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Does smoking make u lose weight...

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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i just wanted to know if it does coz recently i have started smoking quite heavy and since then i feel like i've eaten more than usual but i have lost 2 pounds in weight...whats that all about??? Is it the stuff in the ciggerette thats does it or what???
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

    As far as I know smoking only works to reduce your appetite, but doesn't actually reduce your weight as far as I know. Could it be co-incidence?? Started any work out regimes recently??
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah, ass sitting, where u sit on your ass all day!!!! No I havent changed anything...strange!!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

    Beats me then. Maybe because you feel hungry less, the times you do feel hungry are more prominant in your mind?? I know that's lame but there we go...........
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    no it does make u lose weight, i think anyway. i have a kinda theory thing that i might have read somewhere, but anyway it does kinda make sense to me.
    right, so smoke is all full of tar and nicotine. nicotine can sometimes be a hunger supressant, but i guess that doesnt always work. the tar clogs up ure lung and artery pipe thingy's, so ure heart has to work a lot harder to pump the oxygen around ure body, thus increasing ure metabolism rate so u burn more energy and lose weight? ]

    wel it makes sense to me anyway...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    thats a very good theory...if a little scary!!!!!!!!!!! perhaps i should stop...but thats quite hard...oh dear!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i reckon its becoz of, instead of eating all the time, like snacks, ya have a fag instead, and like, wen ure bored, you eat sumthing, so now coz u smoke, u have a fag instaed of eat wen ure bored! thats what i reckonn neway!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i know. ive not had one since weds, but thats co zi cant be fucked to sit and roll it ! :P
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yes it does, firstly when they give you chemotherapy, because you can't eat anything and what you do eat you puke back up. Then as the cancer takes hold, you waste away just before death.

    Of course that's not what you meant, but it's one outcome of smoking that will keep your weight down.

    I am an ex-smoker. I've been 'clean' for three years an I understand just what you really meant. I actually put weight on when I quit. That was because I used to snack, just for something to do. Smoking is an appetite suppresant, but it's better to be slightly overwight than riddled with cancer.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think it's a side effect, but DON'T SMOKE!!!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i didnt mean to offend u MOK, i just wanted to know why it happened. I know i shouldnt smoke and every time i putone in my mouth i know its wrong but i seem to convince myself by saying 'i only have 3-4 a day...that wont hurt...' its harder than i thought and i have to admit the thought of putting in any wiehgt also scares me...dont be angry with me for saying that...
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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    nicotine is a stimulant, it increases the rate of your metabolism. You respire more quickly. so yes, it makes you lose weight...

    please bear in mind that losing weight is very rarely a good thing.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    it is for me coz i'm 5'7 (168cm) and 66kg...i is fat and need to lose a shit load of weight but have no will power to stop eating coz i'm a fat crapper (sorry, really hate myself at the mo...)
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    Girl-From-MarsGirl-From-Mars Posts: 2,822 Boards Guru
    whats 66kg in stones and/or pounds? oonly im the same height as you and im wondering how heavy you are compared to me.
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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    the only reason anyone should try to lose weight is if it's having a serious effect on their health. there should be no cosmetic associations... people fancy people. If someone you fancy fancies someone else who is thinner than you it is *NOT* logical to conclude that the person prefers thinner people, neither can you conclude that the person in question would fancy you if you were thinner.

    try telling my (ex) gf that!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    believe me GFM, I'm heavier than you...if i told u i would have to deal with the fact i'm bigger and sad as that sounds it will mess with my mind!!! Obviously unless u REEEEAAALLY want to know...
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    Girl-From-MarsGirl-From-Mars Posts: 2,822 Boards Guru
    im sure you're not as fat as you think you are tinkabee! if youre thinking im really thin or something, im not. i have quite a number of size 14 trousers <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"&gt;
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'll make a deal with u. i will tell u how much i weigh at the end of august...(lord give me the will power to diet!!!!)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Girl-From-Mars:
    i have quite a number of size 14 trousers

    size 14 is the best size imho. any smaller and you risk being skinny.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tinkabee:
    i didnt mean to offend u MOK, i just wanted to know why it happened. I know i shouldnt smoke and every time i putone in my mouth i know its wrong but i seem to convince myself by saying 'i only have 3-4 a day...that wont hurt...' its harder than i thought and i have to admit the thought of putting in any wiehgt also scares me...dont be angry with me for saying that...


    you hadn't offended me I was just making the point about death being a way of losing weight from smoking.

