How to Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight [Hardcover]

Martin Katahn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2001

From the #1 bestselling author of The T-factor Diet...a special audio program that could save your life!

The opportunity of a lifetime.

Everyone knows the grim statistics on smoking. So what's your excuse for not quitting? If you are like millions of Americans, the prospect or fear of gaining weight after quitting may be the major factor. If so, this audio can help you change your life.

Quitting smoking is the single most important step you can take for the sake of your health, but going on a diet to control your weight after you have quit is one of the worst things you can do! Research shows that dieting can increase both your craving for cigarettes and the addictive properties of nicotine -- while not addressing the metabolic changes that can cause post-smoking weight gain.

In this deluxe audio adaptation of How To Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight, Martin Katahn presents a safe, simple program based on the latest scientific research in metabolism, biochemistry, and smoking cessation. You'll learn how to tailor this valuable information to your situation on cassette one; then, on cassette two, you'll learn techniques for deep muscle relaxation that you can turn to again and again for help keeping away from cigarettes and keeping off the extra pounds.

No matter how often you have tried and failed, this special program is an invaluable tool to help you quit smoking once and for all.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Quitting smoking is difficult enough without also having to worry about the weight one seems destined to gain. Katahn (The T-Factor Diet) says at least two-thirds of the people who quit smoking will gain between 10 and 12 pounds. Part of the problem: cigarette smoking really is an aid to weight management, because it reduces one's desire to eat by directly affecting body chemistry. So it's important, he says, to increase one's metabolic rate to compensate for nicotine's metabolic effects. He advises that whenever the urge to smoke occurs after quitting, it's important to get up and move around. Brief physical activity not only reduces the urge to smoke, but can provide the lift that otherwise might have been obtained from nicotine. And yet, increased physical activity may not be enough. Katahn recommends reducing fat and carbohydrate intake without making any radical changes in one's regular diet, because he believes undertaking a traditional weight-reduction diet at such a time can actually lead to weight gain. To identify fats and carbohydrates, he provides an extensive calorie/fat/carbohydrate/gram counter and reduced-calorie menus. He also advocates deep relaxation and meditation techniques that will help curb those "I've just got to have a cigarette" moments.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 223 pages
• Publisher: Replica Books (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735102872
• ISBN-13: 978-0735102873
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,548,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A standard, formulaic diet book, January 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Quit Smoking: Without Gaining Weight (Paperback)

This book doesn't quite live up to its title. The skimpy info on the special problems smokers run into with regard to weight management (which most people already know if they've read anything about it in newspapers or in the smoking-related Newsgroups) is heavily padded out with pages and pages of standard fat-content charts and blank charts to fill out as part of the author's "7+7" weight program. This gimmicky program essentially states: Eat less fat and exercise.

The information on smoking cessation programs is also very dated; Zyban/Wellbutrin are not mentioned, and the nicotine patch seems to have been almost an experimental technique when this book was written. This little book seems like it was cranked out as a quick money-maker--a standard, formulaic diet book with a few cliched statements about smoking thrown in.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book works if you're a need-to-know type, November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Quit Smoking: Without Gaining Weight (Paperback)

This book prepared me for what to expect -- what stages my cravings would go through and why, and for how long. It let me know why I might or might not gain weight and what I needed to do to counteract that. The book provided the tools for understanding the physical repercussions of quitting. I guess forewarned is forearmed.

2.0 out of 5 stars So-so, July 11, 2007

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khd (virginia, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Quit Smoking: Without Gaining Weight (Paperback)

There are better quit smoking references out there. I don't think the author should have started out with how hard it is to quit smoking. I had more cravings while reading those chapters than during my first week quit.
I give 2 stars only because it is accurate in the fact of the body fat/carb chemistry changing.