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I guess it's just our metabolism, Mary. And I really don't get much exercise at all now that I'm not gardening, and keeping a basically one room flat tidy isn't burning many calories. Walking is pretty much out with COPD, I tire easily. So, more calories in than calories expended, I should be getting some weight back, but no! And to make it more annoying, the weight I have lost isn't the fat around my waist!
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13-09-2011, 09:45 PM
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Mary, Eileen ..... do either of you eat potatoes or pastry as in savoury pies and pasties? Puddings? Cereals? I find that type of food piles the pounds on fast...
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13-09-2011, 09:55 PM
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I almost always fix potatoes, usually little new boiled ones, curried or rissole, and crisps, of course. I'm not a cereal person, don't care for it. I rarely have pies, am more a mousse cake dessert type. Or shortbread, or toast and jam. And rolls with copious amounts of real butter!
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13-09-2011, 10:04 PM
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Sometimes I do Mags, fruit pies with pastry or new potatoes, often take cereals with loads of sugar and milk to bed. To be honest I don't give a fig that I'm thin, I want to add weight for my health, especialy with winter coming along to fight infections. Eileen, my COPD has improved a lot in the past two years and I can walk for miles now, it's early days for you yet. Just thought - we both gave up smoking, wonder if that's anything to do with it?
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13-09-2011, 10:14 PM
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I always heard giving up smoking meant a weight gain as a rule ... t'aint so!
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Originally Posted by dandysmom ->
I always heard giving up smoking meant a weight gain as a rule ... t'aint so!
Yes, eating more food is supposed to compensate for giving up smoking...
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13-09-2011, 10:20 PM
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Doesn't work for me; eating about the same and still desperately missing smoking.
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13-09-2011, 10:56 PM
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Doesn't work for me; eating about the same and still desperately missing smoking.
Sorry to hear your still missing it badly, Eileen ..... do you chew mints or any sweets instead? That often helps....
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13-09-2011, 11:39 PM
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Neither, Mags, just cold turkey, as from day one. The craving is psychological, not physical.
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Neither, Mags, just cold turkey, as from day one. The craving is psychological, not physical.
Tell yourself you are better off without it, you don't want all the problems you had last winter to happen again
 
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