    Like I said - exsmoker so I've been there and giving up meant I put on a few pounds.

    You can lose weight - but it's harder to lose a tumour.

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    Girl-From-MarsGirl-From-Mars Posts: 2,822 Boards Guru
    Originally posted by luv-snail:
    size 14 is the best size imho. any smaller and you risk being skinny.

    oh im not skinny, dont worry. my waist seems to have got thinner lately though. ah well. i like the rest of me apart from thighs/hips/stomach kinda thing anyway so im not bothered <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;

    do have tops that are size 10 tho usually, some size 12 (for the lenght in the arms! <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt; ).... some shops have random sizing. but i know im a size 14 in trousers some of the time now.

    tinkabee, ill have forgotten by the end of august! you have no need to feel embarrassed by your weight, i was just curious thats all <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i hate to bring this up...again but i have been clean from ciggerettes for about three weeks now but i dont think i can cope, i feel SO fat. i've put on nearly 5-6 pounds and i feel uncomfortable and bloated and nasty and all my clothes are tight and although i try not to eat i cant help it. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions before i start smoking again, like tomorrow!!!!
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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    tinky, get regular exercise... something that keeps you heart rate up for at least 30mins during each session, and at least 3 times a week. eat normally. eating less is likely to do more harm than good, and it will only give marginally noticable weight loss effects.

    hope this helps.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Smoking does NOT make you lose weight. Nicotine is a stimulant drug (like speed or coke) and so suppresses your appetite. It also increases brain activity and stimulates your central nervous system. While it may make you feel like you do not need to eat, it will not make you thinner. What it will do is make your hair and clothes smell and waste your money.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tinkabee:
    i hate to bring this up...again but i have been clean from ciggerettes for about three weeks now but i dont think i can cope, i feel SO fat. i've put on nearly 5-6 pounds and i feel uncomfortable and bloated and nasty and all my clothes are tight and although i try not to eat i cant help it. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions before i start smoking again, like tomorrow!!!!

    You will put on weight when you give up smoking but will soon lose it again ... think of the long term benefits like money in the bank and nice teeth. If you get depressed, treat yourself with the money you haven't wasted on fags. And if you feel bad now, think how much worse you will feel when you have started smoking again after you got this far! You deserve better - keep it up!!

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Cut you lossses and give up smoking. have u not seen the kinda crap thats in smokers lungs??
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Smoking does seem to make people lose weight, in fact it's part of a new fad diet in LA. It's recently been found that some of the chemicals in fags increase your metabolism and dull your appestat (psycological hunger, different to appetite which is actual physical hunger and tells you what you need).
    This is also why people tend to put on weight when they quit, they get the appestat back and also replace fags with food.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I also have a theory to why all my mates have lost wieght since they started smoking;

    unlike other teenagers, who regularly spend there spare money on rubbish or at MaccyD's, my friends save there money to buy fags, so therefore eat less.(?)

    I know its not a good theory, but it is true!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Smoking is supposed to suppress your appetite but it's been medically proven that it gives you cancer.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Smoking kills your appetite. It doesn't actually cause weight loss. Many girls in my class used to smoke partly 'cause they thought it kept them thin. But we all went off to Uni & it's obviously not working.

    Sorry to be cruel. From personal experience smoking does make U less hungry, but is not ideal if you are trying to lose weight, try WILLPOWER. (says me!)

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Gio, this topic is from back in June and the last posts were when it was already quite dead.

    So I'll give you a tip: Read this newbie manners guide, it helps not to get the regular members annoyed at you <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/wink.gif"&gt; No one's shouted at me yet so I must be doing something right <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"&gt;

    Oops I forgot to post the actual link!!

    Newbie Good Manner's Guide

    Sorry if I caused any confusion!

    [This message has been edited by Catatonic (edited 19-11-2001).]
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