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**ValidRouge** · April 15, 2007, 07:34 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Hi, Sue! I quit smoking in July cold turkey, and I'd absolutely LOVE to help you get through YOUR quit! Read the forums here, there are some threads that have some really good information about smoking and low carb. Kylie is another member who recently quit. And Lyssie quit in September I think it was. Brook, too.

A quit smoking website that helped me tremedously was www.whyquit.com My sister tried to quit using drugs (wellbutrin) and lozenges and was having a really really tough time. I gave her that website, she ditched the pills and the lozenges and is now smoke free. The guy who writes the site is a real no-nonsense guy, and I like that.

Basically, you just have to white knuckle it through. 3 days to get the nicotine and other chemicals OUT of your body. 2 weeks to get past most of the bad psychological addictions. You can take cranberry extract pills to help get the toxins out of your system faster. I took them, I can't say if it actually helped or not. My quit, when I decided to do it, really wasn't *that* bad. Personally I think quitting carbs were much much worse than quitting the smokes.

**sensfan1960** · April 15, 2007, 08:03 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Hi Joy and THANK YOU!!
I will take you up on that.
I've added you to my buddies list and you can be sure you will be hearing from me...
I've bookmarked the website and WILL be reading every bit of it. I've also read Allan Carr's book which was great and gave me some helpful tools.
I know I'm ready.
I know I'm a stress smoker as well. Last time I quit it was either start smoking again or choke my 14 year old son...so I smoked...sigh...an excuse as any other I guess but the stress of being a single mom with a teenage boy without any emotional support from his dead beat Dad is hard. I need to learn how to get through those...I know if I figure that out I'll be fine.
Perhaps now that I've started exercising I can work out my stress on my elliptical machine...didn't think of that...
It's mind over matter...I know that...I know EVERYTHING there is to know so there is not one GOOD excuse anymore.
I hate the smell on my clothes...my hair...on others...it's just plain GROSS!!
Thanks again Joy...I need someone on this journey with me.
Hugs

**WheresMeFeet** · April 15, 2007, 08:04 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Hiya Sue!

Congrats on your decision to quit!

I quit the dreaded ciggies 2yrs in Sept and it was the best thing I ever did!

You have to be ready to do it though.
I had smoked from the age of 12 and for the last 10 or so years I was on 30+ a day........More when socialisding! God I must have stunk!!
Hubby was a smoker too and still is (he's weak I say! Lol jk).

I used nicotine replacement to help me, in the form of a minty gum. I used the 4mg strength for a couple of weeks then moved to the 2mg. Couple of weeks later I came off that before that became an addiction!
Using a replacement therapy was the best thing for me....I mean...why suffer?!
At the end of the day though it's an individual choice. Do it in whichever way you feel best.
To be honest it was an easy thing to do! Friends and family still can'
t believe I quit...to this day I still get asked "You still not smoking?" lol.
I thought I would really struggle as I always had a fag in my hand...but I didn't. It's similar to weight loss.......you need to be in the right mind set to succeed. Something just clicked in my head!
If I had known it would be so easy I would have done it years. I too have lost people close to me through the dreaded 'Big C', one of them being my father. Even with all the knowledge from that time in my life I didn't quit. I wasn't ready. I have only tried the once to quit and succeeded.
Like I said before it's down to your mind set. If you want it bad enough you will succeed.

Hopefully I will stay a non smoker! In fact I can say for deffo I will, lol! The smell now makes me feel sick....I have actually thrown up after nights out in smoky bars and clubs...and no...not through the booze hehee.

Anyway, good luck! Keep in touch I'd love to hear how you get on.

Cathy
XoXoX

**sensfan1960** · April 15, 2007, 08:11 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Hi Cathy and thanks!!

We are very lucky here in Ontario. It's a smoke-free province and we can't smoke anywhere but outside or in the privacy of our own homes or cars. They have made it really hard for smokers which is GREAT!!
Oh yeah there is the argument that the government allows the sale of tobacco but yet they ban the smoking but I don't argue with that at all. In the last few years everytime they banned it somewhere it just made me happier as in the end it helped me cut them down.

My fear is weight gain HOWEVER..now that I'm in my 5th week of this WOL I hope that my cravings for carbs won't come as they have in the past when I quit smoking...gosh I could sit and eat a BIG bag of those cadbury eggs in one sitting when not smoking...so yeah...

I WANT THIS SO BADLY!!!

**WheresMeFeet** · April 15, 2007, 08:17 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Awww you sound like you have the strength to get where you want to!

