Those that I know on Chantix, didn't gain the ൜ pounds", but still gained.
Posted By: Same Boat! on 2009-03-17
In Reply to: Chantix and weight gain - TTer22
It seemed like most of them only gained like 10 pounds or so in the first 3 months on it. They say when quitting smoking to expect to gain 20. I don't care how much I gain. I lost over 50 pounds a couple years ago, so I know I can lose it again if I need to. Better to be 20 pounds over weight than smoking.
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Chantix and weight gain
Does Chantix help with the weight you gain from quitting smoking, or do you gain anyway?
nope. Didn't give up anything and gained even more!
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I too have gained weight. . . sm
Only I have gained 50 pounds since July!
When you press on the skin (not the indendation from the chair), does it pop back up or stay indented? If it stays indented, it might be edema. I would go to the doctor though just to make sure everything is okay. I was suddenly having problems with swelling, and the doctor decided it was a medication I was taking that was causing the swelling.
I hope it isn't anything serious! Good luck!
I have gained weight .......
Well, I have... and my pants are tight. I just wanted those of you in the same boat to give me some sympathy! Congrats to those of you that have lost recently!! I have got to start eating better and moving. If Spring would "really" get here I would be outside alot more..good excuse anyway! I lost about 35 pounds last year and have gained about 15 back. I honestly am more concerned with the health aspect of carrying more weight around the middle than I am of looking better, although I will take that too. I have got to get motivated.
Just gained 5 lbs. reading above sm
Hash brown recipe simply scrumptious, I use crushed potato chips for the topping. I once used grated parmesan cheese (the kind you put on spaghetti) instead of grating it myself and it was absolutely delicious (expensive) but so easy. I also make a carrot cake with the crushed pineapple and use 2 jars of baby food carrots instead of shredding. (Lost that receipe someplace.) Just call me lazy, I guess. Gosh, now I have to go and stuff my face. You all make it sound so good, I can smell it cooking!
Yes, she gained a lot of weight after the Olympics,
and this is not muscle, it's fat, just like a 'p.....t'
with her pinky flesh.
Like mother like daughter.
I kept praying for Mark when he had to do all this lifting with her!
I guess her 'stalker' was just hungry with a big appetite!
LOL!
P.S. I hope I will not get banned for this!
Gained weight due to back problems
I gained weight due to a herniated disk in my back. I had surgery in June of 2006 and I have now lost 30 pounds. I do not particularly diet. I have changed my eating habits and what I eat. Whole wheat bread, which I have never liked but Sara Lee makes some great bread that does not taste like wheat!! I cut down on my soda. I try not to eat any sweet. Around that time of month, I do crave them and I sometimes engorge!!! I also have started eating slower and I always try and leave some on my plate.
I can say that changing your eating habits and what you eat, as well as how much you eat will help.
I doubt my husband has gained an oz, grrrrrr
He has been the same size since I first met him some 30 years ago and he can eat anything. Dontcha just hate that? I have gained a few such that I do not weigh in the doctor's office anymore. Tell them just to put down "too much."
NO WEIGHT GAIN AFTER
When I had my TOTAL hysterectomy at age 30, my doctor told me that I should not use the excuse that I had a hysterectomy and gained weight. He said that was an excuse and if I gained weight, it certainly would not be because I had a hysterectomy. Well, I'm here to tell you (31 years later) I never gained "because" I had a hysterectomy. In fact, I never gained an ounce. Now, have thyroid problems and have LOST weight tremendously but not because of a hysterectomy or any other reason. Can't do the diet thing, because I don't have THAT kind of will power! Best of luck you to and all....
weight gain
I have gained a lot of weight since my daughter graduated from high school. . she was very active in school and in sports and I was active along with her. . now. not so much. . I still like to go out and be around people . . though not as much as I used to. . sometimes you have to just force yourself to do things. . I have also thought about some time in the future getting a job somewhere else just to be around people. .
weight gain
yes I have gained weight. And I have become unsocial. I have noticed I no longer want to get dressed anymore and when I go somewhere I cant wait to get back home and put on comfy clothes. I know other MTs who have the same problems.
since the employer has the most to gain from...
denying benefits, I would say that if the former employer would like to, they could pay for the drug testing; therefore, no tax payer money wasted on drug testing and, perhaps, drug addicts get no more of my tax money. It's an idea anyway.
