Day 5 no smoking!

I made it through 4 days, and 2 of those days I was stuck at home! I am so proud of myself. The first 3 days are always the absolute hardest due to withdrawals. But I am using the nicotine patch, so I do actually have some amount of nicotine in my body, which lessens the effects of withdrawal. I feel like such an addict right now. But it's an addiction, and I am breaking a tough addiction.

What do they say? That quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin?

BUT, I've gained a whole pound despite dieting for a week! How can that happen? I've been eating sugarless gum - but I ate an entire pack of it two days in a row. They have calories - maybe it's the gum. I'm disappointed and disheartened to learn I actually gained weight - and now I remember that I had ice cream the other night. Ok, so I've cheated on my diet.... no wonder. LOL.