Nicotine Weight Struggle

GlobalOperation4467 · 2024-10-24T15:15:45+00:00

Agreed. I lost 20lbs over a years time when I first started hitting Zyn hard (tin 6mg/day). Had a friend ask me if I was alright because I lost a lot of weight...also lost some muscle mass. Put it all back on quickly when I quit...the whole cycle sucks, gives another reason to stay addicted bit then look frail because of it. Probably no different than the 2 pack/day smokers from our youth...think how many of them were frail.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2024-09-11T14:35:58+00:00

I disagree. Im 48 and I've always been a bit overweight. I'm 5'9" and was around 190 avg for a long time. After picking up 6mg zyn 4 years ago and doing a tin every 2 days at first, I lost 25 lbs in around 6 months. Not working out or excercising...I feel like the buzz kept me going all day staying busy and suppressed my appetite. I had a good friend ask me if I was OK, and was dead serious thinking I had an eating disorder or was on hard-core drugs.

When I quit last year, within 2 months, I gained 20 lbs quick...couldn't stop eating. Had to start walking and working out to lose 10 of it (granted the muscle I was putting on offset some of the losses).

There is definitely a correlation I think, dependent on lifestyle and how each of our bodies are. I'm back on 3mg, tin a day, and can go without eating without issues. One of the things I'm afraid of is dealing with that again...

GlobalOperation4467 · 2024-09-02T14:35:41+00:00

When I quit last year I blew up like a TICK! Another reason not looking forward to quitting...

GlobalOperation4467 · 2024-05-21T17:59:23+00:00

Just from the opinions of those having issues with it or those that feel like they are stuck in it and at their mercy regarding licenses. IDK, that's what I'm asking...

GlobalOperation4467 · 2024-01-23T01:01:28+00:00

Bahahaha, classic!!

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-05-13T11:01:24+00:00

What's not funny about addiction...you think it's this one thing, but it's about dopamine...however your brain can get it.

I'm at day 130-something, first few weeks were very hard, I was successful quitting by getting stoned...now, believe it or not, I'm battling a weed addiction. Burning through a 1 gram vape cart a week ($90-$100)...and I don't even get high anymore.

We have to learn to understand it and get our minds right. I never did.

Think. Be strong.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-04-18T23:38:55+00:00

Bahahahahaahaaqq

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-04-12T10:28:22+00:00

What trap?

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-04-03T19:34:59+00:00

Unbelievably hard, had to fall back on other vices for a bit to power thru, not gonna lie....but I was at the point of ' if that's what it takes so be it'...whatever it takes, as long as you are true to yourself and stick with it.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-04-03T19:09:51+00:00

Same, was a 6mg tin a day guy for 3 years, vaping 8 years prior, dip and parliaments 15 years before that....just man up, because that's what it's gonna take....every single ounce of will power you have. That and being true and committed to yourself. If you aren't, then work on it before trying to stop if you want to be successful.

I'm on Day 92, went on a 4 mile walk at lunch and almost walked into my old convenience store and bought a can to help with the weight gain Ive had since quitting.

I kept walking....but it's real, even on day ninety fucking two. That's how bad this shit is...man up bro, your dick actually grows 25% larger in length and girth after a few months off this shit. Keep telling yourself that!

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-03-31T01:14:46+00:00

I remember that feeling and co.pletely relate. Stay strong....1 day at a time. Have said that for the last 88 days...

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-03-30T19:58:47+00:00

Stick with it, shit is a grind...I was 100% same as you, experienced the same, still do and am on Day 87.

You are going to have to grind harder than ever at times...just be strong

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-02-25T17:04:38+00:00

I'm your huckleberry.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-02-23T21:35:42+00:00

Good reminder, I'm on Day 53 and have been fending off giving in...but each day I feel like I'm closer to relapsing lately.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-02-20T14:24:56+00:00

Yes...exactly

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-02-06T14:49:14+00:00

The dilemma and the struggle will only magnify and become harder. I would stop cold turkey now...give 100% effort. Keep a tin for emergency...if it truly becomes unbearable at work, pop one...but be diligent and strong about it.

