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Since quitting smoking, I have put on some weight and have developed a proper beer belly.

It is quite a new thing for me even at the ripe old age of 35 (nearly) and my new pot belly has been quite a novelty in the house of BR.

I am well aware though that once the novelty wears off then the reality of my new more rotund appearance will sink in, leading to mass depression throughout the household and a major mid-life crisis. I like to think that I will not go as low as becoming a multiple axe murderer, although I am not ruling out the possibility just yet.

The ageing process, ain't it just fantastic.

im only 26 and im already goin bald and have a rather lovely beer gut! Suprised i managed to find a wife to be honest!

I gave up smoking 3 years ago, I reckon i've put a stone a year on since then.
I've been going bald since I was 23, i'm 31 now and look like Phil Mitchell.

I went from being a pretty skinny kid to having a fairly healthy beer belly by my late teens. This soon developed into some deliciously bouncy beer breasts and onto all round general overweightness which I've never really been bothered to tackle.

By 35 I'm going to be a right fat cunt.

What I hate is the hair on my head stopped growing and it decided to sprout everywhere and I mean everywhere else.

I just had a meal of 6 hot dogs (well proper sausages in rolls). I feel a bit sick but it won't lead to me being a chubster.

 I read a book by William Golding called Rites of Passage not long after it came out in 1980....can't remember a thing about it, other than it was good.

If it was about a hairy arsed football supporter then it was all about ME

I got to the age of 30 and didn't like what was looking back at me in the mirror. I lost in 3kg in months by eating properly and exercising and running. I ran my first half marathon in the same month and have not felt this healthy ever before. I'm not trying to sound like a smartarse (i have never been into fitness and/or dieting before) but ever since my father became ill, (kidney transplant) i have taken more of an interest in my own health and i can see that sooner or later you have to do something about these things because they won't go away by themselves.



Im still a baldy though, not found a cure for that yet.

Get a merkin

I think the philosopher Rimmer said it best when he said:

RIMMER: You've reached that age, Listy. When you're younger you can eat what you like, drink what you like and still climb into your 26 inch waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age -- 24, 25 -- your muscles give up they wave a little white flag and then without any warning at all, you're suddenly a fat bastard.

I've lost 19 lbs  :)

Don't worry about it lads. At my age I have no problem with extreme hirsuteness, a 46 inch waist and a drasticly receding hairline. I've experienced it for years. Besides, I'll be divorcing her soon anyway.

I've always been a chunkster and have never been able to make a commitment to change that...

Quitting the ciggies isn't all it's cracked up to be. I quit in Jan and have since piled on one and a half stone and am now the most miserable cunt ever to walk the earth. A misery that will only last longer because of said quitting.
On the plus side i'll have a son or daughter to call me a miserable old fucker.

I have lost 32 kilos, thats just over 70 pounds. Or just over 5 stone.

<pedant>*rites. Unless you meant you're negotiating a navigation treaty to sail your boat through a canal somewhere</pedant>

Forgive me, I'm just grumpy cos I'm middle-aged and getting fatter. Imagine how bad I'd be if I gave up ciggies :)

I'm 26 and have lost over a stone since stopping drinking.

When I quit smoking I put on a couple of stone.  I think it happens to everyone who quits - my problem was replacing fags with cheese.  A 15 a day cheese habbit will affect your waisline.  Since then I've gone up and down quite a bit - a few months of running and salad followed by a few months of beer and curry.  I like it this way, it makes life more interesting.

can you get roll yer own Cheeze.

You could melt down a variety of cheeses to a rubbery state, roll them in to a cylindrical shape and pop in the fridge.  Once its hardened you would have a cheese rolly.

WOW this thread makes me deeply glad not to be a boy

Although Im pretty sure by the time I hit say 40 - Im going to start to look like the gran off the Benidorm programme!

Botox all the way!!

I'm not sure I understand - the quitting of smoking and weight gain are not exactly limited to blokes, are they?  Some women, I've heard, get a bit worried about their weight.  Who knew?

oh well Ive never smoked and randomly I dont really know anyone that does smoke????

But I mean I guess its more acceptable for women to do stuff about the ageing process - diets/hairdye/botox etc

tops of your thighs love.

WHAT ABOUT THEM?

i piled on the pounds after quitting smoking.it didn't help that i quit playing football too around the same time.
i'm pretty tall so carry it well so i'm regularly told, but i am overweight for sure by a stone or 2.
i'm also in the slaphead gang which has never bothered me in the slightest

Ive never smoked...but cant understand the weight thing...is it because you are eating more instead of smoking.....or you dont eat enough when you smoke....serious question?

You essentially end up replacing some fags with food just to try and ignore the craving.  Smoking also suppresses your appetite so you eat less when smoking.

i think it's to do with habit and also the fact that after a while you can taste food properly

I get the worst of both at the moment. If I had the money to buy 20 a day I'd lose weight.

Smoking also burns calories and affects the metabolism. I am surprised at how much weight I put on but being a skinny cunt the extra was welcome, now I just need to re-distribute it from my belly to the rest of my body.

Correct... According to my Doctor. I put on two stone since quitting 3 yrs ago, but have now lost some of that again.

Another fact is that with blokes it goes to the belly, & with Women it goes all over.

Im missing a trick here! I could set up a TEF areobics class!!!

I think a TEF smoking club is more likely.

boooo come on mingers get your leotards out!!

I won't be a part of that if it is a cigarette smoking club as I have quit and my body is now a temple.

I could be interested if there is a crack smoking option though.

As long as it can be smoked it can be enjoyed by the TEF smoking club.

Crack is quite good for losing weight too isn't it?

I often considering starting smoking again to lose the weight I've gained since I stopped.

I'm wondering if the damage to my health through getting fatter would be worse than the damage that would be caused by smoking. It could make for an interesting debate.

That first sentence in my last post makes no sense at all. Never mind.

Overweight people who moan about their weight really annoys me, 99% of the time its simply down to over eating and lazyness/lack of exercise

It's not my fault I'm so lazy.

I bow to your knowledge Mr Motivator

I had a nast shock the other week, failed to fit in a pair of trousers for the first time since i've stoppped growing. Well, growing upwards at least.

I was devastated :(

Just buy massive trousers and use a belt.  If you put on a bit more then you just loosen the belt.  Problem solved.