Fitness levels?

[mowjo]

Rip! I weighed 12st 4lb for years and it never changed, I gave up my 60 a day smoking habit and my weight ballooned to 15st 4lb in a matter of months, I wasn't eating any more it just went up, I tried diets but the most I lost was 8lb so gave up, I was still very fit so tried more exercise nothing worked, I lost around a stone after I found out I had Diabetes, I lived on nothing but salad for around two months because of the Dr's miss information, but it was from all the wrong places, once I gat back on my proper diet I went back up to 15st and it's stayed at that for the last six years, now the Vaping! I havn't weighed myself but several people have said I've lost weight, my old barrel belly has now gone down to a party seven, and my belt is now two holes tighter and my strides are loose, so I reckon I've lost at least two inches off my waist, I've only been Vapin a few months and apart from my belt it's others saying I've lost weight, my diet hasn't changed and I still eat the same amount, perhaps we have discovered a new benefit to vaping, it would be nice if we could prove it, we know it's much better than smoking, so if we could prove it helps loose weight, we could save the NHS billions and probably save even more lives, no government could argue with those sort of facts,,

Mow,,,

[Ripshod]

Vaping - the revolutionary dieting aid. Never mind the pills, get Custard.

Really interesting tho. I've never even seen the weight loss mentioned anywhere else - not that I've been looking. I wonder tho how a featherweight smoker would react to vaping. Would they lose more weight? Does it stop or can you vape yourself away. It's got to be more than just coincidence.

Ooooor, could it be just that we're more active, having more energy? When my sister stopped smoking she didn't want to do anything, said the withdrawal had her depressed and she ate to feel happy. I'm watching this cos I've been guilty of conjecture/assumption before.

[mowjo]

Rip! even if it is because we feel fitter and are more active, that has to be a good thing, I can see the Headlines, Vaping your way to heath, "Vaping not only can help you stop smoking, but can help you loose weight" perhaps we've discovered a new drugless wonder drug,, we'd better keep this one quite! if it does actually work the government would definitely find a way to tax it,,

[Ripshod]

mowjo I'm not gonna jump the gun. We have a little evidence yes, but not a large enough sample to actually prove anything.

Would be good tho, wouldn't it? This deserves some study.

[sammy13]

Aug 21, 2014 20:28:57 GMT Ripshod said:

mowjo I'm not gonna jump the gun. We have a little evidence yes, but not a large enough sample to actually prove anything.

Would be good tho, wouldn't it? This deserves some study.

Haha here we go again,

It has been proven that the actual act of stopping smoking ( ciggies and whatever is in them ) causes weight gain.

Rather than the fact that they just eat more, some may eat more but even if not  you would gain weight.

Therefore if people are losing weight since vaping it is probably because they are now more active.

I will find links as that is only fair, hold up.

[sammy13]

Ripshod

psychcentral.com/news/2013/08/31/why-quitting-smoking-causes-weight-gain/59054.html

[Ripshod]

In my sister's case it was the eating that caused most of the weight gain. She got depressed, sat around a lot, ate a lot and ballooned. But that was just one case. She's since recovered from the depression and gone back to within 4 lbs of here pre-quit weight without dieting.

However, sammy13 you're proving to be a real diamond. You've provided us with an interesting read. I saw a program about a year ago on the BBC about these bacteria (had a wierd name they used for it), and the differences in fitness etc etc. Never associated it with smoking and quitting before. Thank you.

[sammy13]

Aug 21, 2014 20:44:26 GMT Ripshod said:

In my sister's case it was the eating that caused most of the weight gain. She got depressed, sat around a lot, ate a lot and ballooned. But that was just one case. She's since recovered from the depression and gone back to within 4 lbs of here pre-quit weight without dieting.

However, sammy13 you're proving to be a real diamond. You've provided us with an interesting read. I saw a program about a year ago on the BBC about these bacteria (had a wierd name they used for it), and the differences in fitness etc etc. Never associated it with smoking and quitting before. Thank you.

