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robin52077
robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
edited September 2024 in Success Stories
1 YEAR since I quit smoking cold turkey!

YAY ME!!!!!!!
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  • Norma_24
    Norma_24 Posts: 23 Member
    way to go!!
  • deannar417
    deannar417 Posts: 193 Member
    Congrats!!!!!! I have never smoked but my mom has forever and I know it's hard to quit. GREAT JOB!!!! :wink:
  • marshalemar
    marshalemar Posts: 106
    Great job!
  • Lsng4good
    Lsng4good Posts: 86 Member
    AWESOME!!! I bet you can't wait till Year 2!!
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    Omg!!!!!! Go robin!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D thars so great!!

    Hugs&love :)
  • chelsea32291
    chelsea32291 Posts: 216
    Way to go! :)
  • heyitsmekatie
    heyitsmekatie Posts: 544 Member
    awesome!!!
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    Like like like!
  • SevenisHeaven
    SevenisHeaven Posts: 163 Member
    Awesome!!!! Its been 13 months since I quit (for the 4th time) hopefully the last! It is soooooo worth it.

    ie: my sister who is a gym rat is in awesome shape....but smokes; cannot do near the cardio output that I can. Even though I am over 100 pounds heavier.

    It is a GREAT day!
  • Shamrock40
    Shamrock40 Posts: 264
    Congratulations! Well done!
  • patattheshire
    patattheshire Posts: 123 Member
    wow and i'll bet one of the best years you ever invested in$$
  • DowntimeDesigns
    DowntimeDesigns Posts: 134 Member
    Congratulations! I know I should quit, but haven't been able to yet... : /
  • mommasamfa
    mommasamfa Posts: 87 Member
    How did you do it? I've been wanting to quit so bad but always have such a hard time. I get pretty nasty and b****y.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    How did you do it? I've been wanting to quit so bad but always have such a hard time. I get pretty nasty and b****y.

    You just have to want to.
    I tried and failed before, because I still wanted to smoke.

    A year ago today something inside me just clicked and I just didn't want to any more.

    I had been on MFP for a week already, and decided if I was going to eat right I needed to be exercising too, so I tried to walk around the block while my son rode his bike and I could NOT BREATHE! Gasping and wheezing at the top of the hill I live down.

    If I'm going to eat right I should exercise, and if I'm going to exercise I have to quit smoking, so I just "did". I can't really say how, I just DID.

    I started jogging and couldn't go more than 30 seconds without almost dying.
    A month later it was 2 minutes.
    Another month and it was 5.
    I can now run a 5K.

    All I can say is that you have to NOT want to smoke any more. For REAL, all the way deep down inside. Then it will work.
  • MontanaB
    MontanaB Posts: 439 Member
    well done :D
    i went cold turkey last new year and haven't been back since :)
  • mommasamfa
    mommasamfa Posts: 87 Member
    I know I don't want to. I just have these awful panic attacks when I stop.
  • kacarter1017
    kacarter1017 Posts: 651 Member
    WTG!!
  • dcjulian
    dcjulian Posts: 33
    That is great! A great way to start your new healthy life! Congratulations! :flowerforyou:
  • tiddlyjinx
    tiddlyjinx Posts: 181 Member
    That is excellent Robin!

    It was 2 years ago Christmas eve for me. Best thing I ever did. Started me on my journey to get healthy. I am nowhere near your level of fitness though. I hope I get there soon!
  • lynn12
    lynn12 Posts: 87 Member
    That is awesome
  • kiwi_dee
    kiwi_dee Posts: 160 Member
    Well done! That is an awesome acheivement :smile:
  • Kimah72
    Kimah72 Posts: 11
    So proud of you! :)
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