I've gained a lot too but I have worked on having a social life (sm)
There is a website called Exercisefriends dot com where you can post for people in your area to walk with or whatever sport you like. I found a walking buddy like that and we are now best friends for the past few years now(she works at home too). But the part-time job is a good idea too - those jobs are fun even though you don't make much money.
not only lost breast - but gained a very small man part?
that is the comment he/she made on the Oprah show - that he/she had gained that new part also by taking the hormones - I don't understand if she wanted to be a man, why keep all the female parts to have a baby the woman way?
How much weight have you (or your husband) gained since high school?
15 for me and 30 for DH
Gain an hour of work.. for me and DH
Both work nights :)
how much did u gain from swelling in pregnancy?
I am almost 37 weeks along with my first child (girl!). I have gained a third of my pregnancy weight in the last month due to giant man feet and ankles. Yuck! I haven't worn my wedding ring for months-the hands were swollen first, but then came the feet. I had to wear my new found velcro strap sandles to my anniversary dinner this week. I had on a lovely skyblue knit dress with a beautiful blue topaz necklace my husband bought as an anniversary gift, and it was all topped off with my velcro summer sandles. I just had to giggle at myself, but really when no other shoe fits what are you supposed to do?
Does anyone else have some good stories so I know I'm not alone? Thanks.
Because I gained weight quickly and can't afford to replace all my clothes at once (sm)
plus I am trying to lose weight and hope that they will fit again and I won't have to replace them all.
Not just swollen but the weight gain is horrible
can you imagine gaining over 25 lbs in a 2 week period. I laughed when I read the post above about how we do it to ourselves. Yeh, I nearly died from asthma. When you go to an ER and they don't ask your name nor your insurance company, you are bad off. I begged to come off the prednisone, felt like Puff the Magic Dragon. My pulmonologist told me this weight gain different than regular gain, probably would not be able to get off but I guess I did it to myself, darn it, having that attack and then taking that darn prednisone so I could puff up like a toad. Ha!
weight gain and antisocial behavior
Has anyone else noticed that this job tends to make you gain lots of weight and become pretty antisocial? I feel like I am just sitting here watching the pounds add up daily... I do not want to get dressed and leave my house - If I do get dressed, I come straight back home to put on my comfy clothes and sit my butt in this chair all day long. I moved to a new town 3 years ago and still have not met a soul because I am in my office by myself all day long with no source of networking to make friends. It has become a pretty lonely life for me.
I am even to the point of going to the local outlets and applying for a minimum wage job just to have a reason to have to get up and put clothes on and get out of the house every day. I don't know what else to do - am at wits end here!
how can you gain weight if you aren't eating
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Asked my doctor about weight gain...
He said that weight gain was a myth, shouldn't be the case, that probably the cause for the weight gain that so many people online complained about was probably the fact that now they could eat what they wanted and so they over did. I've had no problem with weight gain at all. When I started getting the symptoms over a year ago, I started changing my eating habits, not drastically. I had pretty much been a slave to Budget Gourmet, etc. Being single, I didn't like to spend the time cooking just for myself. That all changed and I cut out the microwave meals completely, trying to get rid of the preservatives, etc. I just started cooking for myself with fresh ingredients in large batches and then using Food Saver to vacuum seal them and put them in the freezer for future use. It has worked out really well. I know what you mean about not wanting to eat ANYTHING for fear the pain will come back before surgery. I googled online to see what I should restrict and went from there. No more fat, no pork, no CHEETOS :(. I remember making tuna casseroles, using a cream of celery soup as a base. I ate a lot of things like that until I had my surgery and I never had pain again. Wishing you good luck and good health.
As someone who has been 235.5 pounds and now to 115 pounds (sm)
There is no comparison. It feels gross to be fat. I beat myself up every night because I ate too much and "I'll do better tomorrow," which never happened except once in June of 2004 when it all changed for me.
Now that my weight is down to normal (I'm 5Ƌ" tall), people treat me differently. I feel much better. Clothes fit me pretty much right. (I have a little bit of excess skin but nothing I need removed.)
Being less than half of what I was is much, much better than being "plump."
I'm not afraid of any food, BTW. I can still out-eat most anyone at a buffet, but I choose not to do so anymore. I do eat what I want; I just had to change what I wanted. What is so wrong about eating more fiber and less meat anyway?
15 years, no weight gain, I walk a lot, fast.
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This website says 70% of woman gain weight on Depo
http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/bcdepo.htm
Not just me!
