Quitting Smoking

I quit smoking 388 days ago. What helped me was using the Livestrong quit smoking app.

Keep at it until you succeed!

I'm on day 6 of smoke free. I've tried patches, cold turkey, weaning myself off and this time I know I'm going to make it. It does get easier as each day passes! Hang in there!!

someone wrote into curves magazine saying they quite buy drinking lots of water using a straw. The straw helps with the sucking and the water flushes the nicatin out of your body faster.

www.whyquit.com = AWEsome!

See http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/693610-nsv-i-quit

2 and a half weeks completely clear of smoking ( we caved in a couple weekends ago and stupidly got some off a friend while out) finally not feeling like I want one. Have one of those inhaler things but honestly cant be bothered to use it, its horrible and probably helped just for the fact that it felt that stupid sitting there sucking on plastic. Feel a ton better already. Keep it up, its worth it for your body and mind!

I am about four days in myself. I was so tired and feeling like crap the first few days. It is getting easier though...Hang in there!

ACV straight for tough cravings that wont go away (like a shot) and a tsp ACV mixed with water and sip throughout the day to keep you sane. I smoked since I was 12 and was able to quit, cold turkey with hardly no withdrawals, no nic patch or gum.

ACV = raw apple cider vinegar ( i use braggs)

Never heard of this before. This is something I should pass around to a few friends of mine. Is it hard to find?

My Hubby and I quit almost 11 years ago and let me tell you if my husband can quit anybody can do it....Actually I felt like it was easier to quit smoking than it is to lose weight......After all you have to eat...but you don't have to smoke....

TEN reasons. I'll have to think about it. But, that should really provide motivation. Getting lots of good info from this site. I'll check in more often. Start my own tracking system for cig's.

I'm into my second week. I use nicotine gum and I'm not yet getting withdrawal other than being a little snappy which I manage to keep under check because I'm cognisant that I might be. Whenever I feel like lashing out, I take a deep breath and think about what I will say before it comes out as a rant ).

This about the 4th time for me in the last 15 years and I know it will be the last because of all the things I've learned along the way. You must stay strong and just like in any endeavour, you have to really want it to be successful e.g. health and weight loss. Same principles apply.

Good luck.

Sooo hard!! Don't know what to do..using ecig,chewing lots of gum and drinking water.

Find a pool, jump in, spend a couple hours.
You cant smoke around splashing water, and your lungs cant handle it when you are swimming laps!

I started quitting about 1 1/2 months ago, something I told myself I would do before I even thought about starting exercising and eating right. The Nicoderm CQ patches really really help, especially when you force yourself past the first 3 days. Although when I first quit I wasn't doing any form of exercise, I do exercise now and that seems to help.

Good luck, and support helps as well.

I quit three years and three days ago (happy anniversary to me!) and it was tough the first four or five days. For about two months after that, habit made me reach for my (nonexistent) cigarettes and lighter when I sat down at my desk, when I got off the train, when a class had ended, … But it was just habit and not a real drive or a mad craving. Those first three days were the hardest and the next two weeks were uncomfortable. I got through them by eating tons of fruit (we picked the right time of the year!) and chewy candy and by exercising A LOT, simply to keep busy. Whenenever I was at home and felt a craving announce itself, I got on my (outdoor) bicycle and pedaled my heart out. I think I hardly sat still for five minutes during those first few weeks, except when at work, and that made up for all the extra sweets I ate. There was thus no harm in eating as a substitute for smoking.

If your leg is twitching, why don't you give it something to do? Drive yourself to the point of exhaustion by exercising or doing housework, so that it will keep quiet even when you're not moving. It's only for a few more days at most, after all. As a reward, treat yourself to something harmless afterwards. And then some more. You will have burnt off all the extra calories beforehand, anyway!

And focus on the positive effects. For me, it was a matter of days, if not hours, until my nose and my taste buds got more sensitive. Does food already have a more intense taste? Do you smell that candle at the other end of the room? How does an ash tray full of cold ash smell to you now? Noticing and appreciating these effects made it easier for me to hang in. Why would you want to give this up again??