If you’d love to give up smoking without gaining weight or putting your weight loss on hold, we can help you stop and slim...
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Our Food Optimising eating plans allow you to fill up on healthy, satisfying Free Food whenever you’re tempted to reach for a cigarette
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Unique support at group or online gives vital encouragement to keep your weight loss on track
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Our Body Magic program helps you to get active.
This unique combination helps you succesfully overcome the common danger zones associated with giving up smoking and achieve a healthy weight too.
Danger zone 1: your new-found love of food!
Many smokers find their appetite increases when they stop smoking and they enjoy their food much more. At Slimming World we’ll help you to fill your plate with tasty Free Food at any time of the day to keep you satisfied and boost your energy levels. Fancy a plate of steak and fries, a club sandwich or a pot roast with loads of vegetables? Then go right ahead!
Top Tip: Treat your freshly awoken tastebuds to a host of flavours: Thai curries, vegetable chili, barbecued meats and more.
Danger zone 2: reaching for snacks instead of cigarettes
It can be tempting to replace the urge for a cigarette with reaching for the nearest chocolate bar. At Slimming World we help members to plan for these moments by making healthier choices. You can enjoy guilt-free eating whenever you want by replacing your cigarette with quick Free Food snacks or meals.
Top Tip: Identify your own risky times: Would you miss your cigarette at the end of the meal? Is it a visit to a bar that would sabotage you? Being prepared for these moments and having a strategy can help you to get over them quickly.
Danger zone 3: cravings
Overcoming cravings can be the hardest part of giving up smoking and can leave you feeling miserable. That’s exactly when you might turn to comfort eating. At Slimming
World you’ll discover all the help and support you need to overcome food cravings. The good news is that the techniques used by slimmers to lose weight can be successfully adopted by smokers too. And we’ve got loads of ideas to share.
Top Tip: Latest research shows that exercise can help! A 15 minute walk can help put cravings off for a couple of hours, so you quit and get fit at the same time!
The day I stopped smoking, I joined Slimming World to help manage my weight. I weighed just over 250lbs and smoked 40-60 cigarettes a day. Joining Slimming World was the best thing I did. Not only have I stopped smoking, I’ve lost over 80lbs and my health has dramatically improved.
Sue Hayward
Sue's shared her top three tips for stopping smoking and slimming successfully here...
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Whenever I felt the need to have something in my mouth I made the most of Free Food. I replaced coffee and a cigarette with a big mug of ‘Free’ soup.
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It’s really important when you’re quitting smoking to change your habits. One thing I found really effective was to get more active. Whenever I was tempted to smoke I’d get out of the house by taking the dog for a walk. This didn’t just help to get over the craving, it also helped with my weight loss!
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The support I got from Slimming World was absolutely brilliant. I was never short of inspiration to help me get through the day.