since I quit smoking why am I addicted to food?

December 16th, 2008 | by YouCanQuit |
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rabidchimp85 asked:


Ever since I quit smoking 2 months ago I can never get enough to eat. I am not hungry but I am allways munchie. Will some one please help me before I become to fat to stay quit?

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  1. 14 Responses to “since I quit smoking why am I addicted to food?”

  2. By graduatecj08 on Dec 16, 2008 | Reply

    You’re substituting… Why do you think people gain weight after they stop smoking?

  3. By way2mei on Dec 18, 2008 | Reply

    munch a gum…..food is a total different addiction nothing to do with cigarettes but equally harmful

  4. By curbyourenthusiasm on Dec 18, 2008 | Reply

    because when you smoke food tastes bad so when you stop smoking it starts to tast egood and you want more of it

  5. By sillyme24 on Dec 20, 2008 | Reply

    you have a habit of having a cig. in your mouth so now that you dont have a cig. you use food.

  6. By maggi r on Dec 24, 2008 | Reply

    Freud would probably say you have an oral fixation…you have switched from one habit that concerns your mouth to another. Its natural…but thats why most people chew chewing gum when they quit smoking!

  7. By Susan M on Dec 24, 2008 | Reply

    Nicotine dulls your appetite plus you have given up a habit that kept you from thinking about food. Try chewing gum.

  8. By The Angry Sctotsman on Dec 24, 2008 | Reply

    1. You are satisfying a need for oral stimulation.
    2. Quitting smoking enhances your sense of smell, and therefore your sense of taste. (Actually, it just resumes normal operation…)
    3. You need something else to do with your time. When you were bored before, you would smoke, now you eat.
    4. Nicotine is an appetite supressant. You got your appetite back when you quit.

  9. By Ankit on Dec 27, 2008 | Reply

    one of the benefits of smoking is getting your sense of smel and tase back to normal so things tase better and you can smell things better.

  10. By sononobird on Dec 29, 2008 | Reply

    that is because u used to put something in ur mouth which is cegarets and there is a soluation to it
    try to eat gum all the time

  11. By madmaxine on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply

    One reason is your taste buds are recovering from years of abuse so food taste better. And your have less to do during the day for both your hands and your mouth to do. Try chewing on gum and other low cal things during the day, and pick up a hobby that uses your hands allot, like crossword puzzles.

  12. By pinoygamesta937 on Jan 2, 2009 | Reply

    simple ur fat lol

  13. By dolf3272 on Jan 5, 2009 | Reply

    I am experiencing the same thing.I think your bodys craving nicotine and the only other thing it naturally craves is food.

  14. By Aaron W on Jan 6, 2009 | Reply

    The urge to smoke is very similar to urge to eat. So when you quit you confuse the 2 urges.
    Try a book called Allen Carrs Easy way to stop smoking this is what I used it was great. And easy.
    If I can help you shed that weight you’ve put on let me know, I’m a personal wellness coach

  15. By az_bnb on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply

    Food tastes better now, don’t eat anything unless you really, really want it!
    You have to be honest with yourself.
    I quit smoking 5 years ago this Dec 31, I was real sleepy at first, not terribly hungry. It was like I was in a coma. Apparently it effects different people different ways.
    Don’t give up! Congratulations on the 2 months!

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