I have been a smoker for about 4 years now, I am in very good health and a normal weight, I am desperately trying to quit smoking, but every time I do I gain TONS of weight!! I am not snacking any more than usual and I don’t know what it is.. I even exercise more and I still gain more weight any time I try to quit. It is so bad that my girlfriends will tease me about putting on the pounds when ever they know I am trying to quit. I’ve tried to quit 3 times so far all unsuccessful because of this. Eventually I just get soooo STRESSED OUT from it all that I have to smoke again.. Please help. How can I stop smoking and not gain weight?
(I have not smoked in 3 days and I have already gained 3.5lbs..)

There are a few free stop smoking aids: help lines, the smokers anonymous, or picking up simple hobbies. The help lines are run by trained counselors who can help very much the smoker who want to give up smoking. These lines help in different ways, by nicotine replacement therapy and help they choose the right one, or by recommending them laser therapy or drugs like Zyban.

Joining Smokers Anonymous can be very useful to those who want to give up smoking because these groups are being advised by those who have given up smoking, and it can be very helpful when the smoker is facing withdrawal symptoms. The smoker can also be helped by a family friend or a friend. No monetary value is involved because the family member (or the friend) wants to help the smoker hive up smoking, and he does that by spending hours (for example) with the smoker.

Picking up a simple hobby, like gardening or building scrapbooks keeps the individual occupied and reduces the urge to smoke. In consequence the smoker must learn to fill up hours with meaningful and engrossing activity, that is why it is important, the smoker picks an activity in which he is interested.

Other ways, the smoker can help himself by bringing discipline in his life, drinking a glass of water or fruit juice whenever the urge of smoke appears. Taking a few deep breaths and relaxing is a natural way to fight the urge of smoking.

A simple painless therapy is the laser treatment that uses a low intensity laser beam (called cold laser) to kill the smoking urge. Usually, it requires only a 20-30 minutes session to kill the smoking urge, but in some cases two or three sittings may be needed.

The therapy contains three stages, the first one where points that can reduce the dependence of the body on nicotine are activated, the second controls the appetite points so no extra weight is gained, and the last step stimulates the relaxation points to release endorphins.(this is a critical point to any treatment, because, the endorphins, which are produced by pituitary glands create a sense of false well-being and are present in large numbers in smokers).

The reason for which smokers experience emotional distress, anger, and the simple but phenomenal urge to light another cigar is that the endorphins register a sharp fall whenever someone tries to quit smoking. That is where laser treatment helps, by activating specific points in the body (ears, nose, hands, wrist, and forearm), and stimulating the natural release of synthesized endorphins.

Because of the given stimulation points, many doctors consider laser therapy to be similar to acupuncture Oriental science that uses needle to activate pressure points besides the fact that laser therapy uses low intensity laser beam.

Because of the advantages painless, no cuts or burns, and high success rate (80%-90%) more people tend to use this therapy every day. The only smokers who should not consider this treatment are pregnant women, cancer patients and epileptics.

So i smoked for 4 years & then i quit successfully after ab 30 tries for about 3 months. When i smoked a whole lot I lost way too much weight & smelled like smoke all the time & constantly had cravings. And when i quit I never craved a cig, I couldnt stand even the smell anymore & i gained healthy weight back and look so much better. . . but about two months ago i picked the cigarettes back up & i HATE that im smoking again! I cant stand the smell & i feel horrible after i smoke one & i always try to quit but all my friends smoke so when im around them i always have to have a cigarette. So, being brutally honest, please give me alot of encouragement to stop smoking today.

It seems like whenever I drink I slip up and smoke. Do you think I should quit both bad habits?

Men are you sick of hearing about how fine you used to be and how the only thing fine about you now is the wine that you drink? If the answer is yes, that is all about to change, as I can show you how to get rid of your beer fat without ever having to give up the beer! But let’s get down to business by discussing what a beer belly really is and understand what really causes it.

Let us first define what a beer belly is. By definition, a beer belly is an area of fat that is positioned between your chest and your waist, or what used to be your waist. Now, is it cause by beer? The surprising answer is no. Science has proven that beer bellies are caused by calories that haven’t been burned up by your body that get deposited to that section of your body. Why is it deposited there? Men are genetically dispositioned to deposit the greatest amount of their fat in their stomach area.

Now you know where the beer belly or should I say the hot wings belly comes from, next you have to decide what you are willing to do to reverse the curse. You can start by working on those fat cells that are spreading themselves on your stomach. Beer is not the direct cause of your waistline expanding, but it can be a factor. Alcohol makes you hungry, think Hot wings and Beer at Hooters (I mean the food is why you go, right?), so if you stopped drinking youd be taking a good step towards cutting down your calorie intake.

Lose the beer and you can also lose that increased appetite. But this article isn’t about getting rid of the beer; it’s about getting rid of the belly, so I won’t tell you to stop drinking. You could also exercise and burn more calories than the amount of calories you take in from drinking beer. But exercise too may sound like a lot of hard work. So for the purposes of this article, we will focus on the best beers for your belly!

So the first thing that comes to your mind when I say low calories is all those light beers that taste likewell you know, but How to Get Rid of the Beer Belly without Giving Up Beer is for real men who would never think of ordering one of “them there sissy light beers.”

