I must be crazy!!!

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  • AmberMahfouz
    AmberMahfouz Posts: 316
    Congrats on making a huge step towards bettering your life! Remember, it wont be easy but it is sooooo worth it! I definitely agree that you have to start logging and checking calories before you eat. Good luck and feel free to add me :smile:
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    It's amazing that something as addicting and deadly as cigarettes are legal but marijuana isn't. If a woman can't quit for her unborn child she either needs serious help for her addiction (admit yourself to a facility if you have to) or should rethink bringing a child into the world. Imagine how that baby felt with every toke???? :cry:
  • electricello
    electricello Posts: 40 Member
    Sweetheart, you CAN do both. I highly recommend a book called "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Alan Carr. It literally changed my life!

    If you quit smoking first, I think it would be smartest. Your metabolism will go a little haywire at first, but that doesn't mean you can't start intstilling healthy eating habits while you adjust to living without the cigarettes.

    I fully support your decision, and applaud you for making the choice to get healthy. Now make sure you use sites like these to get the support and accountability to keep going.
  • swanarae
    swanarae Posts: 52
    I applaud you for quitting smoking and losing weight. It is a very difficult thing to commit to do both at the same time but it is possible. I know first hand because I quit smoking just 3 short months ago after having smoked over a pack a day for over 30 years. I have also lost quite a bit of weight during this time as well.

    You CAN Do it!

    Feel free to add me as a friend if you need a cheering section
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    I have to be crazy. Starting a diet with the holidays right now. And quiting smoking to. And a 7week old baby!! I am new here just joined 5 days ago, this seems like I am in the right place.I find myself really thinking about calories, and how much I take in. Every time I eat I get on here to see how well I am doing. I have a total of 3 kids 2 girls and 1 boy. Anyone that needs friends feel free to add me, I have alot to lose so I will be around a long time....:happy:

    wait a minute... you're quitting smoking now?? shouldn't you have quit ten months ago??

    Now now... don't attack her just yet, she's only been here 5 days... Maybe she started smoking again after the baby. She could've been smoking for 6.5 weeks...

    cause smoking with a newborn around, that's possibly breastfeeding, is better than smoking while pregnant.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    If you feel that someone calling you out for putting your own unproductive, selfish desire for little bits of instant gratification and proven bodily harm - over the priority of your newborn - is an attack.... well. Perhaps you should consider for a second if they are right and see if that motivates you to change your life for the better.

    Option A: Get huffy and puffy and defensive and tell everyone how much you really do care and that no one here is nice.

    Option B: put your money where your mouth is and prove that you care ENOUGH.
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    Option A: Get huffy and puffy and defensive and tell everyone how much you really do care and that no one here is nice.

    Option B: put your money where your mouth is and prove that you care ENOUGH.

    These are really the only options any of us here have. Take a step back, OP, what's done is done and if you want to change enough to value people who will help kick you into shape, you've come to the right place. Good luck.
  • Poetry_In_Pics
    Poetry_In_Pics Posts: 149
    Hi there!

    You're not crazy for joining around the holidays... I just joined as well ~ I figured I'd rather lose a few pounds (or stay the same) than to gain the dreaded 7 lbs. average over the holidays. :-) Congrats on quitting smoking, too! Sounds like you're on your way to a much healthier lifestyle!

    I have kids as well, but they're not as young as yours... Mine are 13 (next month) and 9.

    I have a lot of weight to lose too so it'd be great to have someone to chat & share with! :-)

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