People who are trying to quit smoking as well as get heathy!

jacquelineantonia0305
jacquelineantonia0305 Posts: 6 Member
in Motivation and Support
Hey y'all!
This is the first time I'm going to really try and quit. I'm to the point where I'm tired of feeling a slave to my habit! Mind you, my most is 5 a day, but that's still quite a bit!
I'm 23 and the Director of Youth Development at a Boys & Girls Club & have kept this dirty little secret for 4 years.
I want to be able to talk about this with our members & partners & feel like I'm being the best example I can be for our club!
It's not easy.. I know that.. I've tried to quit several times and have only Made it a couple of days. I'm hoping to find like minded individuals to help me through this journey!

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  • RefocusedPowerhouse
    RefocusedPowerhouse Posts: 25 Member
    Im with you Jac....really just started my "health is my focus" journey and I see the layers of mind I need to wash...At this point, I am most focused on weight, exercise, and nutrition and just hoping the smoking habit will fall off while focused on these other aspects. Its a whole body experience. Overall, I feel good about the idea of being gentle, patient, kind, and non-judgmental with myself. I hope we can be friends and support each other in this journey.

    Lucy
  • vikinglander
    vikinglander Posts: 1,547 Member
    Hi...I started MFP in Feb '16, at 298 pounds. I was smoking essentially a pack a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. I used Chantix for 6 months, but near the end, started smoking again (you CAN smoke on Chantix.) As a side note, I had none of the side effects you hear about, except that I vividly recalled my dreams. The drug didn't change my dreams...I didn't have any nightmares or weird themes, at least no weirder than usual, just vivid recall on waking.

    Anyway, I successfully quit smoking on Oct 13 this past year by taking Chantix and using a device called a QuitKey. It's a small electronic device that tracked what I was smoking for 7 days, then told me when to smoke for the next 30 days until it weaned me down to my last one on Oct 13. I continued the Chantix for another 2 weeks, thru the end of the prescription.

    I've been smoke-free ever since.

    And I've been able to lose or maintain my weight goals throughout, except over Christmas, when I gained about 7 pounds back.

    If OP or anyone else wants to discuss the strategy in more detail, or just wants to add me, send me a FR with a note and let me know you found me in this thread.

    60 is the new 40!

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