First we have the nice and dark Guiness Draught; this beer is not light and with only 125 calories and 10 carbs, you don’t have to worry about your belly. It’s also full of flavor so you don’t have to drink tons to make up for a bad taste. Second we have Beamish Irish Stout; it’s light on calories with only 131. Finally, we have Busch which only has about 133 calories and around 10 carbs. So drink responsibly and get rid of that gut!

So now you have the key to getting rid of your beer belly without having to but down the bottle. So the next time your wife or girlfriend tells you to get off the couch and lose some weight, go grab yourself another cold one, pop the bottle open and tell her you’re working on it now!

Dorthy Weatherbush is an expert on weight loss for specific body types and has studied the effect genetics has on how people lose weight. She has written lots of information on diets that work and has reviewed the Medifast diet.

If you have a busy life, and most people do, you know that it can be hard to find time to exercise. The demands of children, work, or school can keep you from sticking to your goal to burn fat.

Many people opt to do shorter workouts throughout the day, such as doing three or four ten minute sessions instead of one long one. Does this work?

You often hear that it takes the body about twenty minutes to start burning serious calories and fat, so wouldn’t that make shorter workouts ineffective? What is the best way to burn fat on a tight schedule?

The American Heart Association has found that several short exercise sessions benefit your body just as well as one long session, provided that they equal the same amount of time.

This means that if you do four ten minute workouts, you are doing the same great things for your body that a single forty minute workout can do. To make it even more effective, the AHA recommends that you make these short workouts as intense as possible.

So the key to making your short workouts count is to make sure they are rigorous and challenging to your body. Here are some ways you can do this:

1. Pick up the pace. A lot.

For ten minutes, run faster than you normally do. Walkers, walk more briskly. Make sure to get your heart going.

2. Do a gym machine for ten minutes.

If you are at the gym or have equipment at home, jump on and exercise extremely rigorously for ten minutes.

3. Hills and stairs are made for climbing.

Then walk back down and repeat until you hit ten minutes.

4. Jumping Jacks: you’ll feel like you’re in gym class again!

5. Try jumping rope.

Basically, anything that is intense and hard work for your body can make a good ten minute workout. And don’t forget your strength training!

Your body needs a variety of activities in order to burn fat. Warm up for a few minutes with light cardio, and try the following moves:

* Squats: these are the moves to get the most out of your workout. They are very effective.

* Lunges

* Pushups

* Tricep dips

* Squats. Squats are one of the most effective moves to tone your lower body.

Do a few sets each, or better yet, combine the moves (compound moves work more effectively and build more muscle). You can try squats with overhead presses, lunges with chest presses, knee lifts with tricep kickbacks, and more.

Just because your workout is condensed, don’t neglect the warm-up and cool-downs. Walking briskly to warm up, and walking at a more moderate pace to cool down is sufficient. You can also do some stretching moves to release tension in your muscles.

The important thing with exercise is to do it. If you can do four ten minute workouts per day, that is great. You will see results, and you will burn fat.

Working out for shorter periods of time can also be much more motivating and can help you stick with your exercise program.

Your busy schedule may be a valid excuse for not doing a long workout each day, but not with short workouts! You can always find ten minutes somewhere.

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If you suffer with gout then you should be changing your diet right now. Your diet, including your intake of fluids (alcoholic and non alcoholic), is affecting every part of your body including your joints where the gout pain appears.

When you have to much uric acid in your body it will crystallize around your joints and cause them to become inflamed and painful, this condition is known as gout. If your diet is high in purines and protein then there is a good chance that you will have an attack of gout at some point.

It is therefore important that a person who suffers from gout avoids any foods that contain high levels of protein or purines within them. If you eat foods with too much protein or purine in them they will then increase the levels of uric acid in the body, which can further exacerbate the condition.

Your gout pain is finally so bad that you are willing to change your diet, the first think you should do is look at the diary of your eating and drinking habits for the last month. If you don’t have a diary of eating habits then you should keep one for the next week at least.

However there are certain vegetables which it is best that you do not need eat too much of. These include peas, corn and potatoes and you should aim to either decrease your consumption of these to no more than two servings each week. If you can also try not to eat them together.

All liquids are not created equal in terms of the effect they will have on your gout. Beer is the worst item for someone with gout to consume, while any alcohol is not ideal. Most of us don’t drink enough water , this affects all of us but especially someone with gout. Gout sufferers should try to drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Drinking 8 glasses of water a day will cause your system to flush out more of the purines which if left in your system will break down and become uric acid. While it can be tempting not to drink lots of water (who wants to be going to the bathroom every half hour) the benefits of consuming lots of water are a reduction in gout attacks and the severity of the attacks you do have.

You can reduce your gout attacks and the severity of them over time just by making changes to your diet and increasing your water intake. These dietary changes will not only help reduce your gout pain they will also help you feel better in yourself. Constant pain of gout is something that will affect your way of living and you can improve this dramatically just by a few simple changes in eating habits.

When you suffer with gout your discomfort can seem to go on for ever. Do you know how important your Gout Diet is to your health?