Dip fiend here

[DJS]

Thanks SAA.

For anyone else who is interested I found an interesting study on insulin resistance and nicotine. It apears the longer you smoke/dip the larger your gut gets and the less muscle you have on your hips. waist-to-hip ratio. The longer you are nicotine free, the better this ratio seems to get according to the study.

I find all this very interesting as someone who has always lifted weights and tried to live a healthy lifestyle (while simultaneously killing myself with my addiction). 'bang head'

As the study sugests, light smokers typically weigh less than non smokers. But heavy smokers weigh more than non smokers or light smokers. The more nicotine you get over time increasingly messes up your metabolism. I'd consider 1 can + a day of kodiak to equal a heavy smoker i would think.

I've noticed it getting harder and harder to lose any weight around my middle in recent years. Even as i went on diets where I substituted food for dip. 'bang head'

Link below

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/87/4/801

[SAA]

You have made it through the hardest physical part already DJS. Now you need to fight the mind games. This site helped me alot. Post your promise not to use nicotine everyday and keep your word to your fellow quitters.

[DJS]

Hello all,

I am currently in day 4 of my quit.

I was first introduced to Skoal bandits when I was in high school. I always had a tin around and would dip after parties when I was drinking.

I went on to dip all through college on nights I drank. At least 3 nights a week at this point.

Everything changed junior year of college when I moved into my fraternity house. Everyone would just sit around and dip all day. I hestitated for a while but once I started dipping sober it was over. I was hooked hard. No more bandits either. I ditched those after high school.

Switched to Kodiak during my senior year of college and have worked up from a half a can to a full can a day over the last 11 years.

I tried to quit a bunch of times. I was not ready though. I still thought I loved dipping. I was still brainwashed into thinking everything was a little bit better with a dip in.

I don't believe that anymore. All nicotine does is give you misery and then relieve that misery for a little bit when you first dose back up. Ah.. its so "relaxing" not to be miserable now that i put a dip in!

Fuck that shit. Never again!! I found this site yesterday on my day 3.

Also out of curiousity. Anyone have any knowledge on insulin sensitivity and nicotine? I know there is a relationship there but have not found anything on what happens to insulin sensitivity when you quit. Does it revert back quickly, slowly, sometimes not at all? Etc.