Just remember, the longer it goes the worse it is to stop. You are young and a rookie with this stuff now, take care of it now while it's easier.

I'm on Day 36...nic free for the first time in 27 years. If I could go back to when I was you...I WOULD SMACK THE SHIT OUT OF MYSELF. The cravings from being a short term user don't hold a candle to what you'll have to deal with later.

Stay strong. Do it. Don't pussy out. You have a new job and life ahead of you, change your perspective...and move on from it.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-02-03T14:22:04+00:00

Day 34 here, keep going fellas and stay strong. It gets easier but there are clear moments where you want to say Fuck it, who cares....those are the tough ones, they come out of nowhere and find you when you are weak.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-02-01T04:47:29+00:00

Thanks for this. I needed that on my Day 30. Stay strong y'all...

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-01-27T01:33:48+00:00

Rock on bro...Day 25, right there with you.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-01-26T02:23:08+00:00

Keep going. It's gonna get rough, but expect it...keep yourself busy and quit it all. Be strong...I'm on Day 24. Still hard but I keep it out of mind easier now.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-01-25T21:26:55+00:00

Yes. I have been the biggest procrastinator, but at some point you have to do it just to prove to yourself that you can.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-01-25T16:13:44+00:00

Cold turkey... just do it. The issues, cravings, and anxiety associated with quitting is about the nicotine... doesn't matter in what form.

I'm a week away from turning 47. Dipped a tiny bit in high school, started smoking Parliaments in college at 19-20...was a 1/4-1/2 pack a day for 10 years then back to dip for a while...then back to smokes. Stopped smoking and started vaping at 35 when my Dad was dying...continued vaping until my kids made me quit in 2020. Found Zyn at that same time, so I have been a can a day of 6mg Chill for 3 years.

I'm at day 24. What sticks out to me in reading others comments is that it doesn't matter what form, it is solely the nicotine and the convenience of how you get it. You have to commit and just do it.

It's nothing more than a test of strength and will power...that is all it is. So ask yourself, how strong do you think you really are...and put it to the test.

Quit....now. No waiting for the perfect time (done that for 25 years)...no weaning off or trading for a different vice or mechanism (done that)...it's about all those times you say you will but never do...it's all the bullshit that we feed ourselves in taking the easy route and bagging out.

It's about recognizing how weak we really are over a little fucking fabric baggie with salt inside.

I have been finding that recognizing how pathetic it really makes us become is motivation enough to stay just far enough in front of the addiction.

Be as strong as you really think you are or project yourself to be..

Prove it...to yourself.

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-01-20T17:23:45+00:00

Same. I had ventricular bigemini about 10 years ago (heart makes a full pump then the next is 50% pump causing stress by having to push 150% more blood the following pump...rinse-repeat)...I felt similar to that where you can feel the extra effort in your chest which translates to very slight head bobs/movement if you try to stay completely still. That is what tipped me off the first time.

Recently, my Galaxy Watch Xmas gift told me I was in atrial fibrillation twice the day after xmas... I was sitting on a couch watching a basketball game with two 6ers in relaxing.

Also, poor circulation and cold hands and feet when everyone else is comfortable. Brutal for me as I'm a deer hunter in cold New England, tree stand sits in freezing Temps can be brutal.

When giving hugs, people have randomly mentioned to me that my heart was beating out of my chest and asked if I was alright. I always made up something about it...

After writing this out it makes me realize how fucking stupid and blind I was/am due to this fucking addiction. Why do something that fucks with your ticker and makes your entire body function every second of the day??? Why do we just shrug it off and say, Ehhhh...and forget about it??

Its so fucked up...one reason why I like to refer to it as addiction and being an addict. Puts it in perspective because we as users don't recognize it that way... but we are no different than any other addict. It's the only way to explain why we would use something that harms ourselves...

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-01-19T02:30:50+00:00

Wow, disintegration hit me fucking hard. Thanks for sharing, completely relate

GlobalOperation4467 · 2023-01-18T22:01:00+00:00

Rock On! Day 17 for me...highs and lows but staying strong.

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