I lost 123 pounds (sm)
I am down to 112 pounds. All my skin, including my face skin, bounced back really well. I do have a little loose skin on my thighs but not so much that I can't wear shorts. My belly looks like I've been pregnant with big kids, and with my largest being 10 pounds, I earned my loose belly skin.
It might have made a difference that I did it "au naturale" without the surgery, so I am still absorbing my nutrients properly.
No, it looks fat as I am fat. I am trying to drop 70 pounds - sm
and dread the wrinkles that will most likely pop up; but I guess in order to get back to a healthy weight my face will have to pay the price. I will live with it.
I also had a picture up with me 35 pounds
heavier. it was not pretty. That was my motivation. by the way, I will walk 2 miles a day and have been doing so for 8 years to keep the poundage off.
Just a few pounds, but don't want to starve...
Hi all,
Would like to a lose a little weight, about 35 to 40 lbs. but do not want to starve myself (I have a sweet tooth) and do it healthy of course. Currently, I am eating smaller portions, watching what I eat, no soda, drinking more water and walking in the evenings. I had my baby four years ago and still look about six months pregnant when I look sideways in the mirror and a little extra on the hips and thighs. I would love to have my abs back at least!
Any suggestions? What works for you and/or what have you tried? TIA.
Somehow I lost 10 pounds.
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My SIL had this and lost over 150 pounds. She...
really did not have any major problems after the surgery. However, it has been almost 2 years and in the past few months she has regained 35 pounds. If someone is eating to deal with emotional problems or just life in general, having the surgery does not make the emotional problems go away. They need to find another way to deal with them before the surgery in order for the surgery to work effectively. Just my opinion from watching my SIL. The docs need to deal more with WHY the patient is eating the way they do and work on changing eating habits before they have the surgery.
The 50 pounds after the hysterectomy? (sm)
I have gained a lot in the last 6 months and wonder if it is related to my hormonal issues. Did you lose weight after your hysterectomy?
And put on a few extra pounds?
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I am 123 pounds down and have been for 3+ years
I went from 235.5 to 115. I did gain some weight in the middle of my weight loss, but I was baking a 9 pound 1 ounce baby during that time. I was at my prepregnancy weight within 3 days after delivery. The weight loss on WW was the best thing I've ever done for myself.
Good luck!
I heard that you should see Seven pounds
guess i'll skip it!
Thank goodness I did not try to see Seven Pounds
the other night and instead apparently chose a more adult themed movie. After my movie a woman came out from the Will Smith movie demanding to see a manager. She said loads of children in the theater totally acting out and their parents not controlling them.
Try Chantix
I was a heavy smoker from the time I was about 13 to age 27. I had my baby and quit because I had an extended hospital stay with my delivery and so on, so it was not too hard because I was inconscious for about 4 days after delivery, so I think that the nicotine got out of my system. Like an nitwit, last year I want on vacation and had a cigarette, well 1 turned into a half a pack a day. I went on Chantix (after battling the insurance company for authorization), did it as directed, and now I have not had a cigarette in 3 weeks with really very little craving or angst. On this med, cigarettes do not satisfy you. I would recommend this to anyone. I had a little nausea and could not take my vitamin with it in the morning, but it has all been well worth it to be a nonsmoker. Give it a try if you want to quit, and you should want to quit. You will feel so proud and great. Seeing it from both sides of the fence, I also noticed that people really look down on smoking. GOOD LUCK!!!!
chantix
They better call the doc.
Chantix
Anyone have encouraging stories to tell? I'm on day #8 and was doing good up until this point. I think I'll make it through though.
Chantix
I personally know 3 people who have had great success with Chantix and two of them didn't even really want to quit THAT bad, but made the decision for financial reasons. I have decided the next time I am at the doc's office for whatever reason, I'm asking for some 
Chantix ?
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Chantix?
Woo hooo! Congratulations. Hubby quit Oct will be 5 years now. Quit once for 6 mos with nicorette but started back. 6 mos later came home with gum again, said he was tired of coughing and hacking all day. Put them down and never picked up another. Old elderly doc friend of mine said one time, if they told you to chew on a chrome bumper, you will not quit until you WANT to quit. So, seriously wanting to quit is a darn good start.
One good (or bad) thought. All those things you have listed, job, kid, bills, court, etc., etc...You had them when you smoked too and it did not help, so battle them without cigs. The nicorette does work though.
