Quitting Smoking and Dieting Support

Great job!

DH is out looking for the Allen Carr book, it got such great reviews I figured it would be worth the money. Of course the library didn't have it. :grumble:

I have Allen Carr's book in hand (thank you dear hubby) I have Quit-N-Tell on the Iphone and ready to sign up on Quitnow.com. I've read through page 4 on this thread, I am trying to ration it if you know what I mean. I may want to go back to some of you all's day 3 and 5 and 10, etc. Such a lot of good tips. Love the straw idea. Eating oatmeal most days now so a little worried about the "sit-down" situation. :bigsmile: I think I am ready to go on 8/01/11 but my question is - should I warn my co-workers? I'm pretty *****y as it is so they may not notice... :laugh:

It really depends on your relationship with your co-workers. I was a closest smoker so most of my co-workers didn't even know I was a smoker. I decided to tell five friends and asked them to be there for me. I call them my cheerleaders and they are/were great.

I just checked my calendar and I see August 1 is on a Monday. That means your worse days (particularly days 3 and 4) will be work days. From my experience I was happy I didn't have to work on day three because I was sick and in a foul mood. Now that I think about it, maybe you should warn your co-workers lol. OR you could push our quit day up a little and have those really bad days hit during the weekend.

Either way you go, I wish you the best and I know you can do it!

Day 1 in progress..... my boss could send me over the edge but luckily I did not bring any smokes to work.

After reading Allen Carr I didn't ever want to smoke again. Previously was a 10-a-day-smoker.

Good morning to all you wonderful nonsmokers! Today I am part of the six month club! I'm so happy.

mcdebbie, keep up the good work. One second, one hour, one day at a time.

Day 4, things seem to be going pretty good. Too funny, one of my work smoking buddies has been talking about quitting smoking too, she told me about Chantrix and I showed her the Quit N Tell app. Yesterday she wanted to show me something on her Iphone and turns out we quit within an hour of each other! :laugh:

Walk around the three buildings in our work complex is right at 8 minutes so 1 'smoke' break in the morning, one at lunch and 2 in the afternoon and there's another 30 minutes of exercise. What a bonus! Nobody in my department has noticed yet that I have quit smoking. Guess it is like housework, nobody notices when it is clean, only when it is dirty.

Most of the people in my life don't know I smoke (I've been a pack a day smoker for about .... 11 years now) .... I've come across this thread several times and have been so hesitant to respond because that's letting the MFP community know about this dirty habit.

same boat for me in many ways, i had been lurking on these boards for a few days wanting to chime in but not wanting to blow my cover as a closet smoker in case someone i know should come on here and recognize me. i also have never wanted to quit except for the cost and occasionally during a workout - but at the same time, the cigarette is the ultimate reward waiting at the end of the workout that i have really missed lately.

on one hand, being a closet smoker should make it easier to quit since you already go without during many situations when you would otherwise want one but at the same time, i think closet smokers build up rituals and routines that make smoking that much more a part of who they are and that much more enjoyable. I think if you focus on the first part, that you already go without often when you need one that will help you. do you have any times coming up when you wont be able to smoke at all or will have to cut down to one or two a day like when you visit family or something? that helped me get a jump start, had 3 days where it would have been hard to get even 2 or 3 a day- not my normal 10-12- so i went without completely and kept it going when i returned to my normal schedule.

i dont know if you are the same way as me but since few people know i smoke, when i get an unexpected chance to have a cigarette at a time or place when i thought i was going to have to go without it is exciting, in the 2 weeks since i quit, i have really missed that. twice situations like that have come up and the disappointment for me to not have a smoke has been tough to get over.

i came really close to going and getting cigarettes after lunch today, i am still tempted right now and i have been reading the message boards when that happens which, for whatever reason, has helped thus far. i have a friend visiting next week and only thing that kept me from smoking today was deciding i could make it 3 weeks for the visit and then consider letting myself cheat. short term goals usually work in fitness so perhaps they will work with this.

Good morning to all you wonderful nonsmokers! Today I am part of the six month club! I'm so happy.

mcdebbie, keep up the good work. One second, one hour, one day at a time.

Yay for you krb!!

I bought the Allen Carr book about 3 years ago thinking "what will it hurt, it's not like it's going to make me smoke more" I've made it through the first chapter (where I feel like it's trying to sell me the book that I already bought) about 3 times. I'm going to give that one another go.

DH thinks I have been brainwashed by the book because I have no "taste" for smokes anymore. :laugh: (Yep, I tried again last night). I still have moments where I WANT one and we had a celebration requiring drinks last night so I thought I would have just one but could not choke it down. Not sure what it is but I'm glad for it, makes it so much easier. I am still missing the lifestyle triggers like getting in the car and after lunch but it is only momentary.

@Craft338, Good for you for your first couple days, they are tough but you can do this! I will be quit 6 months on 8/10/11, it is my 8th quit of a life time, I consider it to be my final quit! In this case being a quitter is being a winner!! I still have cravings, but I feel so much better, I can't jeopardize that!
I started smoking when I was 15 years old, I'm now 54. I don't have emphysema but I do now have COPD in the form of asthma and bronchitis. I had gotten to the point of coughing fits with every other butt. Honestly, I got scared about how close to emphysema I really am. I lost an uncle to it and numerous patients, it literally suffocates us. I want to be here for my kids and grandkids, even great grandkids that are no where close yet!!
I did gain weight. Not because I quit smoking but because I stuffed my face with anything I wanted and became sedentary!!! Now I am here among all these amazing people learning to make healthier choices. Yes, sometimes I "fall off the wagon" but I've learned it isn't an end all; just climb back on and keep on going. You (we) CAN do this!!

@Cmuchoa, Thank you so very much for sharing your story with us. You my lady, are such an inspiration to us all! God bless!

I feel we can never have too many friends, too much support. Feel free to add me!!!

Still hanging in there. The weekend was harder because I wasn't at work. Not that that made me all excited to go to work today. :bigsmile:

Congrats Craft338!