You finally decided to quit smoking? Congratulations. And now you have to restart the body in health and direction to solve delicate problems caused by the body's addiction to smoking
Giving up smoking - a significant stress to the body. How much there was free time! And you start to eat, not just seizing the problem, just like that!
Excess weight
Habitual response to stress, you are trying to console themselves subconsciously and "shut your mouth" something tasty, sweet and nutritious to increase the level of dopamine in the blood. Besides, you're used to all the time something thumb in his mouth, and now you really do not have enough.
Think about it, why does not a carrot, namely sweets and pastries becomes a part of your diet?. Go for apples, other fruit you favorite
Cigarettes inhibited hunger, and now he does not hold back anything.
The world seemed opened wide open - Improved sense of smell and taste buds work differently. It seems to be the same soup, but it now seems much tastier, but what about the smells of fried potatoes, donuts... How it all want to eat.
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What to do? Control yourself. In the literal sense of the word count calories. Exclude from the diet of all bakery products, give up sweets, do not drink soda, try to avoid fast food products.
Trick body with plain water - reached out a hand for the pancake, drink water and to blunt the feeling of hunger.
In the morning, drink coffee throughout the day eat slices of apples, celery, pears, watermelon.
Increase physical activity, go around doing the lift, to work a couple of stops walk on foot.
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mood swings
Each cigarette acts 20 minutes. During this time you sharpened senses, attention is focused, there comes a seeming calm. Then decline again, you are trying to pick up another cigarette, and so the circle.
After cessation of smoking your body starts to produce the optimal dose of nicotine after twelve days. That is, it is handled, but your mind - no. So, with the physical addiction is over, and psychological continues and brings a lot of problems.
The brain requires a regular dose of the drug and did not get it, begins to put pressure on the nervous system, and that rebellion. All this results in a permanent irritation, uncontrolled reactions, such as sudden tears in an insignificant occasion.
You would think that cigarettes save you from stress. In fact, they reinforce it. Each cigarette brings you closer to a depressive state: inhibition of the nervous system, narrowing the vessels of the brain and mental suffering.
What to do? Help valerian, herbal, Corvalol, trikardin. Go to the therapist and take any medications taken only under a doctor's care.
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Sleeping problems
Often smoking cessation leads to sleep disturbances. Bad habit you have entered into a ritual: a cigarette before going to bed, a cigarette after sex, a cigarette after dinner - complete. The body does not understand why he was deprived of these rituals. There is nervousness that makes turns from side to side, making it difficult to fall asleep.
What to do?
- Revise mode. Go to bed later, get up a little earlier than usual. You should not drink before going to bed coffee, strong tea, better water, yogurt or tea with mint and lemon balm.
- Discard heavy meals at night. It is better to have something light for a couple of hours before bedtime than fries with a burger right in bed.
It will not prevent easy promenade before bedtime - fatigue contributes to better sleep.
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Problems with a chair
Excessive intake of nicotine affects the intestinal peristalsis, enhancing it. You quit smoking - the intestine is also slowed down its work and issued regular constipation.
What to do? If defecation was not more than three or four days, see a doctor immediately. Otherwise acquire colitis.
- Stagnation of feces in the intestine can bring to total intoxication, and then all systems suffer - and liver, and kidneys, and the urinary tract.
- The doctor will prescribe medication for constipation.
- Revise diet: eat more than usual beets, green bell peppers, cucumbers and trowels.
- Teach yourself to light vegetable soups - hot liquid dishes also helps to cure constipation.
- Do not throw the sport. Abdominal exercises and some yoga asanas, massage and swimming pool improves bowel and without additional funds.
It will also be interesting to read: the danger of passive smoking