The new no smoking laws come into effect here soon....fantastic I say! Lolol
And yeah I know what you mean about goverments....greedy sods lol. They up the price, grab all the tax etc...but then moan about spending in hospitals when smokers need treatment. Grainy area huh lol.

Try not to worry too much about gaining weight. Though

**sensfan1960** · April 15, 2007, 08:50 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

I've just joined the Atkins attack challenge for May 1st so that should help the weight!!!
Just pray I'm not bitting more than I can chew!
So I've decided that when my girl friend picks me up to drive me to the airport I'm quitting.
Not bringing any with me and bringing my work out clothes!!

**Honey17** · April 15, 2007, 09:52 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

WoW!!
You seem so motivated!
Im from Montreal (Quebec) and we have the same smoking laws here..but, in our homes or cars....thats where we light up!!

I mean i have tried SO MANY times to quit...then i get a little stressed , i have a drink (well not anymore,thanks to Atkins lol ) or drive to work...and thats all it takes---- i have 1---- and i start again!

So, all this to say, that i know how hard it is to quit, especially if your in it alone!
So im going to stop smoking with you aswell! That way we can support each other

My pack is finished, so i wont go out and get a new one!

APRIL 15TH will be the day i quit smoking too

**sensfan1960** · April 15, 2007, 11:10 AM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Honey...THAT'S GREAT!!!
WOW...I'm so happy and excited.
My last cancer stick will be just before leaving for the airport.
Everyone I'll be with in the next 3 days are non smokers so that will HELP a lot!
I added you as a buddy...
WE CAN DO THIS!!
WE CAN DO THIS!!

Big hugs

**ValidRouge** · April 15, 2007, 01:37 PM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Hi, Honey, congratulations to you too on deciding to quit the cigarettes.

Both of you, focus focus focus. This isn't going to be easy, but then again it won't be that hard either. You can do anything or two weeks right? That's what this is going to take. Keep in mind that most people gain weight because they use food, PARTICULARLY CARB-LADEN FOOD, as a replacement for the cigarettes. If you are conscious of that, and purposely find something else to use as your "crutch" you'll be much better off. Also, be aware that the sugar cravings WILL return. They mostly return around the 3rd or 4th week of the quit and they are INTENSE. This might even be the hardest part--it was for me, and it was for Kylie who is another member on here. But I promise if you stick it out, the cravings WILL go away.

I started running when I quit smoking. I used the Couch to 5K program http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml If anyone had told me one year ago that I would quit smoking and be running 5 miles, I'd have laughed them out of the room. If you can turn your smoking addiction into an exercise addiction, you'll have given yourself a precious gift.

**Honey17** · April 15, 2007, 01:48 PM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Hey ValidRouge! Thanks for the support! Definetly gonna try to channel the craving into exercise! At least more exercise will help with my new WOF!!!!!!

**DAWNIMMEL** · April 15, 2007, 04:11 PM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Sensefan, I quit cold turkey 15 years ago. I didn't even really want to quit, but I was pregant and had to quit. Good luck on your journey. Also, just to let you know, there is a new pill out that helps you quit smoking. If interested ask your doctor, if not, a good thing to do is change your routine. Change things that trigger smoking. Carry a lot of sugar free gum, and don't forget to count the carbs.........Dawn.

**sensfan1960** · April 15, 2007, 07:43 PM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Ok...I'm not going to beat myself up BUT...when I got to Toronto everything was fine...I was with tons of people and didn't smoke from 2:30pm to 8:30pm. On my way back to my hotel I decided to buy a pack

I've been so nervous about eating in restaurants for the next few days that I thought one thing at a time...
So when I get back home I have an appointment with my doctor on the 19th and I will quit after that...I know...excuses excuses...HOWEVER...I will do it.
I'm going to keep posting and will reduce my cigarettes every day.

I'm doing so well on the program and don't want to screw that up right now.
It will happen!
Hugs

**Honey17** · April 16, 2007, 07:24 PM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

Hey,
well i was ok until this afternoon! Had a big meeting, very stressful only to come out and find out that my bank account had been frauded,,,,so ya..i bought a pack too!!

Gonna try again though

**Mickkey** · April 16, 2007, 08:12 PM

Re: Anyone around who wants to quit smoking?

If you decide to quit, I would be willing to give you some tips and some places to go on the net which offer help similar to these forums. I quit after many years of smoking, and I'm amazed I don't miss it. I never would've believed it.

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