Finding Alternatives for Losing Weight After Quitting Smoking

Among the fears of smokers stands possible weight gain after they have quit smoking. Many smokers will have all the motivation they need to quit but when they start packing on the pounds they usually revert back to puffing away.

There is a new "YOU Can Quit" plan out on the market, which advocates substituting your smoking habit with an activity such as walking.

Apparently if you use this method you can quit smoking without gaining all of that weight. Nearly 700 patients have locked onto this plan and women seemed to gain no weight in the first six weeks while men were gaining about 2 pounds.

The plan includes walking for 30 minutes daily and calling a buddy for support whenever you have a craving. Of course, nicotine replacements like the patch are also involved. The longer you are off cigarettes the more training that is involved.

This seems like a plausible way of losing weight and quitting smoking and it is usually said that in order to kick one habit you have to start up another one.

[Via: FortWayne.com]

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