There are a couple of other proven scientific reasons for weight gain when stopping smoking also, not just this one, but pro-boards keeps going down on me when I open other pages .

[mowjo]

Mmmm! why they studying Stools?? mine has three legs and a seat! your probably right Sammy, it is down to being fitter and more active, but isn't that what the Government and all these health studies are telling us to do, it's strange that being fitter is never mentioned in any of the studies I've read about Vaping, perhaps they aren't just worried about us putting cig company's out of business they are also worried that will put all the diet company's out as well, personally I don't think they are worried about health issues that havn't been proven with Vaping, they are worried about the loss of revenue, I always find it odd that a new drug with side effects that can make you ill gets tested and banned, how come they have allowed cigarettes all these years when the are know to cause death, and drinking with all it's health problems, if they had just been invented they would never see light, It's hard I know! but imagine no cigs and no booze, the tax man would go broke,,,

[sammy13]

Aug 21, 2014 20:57:46 GMT mowjo said:

Mmmm! why they studying Stools?? mine has three legs and a seat! your probably right Sammy, it is down to being fitter and more active, but isn't that what the Government and all these health studies are telling us to do, it's strange that being fitter is never mentioned in any of the studies I've read about Vaping, perhaps they aren't just worried about us putting cig company's out of business they are also worried that will put all the diet company's out as well, personally I don't think they are worried about health issues that havn't been proven with Vaping, they are worried about the loss of revenue, I always find it odd that a new drug with side effects that can make you ill gets tested and banned, how come they have allowed cigarettes all these years when the are know to cause death, and drinking with all it's health problems, if they had just been invented they would never see light, It's hard I know! but imagine no cigs and no booze, the tax man would go broke,,,

I guess in the beginning things were not known, by the time they realised the harm ciggies could do there was too much money ( loss of ) involved.

Plus nicotine - well it is good for some people and actually used as a drug , for example in colitis sufferers.

People with chrones show no difference if they smoke or not , however if the patient is required to stop stress levels rise causing flare-ups.

People with colitis though , those who smoke suffer less, so non smokers with colitis are prescribed nicotine as it doesn't cure them but keeps the disease manageable.

[ronaldo]

Aug 21, 2014 20:49:37 GMT sammy13 said:

Aug 21, 2014 20:44:26 GMT Ripshod said:

In my sister's case it was the eating that caused most of the weight gain. She got depressed, sat around a lot, ate a lot and ballooned. But that was just one case. She's since recovered from the depression and gone back to within 4 lbs of here pre-quit weight without dieting.

However, sammy13 you're proving to be a real diamond. You've provided us with an interesting read. I saw a program about a year ago on the BBC about these bacteria (had a wierd name they used for it), and the differences in fitness etc etc. Never associated it with smoking and quitting before. Thank you.

There are a couple of other proven scientific reasons for weight gain when stopping smoking also, not just this one, but pro-boards keeps going down on me when I open other pages .

sis we really don't need to know about your sex life

[sammy13]

Aug 21, 2014 21:28:35 GMT ronaldo said:

Aug 21, 2014 20:49:37 GMT sammy13 said:

There are a couple of other proven scientific reasons for weight gain when stopping smoking also, not just this one, but pro-boards keeps going down on me when I open other pages .

sis we really don't need to know about your sex life

It really is quite off putting when I am trying to post

[ronaldo]

Aug 21, 2014 21:29:42 GMT sammy13 said:

Aug 21, 2014 21:28:35 GMT ronaldo said:

sis we really don't need to know about your sex life

It really is quite off putting when I am trying to post

it would be :Dsend them here

[mowjo]

I'm so glad it was you Ronaldo! I was having real trouble with mental images and trying to think of a clean reply,,,,

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Don't forget all after weighing yourself to knock of the weight of the mod and atty. Its surprising how much you can knock off your total weight. I am 18 stone but after deductions I weigh 12 and a half