or their life in | | | | and then been rewarded with the discomfort of |
| general without their trusty cigarettes. | | | | the craving subsiding. What has happened is |
| | | | that you have subconsciously replaced the |
| Smoking is an addiction to nicotine but most | | | | connection of getting nicotine and the |
| smokers, and non-smokers for that matter, | | | | craving dying and having a cigarette and the |
| wrongly think of it as a habit. This is not | | | | craving dying. |
| the case. The urge to smoke is so | | | | |
| overwhelming; it simply cannot just be a | | | | In your mind, you see the cigarette as the |
| habit. | | | | thing you desire when in actual fact it is |
| | | | the nicotine. The cigarette is simply the |
| The suffering that smokers must go through in | | | | delivery system. This is why pharmaceutical |
| order to be able to smoke, is evidence as to | | | | companies (wrongly) think nicotine patches |
| why smoking is not a habit, but is an | | | | and gum can help smokers quit. |
| addiction. Smokers cannot inhale any other | | | | |
| form of smoke, other than tobacco smoke, | | | | So how does knowing this help you learn how |
| without coughing and spluttering or even | | | | to stop smoking without weight gain? Well, |
| being sick. | | | | the point is that when you stop smoking, you |
| | | | will find that the craving for a cigarette |
| Once smokers come to realise the addiction to | | | | (well nicotine) is very similar to the |
| nicotine is the reason they smoke, it becomes | | | | craving for food. It is a hollow empty |
| easier to learn how to stop smoking without | | | | feeling. Whilst you struggle with your |
| weight gain. | | | | willpower to overcome the urge to smoke, you |
| | | | will try and subdue the craving for nicotine |
| Smokers think they enjoy smoking as much, if | | | | with something that 'might work' - eating. |
| not more, than eating. However, there is a | | | | |
| very subtle difference between smoking and | | | | Smokers often turn to food to settle the |
| eating and understanding this is the key to | | | | craving for nicotine. This is where you end |
| learning how to stop smoking without weight | | | | up gaining weight because you are wrongly |
| gain. Read this two statements: | | | | trying to settle your hunger for nicotine by |
| | | | doing what seems right when you hunger for |
| "When you are hungry, your body tells you so | | | | food. Your calorie intake goes through the |
| by giving you hunger pangs. You eat and you | | | | roof and you pile on the pounds! |
| are rewarded with the discomfort subsiding." | | | | |
| | | | When you recognise that your apparent |
| "When you want a cigarette, your body tells | | | | increased appetite is just you mixing up |
| you by giving you a craving. You smoke and | | | | cravings for food with cravings for nicotine, |
| you are rewarded with the discomfort | | | | it becomes easier for you to control your |
| subsiding." | | | | response - i.e. whether you chose to eat or |
| | | | not. Once you have mastered this |
| When you read these two statements as a | | | | understanding, you are on the right track of |
| smoker, you are probably in full agreement | | | | how to stop smoking without weight gain. |
| with them. But, the second one is wrong and | | | | |