[SouthernFreebird]

Similar experience along with 50 extra pounds in 6 months. My knees feel like their going to explode. I gained about 40 and held that for 3 years. I am just now working on the weight and will be done with this whole mess by the end of this year. Good luck to you.

[johnb838]

I gained 55 when I quit drinking. After three years I'm within shouting distance of getting it all off, but I'm still not eager to give up my cigs yet.

p.s. To the cig nazis. I started when I was thirteen primarily as an attempt to ease the stress from child abuse. And you can never really quit. You're always in danger of relapse. I've quit for about a year and a half before. I WILL quit, but I resent the nazi attitude. The image of people holding their noses in New York City from a smoker while sucking down the products of combustion coming out of millions upon millions of taxi cabs and private vehicles strikes me as the height of hypocrisy.