Smoke Free Group

peapods02

Today started out really well, I got up and walk/jogged for about 45 minutes ( would have been longer, but had to get home so hubby could go to work).
Then in the last hour I have been craving one bad, but the only thing that is stopping me is that I don't have any here and I would have to get out to go to the gas station and it is storming, so hopefully by the time it stops I will be past the craving (fingers crossed).
I guess I will go do a little strength training maybe that will help?!?!

Have a good day everyone.

vrdz3215

peapods02,

Just think about how nasty that last cig tasted and what you could spend the $5.00 you would spend on a pack of smokes on that would be more beneficial to your health and well being! You can beat the craving!!!

peapods02

Just checking in for today..this morning has been tough for me. I have had a very stressful morning and usually when stress strikes I would go out for a smoke. Instead I took a walk around the building and took some deep breaths which def helped the craving subside. One day at a time...i have to keep saying that to myself...One day at a time.
Tommorrow I am going to a concert (Aerosmith) I am soooooooo excited and the people I am going with ALL smoke! Ahhh! I am going to stay strong though and not give into temptation. I have volunteered to be the DD so I will not have the urge to smoke because I drank a beer or two. I find that when I drink alcohol is when I actually crave the most! It's like they go hand in hand or something (lol) and another plus I will save the calories and the bloat from the beer since I am the DD! Double Plus!
Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! :flowerforyou:

Aerosmith? Definitely jealous, but what fun for you! You have made it 2 weeks so far, and you worked out a craving this morning, so I am sure that you will find the inner strength to resist the temptation at the concert.

I know how you feel about being with a group of smokers, my entire family are smokers, and my best friend is a social smoker, so when we go out or even just hang out, she drinks/smokes and I smoke (not much of a drinker), usually we do things on Friday nights, but I am worried that it will be a problem, but she is really supportive so maybe it will be fine and she will do her best to keep her smoking at bay, at least until I can control my better..

Have a great time and be safe!! :happy:

vrdz3215

Today has been okay so far for me... last night was rough as for some reason i began to crave a cig around bedtime...which is actually quite odd. I just went to sleep instead...lol. anyways, hope everyone is doing good today!

CrystalT

Sorry I've been absent, in training this week. I can understand not wanting to drink. I went to a party Friday night and didn't drink for that reason. I know it will be tough. Good luck at the concert tonight.

Learning2LoveMe

Peapods - How are you doing today? I hope you are still smoke-free... just remember your much stronger than that nasty cigarette that tries to control you!

My bf (who quit with me, which made a great support system and helped keep eachother motivated and not wanting to quit or give up) and I just got a roommate in our house, who happens to be a smoker. While they are smoking outside/in the garage... I've been seeing butts and its making me crave. I saw a barely smoked cigarette laying in the garage last night and I just really wanted to smoke it... it took so much willpower to look away and walk inside, but I did it! And now I'm really glad I avoided that temptation! :bigsmile:

Hope everyone is doing well and keeping strong. We can do this! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

peapods02

Peapods - How are you doing today? I hope you are still smoke-free... just remember your much stronger than that nasty cigarette that tries to control you!

My bf (who quit with me, which made a great support system and helped keep eachother motivated and not wanting to quit or give up) and I just got a roommate in our house, who happens to be a smoker. While they are smoking outside/in the garage... I've been seeing butts and its making me crave. I saw a barely smoked cigarette laying in the garage last night and I just really wanted to smoke it... it took so much willpower to look away and walk inside, but I did it! And now I'm really glad I avoided that temptation! :bigsmile:

Hope everyone is doing well and keeping strong. We can do this! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

YAY for you on avoiding the temptation:flowerforyou: ! You should be very proud of yourself for 70 days smoke free.

Yesterday was a great smoke free day, hardly even craved and did not have one! Today started out good again, I went wogging this morning, and actually made it 2min twice on my jogging (others barely 60 sec), which was great since I burned an insane amount of calories in 60 min.

BUT then on the way home, my car veered into the gas station and I bought a pack, and smoked 2:sad: . So instead of keeping them with me I sent them with my hubby in his truck, but the funny thing is that I hid them from him too, so that he did not smoke all day at work too. So we both have had 2 cigarettes this morning, and I plan on keeping it that way. I actually am not that worried about when he gets home, b/c today is his B-Day and I have a ton of stuff to do to keep me distracted.

I refuse to beat myself up over this, b/c I have gone from smoking 30-40 cig a day:embarassed: to slipping up and having only 2, so good for me in that aspect, but I also do not want to give myself a free pass and say that it was ok either.

:ohwell: there is always tommorow!

I have always smoked in my garage and/or deck and I despise people putting
cigarettes out on the floor in garage, b/c then when people come into the house the bring them in on their shoes and make a mess of the house. I keep a no smoke butt ashtray out there so that they can put them in there, it puts them out right away and you do not have to actually have to see the butts like a normal ashtray/floor.

