Have you ever noticed that most people who stop smoking all complain about subsequently gaining a lot of extra weight? Why is that? How can something like this cause you to gain weight? The answer is contained in the weight loss plan, Fat Loss 4 Idiots, but it really is simple when you think about it.
Most people replace the feeling and sensation of the cigarettes with food instead. It’s an oral fixation and food is an easy replacement. The other thing is that nicotine speeds up your metabolism, so once you stop your body will burn fewer calories.
All of this leads to the one absolute truth though; the reason you gain weight is because you consume more calories than you burn. It’s not the act of stop smoking that causes the weight gain, it is the fact that you are eating more calories without burning them off. Once you turn this around you will begin losing weight.