anyone quitting smoking?

I quit a year and a half ago after smoking for over 25 years. I quit by using patches. I did it for my son. I think by doing it for him, I would feel too guilty to start up again. I previously quit during my pregnancy, but started up as soon as I was done breast feeding - don't even know why I started up again. Good luck to you!

many people miss 'something' when they give up cigarettes too. i realised that i missed the hand to mouth thing. obviously i didn't want to start eating more so i have an ecig - but most of the time its empty. i just find it comforting to have in my hand :blushing:

I quit a year and a half ago after smoking for over 25 years. I quit by using patches. I did it for my son. I think by doing it for him, I would feel too guilty to start up again. I previously quit during my pregnancy, but started up as soon as I was done breast feeding - don't even know why I started up again. Good luck to you!

i did exactly this. i quit the day i found out i was pregnant and started again when i finished breastfeeding. big mistake. i looked at my son one day (many years later) and thought 'i really hope you never start smoking' then realised how hypocritical that was of me so i stopped right then.

I've been trying to quit, mainly because the cost is bloody well breaking me! I could go on a really nice vacation with what I spend on smokes in a year...

I'm kind of afraid to try again now that I'm trying to lose weight, as I fear that changing too much too soon will result in me wimping out and changing nothing. But thinking of all the extra lung power I could have for my newfound love of running is a nice counter-argument.

do it. really. in my cigarette free 6 months, i have scraped enough together to take my son away for a week. for me, my weight has crept up slowly over the last couple of years and due to health problems limiting exercise, i know i'm not going to lose 30+ lbs in a few months but the benefits of stopping smoking begin straight away. my different way of eating is an ongoing thing.

I have created a group called "Kicking the addiction" if you or any friends want to post your struggles with addiction please feel free to start a thread. I will offer all the support I can and hope as this group grows others will do the same.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/16817-kicking-the-addiction
Edited by Morninglory81 On September 30, 2013 10:25 am

I stopped smoking last Monday, the same day that I decided to join myfitnesspal. Figured I'd knock both my bad habits out with one fell swoop. So far, so good.

me and my husband quit smoking july 10th and gained some too, wasn't with this program yet started it 9/6 --6lbs of it gone for now, you might gain some to begin with but you can work it off once the cig cravings die down. (I agree with most things said here too)
The biggest thing that helped me though was praying to God I felt at 7 and 14 days quit some really bad cravings I'd smoked from 14-38 years old chain smoked mostly too, but I felt a peaceful feeling come over me when I felt that God was showing me some things about it..
like how it controlling your life and realizing that it does actually makes u want to quit, gives you motivation and during a really bad fit both me and my husband were having at 14 days I felt a comfort in thinking, you know if we go buy them and smoke em up we will still be craving them just poorer-- and defeated... either way we gonna want em so which way is better? that actually helped us both forget about them crazy as it sounds and then I felt more like inserting more exersize and getting healthier weight wise too.
Both of us hated water when we were smokers, went with coffee or mt dew.. now it's 1 coffee in the am, water all day and one crystal lite at night
I hope and pray for anyone who 's trying to quit it's not an easy battle but supporting each other sure does help

I was a smoker ( pack a day) for 11 years. This November will mark 1 year since I've quit. BEST DECISION EVER. Its kind of like losing weight.. you'll make it happen when your ready. I woke up one morning and decided I didn't want to smoke anymore. So I just didn't. Took a lot of pacing through the house and lots of chewing gum, but I did it. Its definitely worth it. GOOD LUCK TO YOU!

I am 6 weeks smoke free today. I had tried quitting a few times before but this time I truly wanted to quit and I think that's why I've been able to easily stay away since going cold turkey. I did notice a very noticeable bloat going on all over but mainly in my stomach. Did anyone else have this? I did see (Google search) that this is a side effect for some. My stomach would look 7 months pregnant... not the most comfortable of feelings. I can tell that I've gained weight by scale and the way clothes fit. I'm know quitting takes a hard hit to your metabolism so I'm trying to be patient while it rebuilds. Did anyone else gain weight once they quit? Once it the amount of food that needed to fixed or what helped you get over the hump?

I'm diving in the deep end, diet starts tomorrow, also exercise/toning up, and I am cold turkey quitting.

Anyone else quitting smoking? Would love some ex smokers or currently quitting peoples to talk too!

I quit 10 years ago. I realized it was costing me enough to buy a couple of nice new computers a year, and the computer geek in my decided that was way better than the enjoyment I got from smoking. So I finished the pack I was in the middle of and just quit. Never had another. Bought a butt-load of the gum, but chewed exactly one piece. Stuff tastes terrible. Never missed it and never craved them.

I think people get so worked up by worrying about how bad it will be when they quit they experience what scientists call the "nocebo" effect. (It's a real word. "Placebo" means "I will please." Nocebo means "I will harm.") I didn't expect to feel bad, and I didn't. People are always saying stuff like "It's worse to quit than heroin" and stuff like that. All I'm saying is that not everyone experiences that, so don't assume it will be terrible.

I wish you the best of luck! I quit smoking a week before I started exercising and eating right. The lifestyle change was hard at first but it is well worth it! I have been cigarette free for 6 1/2 months now and not looking back. Best of luck to you

I quit ten months ago tomorrow. I highly recommend the Cessation Nation App for your phone. It calculates money saved, time saved, how long it has been since you quit, and tells you the health benefits along the way. It is what got me through that rough initial time.

I did put on about 10-15 pounds since quitting, and am working on that now. I feel SO much better! You can do it!!!!

Just taken the ''Allen Carr The Only Way To Stop Smoking Permenantly'' book out of the library Thanks people.

Mr. Carr seems a bit presumptuous. His is not the only way. He can say, if he chooses, that I've only quit for ten years and I may begin again, but he has as much evidence for that as I have that the people who quit using his "only" method will.

QUITTING IS SEXY!

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do it. really. in my cigarette free 6 months, i have scraped enough together to take my son away for a week. for me, my weight has crept up slowly over the last couple of years and due to health problems limiting exercise, i know i'm not going to lose 30+ lbs in a few months but the benefits of stopping smoking begin straight away. my different way of eating is an ongoing thing.

Thanks for the words of encouragement! I just may give it another go very soon; I tried last in August and found it wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be... I just need to find some way to deal with my chain-smoking housemate, and I'd be golden!