Smoking and losing weight?

[Anonymous]

I have heard that some russian women smoke in order to lose weight or to not get fat. Apparently, smoking helps curb your appetite.

Has anyone ever observed this effect? Does this make sense?

I'm trying SO hard to lose weight, I'm doing sports and atrying to eat healthy and all that, but my struggle is that I have a pretty huge appetite. I'm considering starting smoking if that helps curb my appetite. Not real smoke, cause I hate the smell on everything and I don't want people around me to know. I was thinking of e-cigarettes. What do you think?

And as I said, I'm already doing sports and trying to eat healthier. So please, no lecture on that. Thanks.

[Michaelmwm19]

Never turn to smoking to lose weight. Smoking causes cancer, 50 KNOWN cancer causing carcinogens, smoking causes wrinkles, the only weight you lose from smoking is from malnutrition because smoking depletes vitamins and all sorts of things from your system.

Try eating lemons, drinking water, kiwis, apples, fruits things like that.

Lemons are great for metabolism, kiwis are great as well as having the highest vitamin c of any fruit!

I fail to see how smoking an e-cigarette will make you lose any weight what so ever.

What an e-cigarette will do for you though is, get you addicted to nicotine. Also, did you know e-cigarettes are not even approved by the FDA?

Both my parents are smokers, the advice I would give you is NEVER start smoking! My mother and father are both so addicted to those damn things, and have been smoking for a long time. My parents want desperately to quit those things, and can't!

Weight problems can have other causes too, medical disorders and such. If you have a thyroid problem, I seriously doubt smoking is going to help at all, smoking will cause more damage then good by far.

Add me if you want, and I will look into more foods that will lower your metabolism. I know some good ones besides lemons and kiwis, I just can't think of them right now off the top of my head.

[WeaponZero]

Professional models are often encouraged to smoke for this very reason. However, it is a very, very bad idea. If you want a way of keeping your appetite under control that WON'T make you seem like someone with severe mental problems, here are your best options:

1. Exercise more or at higher intensity so that your body can actual make USE of all of the food you're giving it, fueling your daily activities.

2. Eat foods that are nutrient-dense but low-calorie, such as fruits & veggies, as the mainstay of your diet, with fat and protein sources being only enough to satisfy your body's needs (assuming you ar an average sized woman, this is about 40-50g fat a day and about 80g protein a day).

Pretty much ANY other way of attempting to manage your weight (exercise & nutrition) is a bad idea that will cause more problems than it helps with.

[bluexqueen]

If you're already doing sports and eating healthier why do you need to smoke cigarettes? It's not going to fly off. And cigarettes are costly, addicting and are detrimental to health. And If you want to keep the weight off stick to playing sports and eating healthier. That's the big mistake most people who lose weight do: going back to the diet that made them gain weight in the first place. Whenever you have an appetite eat some broccoli or some other kind of fruit or vegetable (raw). You won't gain weight from raw fruits and vegetables (stay away from GMO and non-organic). But then again there are underweight people who gain weight from the raw vegan diet. But they malnourished of nutrients and their body switched to a healthy amount of body fat.

[cazza3]

As a smoker I will tell you don't even think about it. Yeah losing weight is hard but quitting nicotine is harder. Smoking does stem your appetite but it also affects your tastebuds, you stink and its highly addictive. E-cigs may seem like the easier option, no tar etc, but what the hell is in them. They are unregulated, a new product and why are cigarette companies buying up the companies making E-cigs. Stick with the sports and eat a little healthier. Nicotine is only going to do you more harm than good

[beastman88]

so lets say you lose weight there's maybe one positive

on the other hand you get;

yellow teeth

your hair and breathe and clothes and your hand will stink

your whole house and furniture will stink and your walls and ceiling will turn yellow if you smoke inside your house

decreased ability to play sports, you'll be out of breath faster

youll age faster

you could get hypertension

smoking is expensive

you increase your chances of getting cancer

if you try to quit it will not be a pleasant experience

[InquisitiveMale]

It doesn't curb you appetite. That's a urban myth.

What it does do is make you want to go out on your 10minute smoke brake instead of stay inside and eat a chocolate bar. It replaces your regular snack time with a smoke time. And then when you do decide to quit smoking; psychologically many people end up replacing their smoking habits with eating habits that cause weight gain.

Smoking is not the solution.

[sexyasianboi26]

I will give you the answer you need, no sugar coating or misleading stuff.

Yes, smoking does help lose weight. This is one positive effect that is not advertised. ALMOST every model you see, is a smoker.

I am a smoker myself. I smoke because it gives me focus at work, it curbs my appetite, and it gives me energy.

[sanderlay]

Even IF you MIGHT loose weigh by smoking the evidence is rather clear that it would be bad for your health. I would recommend coffee before e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are still fairly new and little long term health effects are still not known. The risk is just to high in my opinion.

This time of year exercise is harder to do and we all put on some extra weight to stay warm. That's not a bad thing as long as you don't over do it. Just stick with your exercise routine and I suspect you'll loose the weight you want as the weather warms.

We are a society who is a bit obsessed with skinny models. So be sure your weight goal is a healthy one for your body.

[confugirl]

It only works temporarily, as evidenced by all the heavy smokers with a huge gut and a monstrous appetite. It's just a myth, so don't involve yourself in that stuff. Keep up your diet and you will eventually get used to it. The first few weeks are always hellish.

Unless of course you're using the wrong diet. You shouldn't starve yourself during a diet, ever, it isn't sustainable.

[Anonymous]

of course losing weight is hard, if it were easy everyone would have 6 pac abs.

I have seen plenty of fat people smoking so I think its an urban myth. If anything if you are doing sports, it will make it more difficult to lose weight because it messes up your stamina by damaging your lungs.

[Longshot]

Trading weight in for lung cancer is not the best solution. Eating healthier and engaging in sports as you are is the best solution ... BY FAR!

[palek]

Now that you mention it, I have noticed that all the people I've met with advanced lung cancer have been quite slim, though they did take on a greyish pallor.

[Anonymous]

That is just about dumbest move you can make! Become a smoker?! Smoking doesn't make you lose weight. The quitting part makes you gain weight.

Hire a personal personal trainer and dietician. It will be far cheaper and healthier than smokin

[Prettygurl12]

Yes, smoking curbs your appetite. I would never advise using smoking as a weight loss method. Losing weight takes time.

[whattothink]

Yes cancer does wonderful things for weight.

[romanticpeanut]

Don't start smoking, uber bad idea.

[JamielovesKU]

The nicotine helps keep the weight off

[Anonymous]

I heard it does because you smoke instead of eat

[Anonymous]

I reccomend you try it.

[Asker]

why would you recommend it?

[Prettygurl12]

She wants you to die of lung cancer.