Anyone quit smoking?

[Rob52240]

I decided to last weekend and I think I'm past the withdraw but I still find myself with zero appetite and frequently swearing at customers and the general public while I'm driving or working.

I'm a bit wierded out by the fact that I do not like eating anything now though and have a strange desire to spit out all food rather than chew and swallow it.  I wouldn't mind losing a few pounds but I definitely need to eat more than 500 calories in a day.

[mechanic]

I gave up smoking after doing it pretty heavy for 15 years. I instantly put on 30lbs almost in a week. I had no trouble eating, my appetite increased by double. Nearly 3 years on and I can't believe I ever smoked.

[Shifty]

I quit two weeks ago tomorrow. I've used electornic cigarettes to help. As each day passes I depend on them less. The only problem I'm having is waking up about three hours too early every morning and not being able to go back to sleep. I've noticed my sense of smell is coming back as well as taste. I'm not seasoning my food near as much. I'm not eating any more.. Yet. I've still got a long way to go though, I'll still think I'm supposed to have a cigarette when doing something I normally smoked while doing. Hang in there Rob, I keep telling my self I've come this far I can keep going. Good luck to you.

[coombz]

Quit a few years ago, it actually improved my appetite as opposed to what you are experiencing

Stick with it man, it's not easy...but nothing in life that's worth doing is

[xbrit]

I quit somewhere around 10 years ago, at that time I was on almost three packs a day. Like others have said you slowly get your
sense of taste and smell back and start to enjoy food again, sometimes too much, after I quit within two months I had put on
50lbs and being an old fart never took it back off again.
Stay with it, it's definitely worth it.

[Nefarious]

I am 6 years in. Cold Turkey with patches. Chewed on plastic straws. I'm at the point now where surrounded by 2nd hand smoke is disgusting, but cigarettes, usually the lighting of one still smells good.

Good luck.

[68ZooM]

I'm using the liquid E-Cig the shop mixes the flavor you want and you choose the nicotine amount you want used to smoke a pack a day but now I'm down to like 3 or 4 cigs and i use the E-Cig some.. The flavor I'm using is applewood smells good and not a bad taste.  He's now working on a new flavor i asked him to see if he could make it..... Wait.....Wait  Bacon!!!!!!!!!!   Rob just stick to it you ll conquer it just stay strong.

[RedBull1]

Dad's been smoking since he was 16 years old, on the Fourth of July last year, early in the morning.. he had a heart attack at 50...that morning was the last time he's smoked since.

After 34 years+ of smoking a pack a day+ he quit cold turkey the day of his heart attack

[Zacherof]

I've quit thoasands of times
been smoking for about 5 years. Go through a pack a day, cut back and now it's 5-6 cigarettes a day. (unless I drink then I have to buy 2 packs)

I can't seem to quit either. Bootcamp will surely help with that.

[SIK1]

I quit six years ago after smoking steadily for twenty-nine years. I used the lozenge after trying just about everything else besides Chantix. I started when I was thirteen.
I wish I lost my appetite. I ate just about everything in sight especially if it was fattening. I'm still trying to lose the weight I gained. It's funny really the whole time I smoked I maintained a steady weight, the minute I quit, I started packing on the pounds. I've finally started to lose the weight but damn what a fight it's been.
Another strange side effect was after about a year my sense of smell went into overdrive and I could smell stuff that I was better off not being able to smell. Fortunately that diminished after a couple of months.

[FLOOB]

Yes, I don't smoke anymore, I vape. Switched to e cigs, cut way down on cost and literally about 1000 fewer carcinogens. IMO don't bother with Blu e-cigs they work but they suck. I switched to Johnson Creek's e-cig, I like it.

[RedBull1]

I've quit thoasands of times
been smoking for about 5 years. Go through a pack a day, cut back and now it's 5-6 cigarettes a day. (unless I drink then I have to buy 2 packs)

I can't seem to quit either. Bootcamp will surely help with that.

You REALLY may want to consider forcing yourself to quit before bootcamp....If you have to quit smoking WHILE going through boot camp...you're gonna have a bad time  

[Zacherof]

You REALLY may want to consider forcing yourself to quit before bootcamp....If you have to quit smoking WHILE going through boot camp...you're gonna have a bad time  

my friend smokes just as much as I do and said he was fine. They were so busy smoking wasn't even on his mind.

But we'll see. I won't smoke an e-grit cause i just smoke it all day
not to mention 80% of they people I know in the navy smoke
what a world

[Rob52240]

Thanks guys, a lot of people have been suggesting the E cigs but I've tried one and didn't really like it.  20 years of the real thing must be making me biased.

If I bought another I'd probably just use it to try the popular research chemicals that are sold here 24/7.  A few of the shops sell their own brands of recreational chemicals.... I mean scents.

I am a bit worred about the eating thing though, I've averaged less than 200 calories per day since saturday but I've tried compensating by drinking a bit of milk with full fat cream added.  I'm definitely losing weight because I'm getting red lines on my abdomen just like when I was a kid during wrestling and football seasons.

[Zacherof]

I wish I had that issue. Btw you can't tasty thing?
I haven't noticed any side affects regarding thy sense.