Contents:
- Medical Video: Stop Smoking : Lose Weight When You Stop Smoking
- What causes fat after stopping smoking?
- Tips for not getting fat after stopping smoking
- 1. Stock food in the refrigerator
- 2. Increase exercise
- 3. Choose healthy snacks
- 4. Avoid strict diets
- 5. Allocate cigarette money to healthy snacks
- What if I have already gained weight due to quitting smoking?
Medical Video: Stop Smoking : Lose Weight When You Stop Smoking
You may have seen people who quit smoking and now become fat. Or maybe you have experienced body fat after stopping smoking?
Don't get me wrong. Quitting smoking will not necessarily make you gain weight. There are several other factors that cause you to become fat after so long no longer smoking. In many people, quitting smoking can even help you lose weight.
What causes fat after stopping smoking?
Weight gain after quitting smoking usually results from several factors in this condition:
- You replace smoking with the habit of snacking
- Nicotine speeds up your body's metabolism, so when you stop smoking, your metabolism will return to a more healthy normal speed, and in some people it may cause weight gain
- In some people nicotine can act as an appetite suppressant, so at the beginning you stop smoking, your appetite returns to normal.
Tips for not getting fat after stopping smoking
But take it easy, if you can anticipate the things above, you can still stop smoking without getting fat afterwards.
1. Stock food in the refrigerator
Fill your refrigerator with healthy eating like fruits, nuts and vegetables. Do not store too many unhealthy snacks such as chips, biscuits, sweets, sweets, soft drinks and fried foods. Try every time you are hungry, just eat a moderate portion, rather than snacking on unhealthy food.
2. Increase exercise
In addition to maintaining an ideal body weight, exercise can also be a distraction from the feeling of wanting to smoke.
3. Choose healthy snacks
If you have to snack, please eat fruit and avoid cakes, sweets, and other sweet foods. Also avoid fruit juice because it usually contains high sugar. Fresh fruit is better than fruit juice.
4. Avoid strict diets
A strict diet and hunger will only make you want to smoke more, and instead will overeat when it's time to eat. Do not let you deliberately not eat, especially breakfast.
5. Allocate cigarette money to healthy snacks
How much money do you spend per day or week to buy cigarettes? Try to collect the money and use it to buy favorite fruit or delicious healthy food.
What if I have already gained weight due to quitting smoking?
If you've already become fat after quitting smoking, don't worry. Some people will gain weight within six months after quitting smoking, but when the body is used to without smoking, your weight will return to normal.
Keep in mind your ultimate goal is a healthier body without cigarettes. Weight gain as long as it is not excessive, is not as dangerous as the fatal effects that cigarettes can cause. As long as you do not continue to overeat, your weight will gradually return to normal.