Chantix is the way to go! sm
I've tried every quit-smoking fix each time one would come out. When my doctor recommended Chantix because it works on the brain, I though sure it does. But I started it and couldn't be happier or more proud of myself (after all the failures). I'll tell anyone who will listen that the Chantix is worth the $120 or so each month. I'm starting my last round and hopefully that will be that. The best part about Chantix is that there is no hungering for a cigarette (a fleeting thought, maybe, but not stressing over it). There is no urge to chew and gnaw on something. You're every thought does not revolve around "I have to have a cigarette." If you want a guaranteed easy way to quit smoking with the least stress and best results, go with the Chantix. Since you won't be buying cigarettes, you can afford the $120.00 a month. I can't praise this drug enough.
Chantix
Well, it works immediately on your quit day. You take it (and continue to smoke) for the first week of Chantix, then the 8th day is your quit day, and I'm telling you, you don't care. It's strange but true.
I think 3 months is the norm for taking it but if you tell your doctor that you think you may need to take it longer (which I did), they'll let you take it another month or two with a tapering off.
I'm taking it longer because I know in the past I have had no willpower to deny myself a smoke using other methods, plus the fact of how many years (30) I've smoked. I'm just trying to make sure my brain is over the nicotine fix.
The hardest thing to break is behavioral. Every smoker smokes during, before or after certain activities and you have 1 lit without even knowing it. After a meal, before you go into the store shopping for a couple of hours, during stressful periods, talking on the phone and so on. I also thought I couldn't sit and pay bills without a couple of cigarettes. I think all of us smokers have virtually the same triggers more or less.
Every once in a while (it's been nearly 3 months for me now) my brain still thinks it's going to have a cigarette. When I take my dinner dishes to the kitchen, my brain says "Now I get to smoke." But just as quickly, you realize, "No, I don't" and the thought simply goes away. I'm just trying to make sure this is my ONE successful try to quit smoking. It's never too late.
I know you all are going to think I work for the drug company that makes Chantix. It's just that I want any smoker to know that if it works for a no-willpower weakling like me, it'll work for you.
Have any of you tried Chantix
I picked up a prescription yesterday and wondering if anyone has used this and if they are willing to share how it worked for them.
I am currently on Chantix. (sm)
I have been cigarette-free since August 2, 2007, and feeling great. Not too many side effects to speak of. Vivid dreams but not scary dreams. It completely takes away the PHYSICAL cravings you get but you still have to work on the BEHAVIORAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL parts of smoking. It is early in my quit so I am still struggling with those, but every day is better and better. I can't believe how well Chantix worked at kicking the physical cravings! Good luck!
Chantix.
Chantix is definitely worth it. If it gives you nightmares, you are supposed to take the second dose earlier. If you are still getting nightmares, then they suggest that you try just taking the first dose only (I have a friend who used it with great success - quit after 40 years of 2 packs per day).
If you don't like the cost, I know of a lot of insurance companies that will pay for it because of how much it saves them in the long run. I think there might even be a program on the internet (quit plan??) that helps cover the cost as well. If you smoke even a pack a day, Chantix costs the same in a month.
It works by blocking your nicotine receptors, thus everytime you light up, you don't feel anything, so a cigarettes becomes worthless. If you are on Chantix though, expect to be on it for at least 6 months. People, who quit after just 3 months tend to have a higher % of starting back up.
If you are really serious about wanting to quit, why not give it a shot. You can always stop taking the medicine if you can't stand it (shelf life is only 24 hours).
Good luck and if you are serious about quitting, you will.
a rapid weight gain without increasing one's calorie intake
so much that it would justify the weight gain, is an indication of water retention.
I've been on WW and lost 40 pounds
I have some more to go, but it's the only thing that has worked for me. It makes sense. It's about making good choices with your food and increasing your activity. I've gone off WW now and then and was able to hold my own, or if I gained weight, I could hop back on the points plan and get things gong again. I don't go to meetings, though. I do everything online. I have access to all the areas of the website, and I'm able to do it that way, but I think it's much slower thn going to actual meetings. I just don't have time in my schedule to go to meetings.
Drink water! Move! Watcch points, and you lose weight.
I got 5 pounds of chocolate candy
Hubby remembered one night...just 1 night...and can't remember when, that I was so hungry for a piece of chocolate, he gave me 5 pounds of chocolate for Christmas!!! I love chocolate but not that much!!!! I think he wants me to get fat. 
I ate 2 pieces so far since Christmas. Hmmmmmmmmmm, think I'll go grab a piece now. It seems to be calling me.
how many rounds did it take you for Chantix? nm
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