Quit Day Today - any tips?

sarahjenkins77

I have been doing C25K but my breathing is holding me back and am sure its down to the smoking, so today I smoked the last cigarette in my pack and decided TODAY IS QUIT DAY!

I know this is going to be a million times harder than losing weight, food is not an addiction for me but smoking is and I've been smoking around 10 a day for 15 years . Does anyone have any tips to be successful at quitting? Today's first challenge is not to stop on my way home from work to buy cigarettes, one day at a time.

If anyone has any stories about how it helped with running/breathing etc I'd love to hear them - I think this is going to be my main motivation to quit as its impacting my life now.

wish me luck

sarah

dmarie1181

Well it's been a week since you posted this so I hope you've been doing good! I posted this on another post, on Monday it'll be 5 months since the last time I even held a cigarette

Way to go on starting a healthy life style! I'd say go ahead and quit now! For me quitting has made it easier for me to be healthier because instead of spending so much time smoking I can plan and prepare meals and workout. I actuallly haven't gained any weight since quitting. I used the nicotine patches the first few days and that helped (I just got the Wal-mart brand). That helped a lot the first few days and I actually quit wearing them because I had forgotten to put one on a couple of mornings and left them at home. After 2 days with no nicotine at all I realized I was fine, I didn't need them, but the patches I feel definitely helped me make it through my first few days! You may be different though! When you feel like smoking take a quick walk, drink a glass of water, or something that you can do for a few minutes that will help you relax and get your mind off smoking. Cravings will pass after a few minutes and get fewer and farther between. When you're not spending all that time smoking and spending all that money on it that means more time and money to focus on the healthier life you're living!

I was a smoker for 15 years. I'm sad to say that I wasted so much time and money. I smoked through both my pregnancies- I'm definitely NOT proud of that, smoked everytime I got in the car, after every meal, every chance I got. I dreaded going places where smoking wasn't allowed. Most of my friends and co-workers smoke and my husband smokes. Now when I look at all these smokers I'm so glad I quit. I promise you when you make it through the first few days you'll be fine!