I moved to Philadelphia in January 2000, and I weighed about 122 pounds (I'm 5'5" tall).  Since then, I quit smoking three times.  Each of the times I quit, I gained weight.  Unfortunately, when I started smoking again, the weight did NOT come off.  Now I'm on my fourth quit attempt (no smokes since April), and I let my weight get up to 152.2 pounds, which is the most I've ever weighed and way more than I'm comfortable at.

Prior to moving here, my adult weight had been static around 125 pounds, give or take a couple of pounds.  It took a while, but I  finally realized that I'm never going to be successful in quitting smoking if I don't get my weight in check.

Anyway, I just started counting calories recently (which is a good thing, because it turns out I thought I could eat a lot more per day than I'm actually allowed given my weight and age!), but it's slow going, and I'm not the most patient person in the world.  I'm trying though.

SW:  152.2

GW:  120

CW:  144.8  (9/27/07)