Ok, I rambled enough, but sometimes my rambling works through a craving...so THANK YOU for letting be winded!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY TODAY!!!!:flowerforyou:

Learning2LoveMe

You are a strong woman! Slip-ups happen, but you are so strong for only smoking 2 and then going right back on track. Most people (myself included) would go through the entire pack and then onto the next one. :laugh:

Major kudos to you!! :flowerforyou:

I had a dream last night (and let me tell you these dreams are very frequent but the situation usually changes). Anyways, I was hanging out with my old high school crush and I was going through some things in my bedroom and I found a pack of smokes that was only missing around 2-3 smokes. I yelled "there it is! I knew I lost a pack a while ago" and took out a smoke and lit up. :blushing: I'm so bad in my dreams!

Simplicity

can i join too.
its been a struggle for ages with me and if im honest i was only a full time smoker for about 3 years of my life.
for the past 4 i have been quittin on and off for ages.
It's only after joining this website and recently (july 1st) started doing the exercise everyday that i felt it was time again to improve fitness. there are some many inspirational people on here. way better than any government advetisement.
I have taken it easy on myself this time too. I don't like the taste or the smell or the bits of tobacco that acummulate in every pocket of my clothes (I was a hand roller). The extra moeny is good too.
I'm doing the patches this time after several attempts cold turkey, so i know the feeling of 'dying for a cig' but if I'm honest they are so good this time i just feel like normal. only thing is i can;t sleep on them so i take them off before bed and I'm sorted.
Got to do 4 weeks on this patch and two weeks on the small then i got to deal with it myslef.

The things i love about not smoking is waking up the next morning with the smell of aftershave still present. my hands and clothes smelling good.
the horrible cough in the morning reminds me of how my lungs are clearing and i will breath easier.
the fact that each day I'm closer to all the goals i want to accomplish now and keep for the future.
i just feel like I'm in a slow motion transformation to the person I had forgotten existed. Even though I'm still young but i feel like the past 7 years since leaving school have been so up and down with weight, health,exercise, love , relationships, but then no one said growing up was easy ha ha.
I do feel extra positive this time though, just can't explain why!

man i talk alot ha ha

good luck other quitter keep up the good work and hopefully i will too!

Learning2LoveMe

Hi Simplicity - Welcome and congrats on kicking the habit! :flowerforyou:

I also used the patch as my aid to stop smoking and I found it worked really well. I've been off the patch for two weeks now and its not bad at all, you don't even really notice that you're not getting the nicotine anymore since it gradually weans you off of it.

You can do it! I'm rooting for you! :bigsmile:



My boyfriends dad just quit smoking last night. I'm so excited, happy, and proud of him... now if we can get him to start working out a little and changing his diet his health will be so much better. I'm still trying to convince my mom to quit - she already has emphysema and still goes at it like a chimney

Simplicity

Hi Simplicity - Welcome and congrats on kicking the habit! :flowerforyou:

I also used the patch as my aid to stop smoking and I found it worked really well. I've been off the patch for two weeks now and its not bad at all, you don't even really notice that you're not getting the nicotine anymore since it gradually weans you off of it.

You can do it! I'm rooting for you! :bigsmile:



My boyfriends dad just quit smoking last night. I'm so excited, happy, and proud of him... now if we can get him to start working out a little and changing his diet his health will be so much better. I'm still trying to convince my mom to quit - she already has emphysema and still goes at it like a chimney

hey thanks lizagna i have been on so many different forums for health smoking fitness lol but this is definately the most friendly one. alot of the others ignore or dictate and can be very irritating.

last time i did the patches i finished the course and picked up a cigarette and blamed boredom. this time i have my goals so i think they will overide any other emotion. thanks for the heads up though I'm kinda excited about being nico-free.

don't give up on your mom. they always say anytime is better than never for quitting. also congrats on quitting yourself. how is the exercise going now. I'm sure i read a post you had written saying that you thought your lungs would clear out sooner lol. maybe it was someone else but anyways good luck

Learning2LoveMe

hey thanks lizagna i have been on so many different forums for health smoking fitness lol but this is definately the most friendly one. alot of the others ignore or dictate and can be very irritating.

last time i did the patches i finished the course and picked up a cigarette and blamed boredom. this time i have my goals so i think they will overide any other emotion. thanks for the heads up though I'm kinda excited about being nico-free.

don't give up on your mom. they always say anytime is better than never for quitting. also congrats on quitting yourself. how is the exercise going now. I'm sure i read a post you had written saying that you thought your lungs would clear out sooner lol. maybe it was someone else but anyways good luck

Thanks
Exercise is getting a lot easier now. My lungs have caught back up to my body, or my knees I should say lol. I'm up to 90 second jogs and instead of wiping out there I can go right back into a semi-fast paced walk. I think by next month I'll be good to start the couch to 5k and prepare for my 5k walk/run in November. I'm super excited! I already can walk it... my goal is to jog it.

Simplicity

Thanks
Exercise is getting a lot easier now. My lungs have caught back up to my body, or my knees I should say lol. I'm up to 90 second jogs and instead of wiping out there I can go right back into a semi-fast paced walk. I think by next month I'll be good to start the couch to 5k and prepare for my 5k walk/run in November. I'm super excited! I already can walk it... my goal is to jog it.

excellent stuff. good luck with that. i did one day and decided running was out of the question. round where i live if you are seen running people think you have stolen something lol. i will stick to my girly 30 day shred which is totally not girly ha ha:laugh: