Smokers

Your lipstick his collar don't bother Angel I know exactly what goes onnnnnnn

quit cold turkey over 2 years ago. You can do this, just remember the end that you are striving for, a new healthy you that is able to freely move and breath or....

I dont smoke, but I lost my mom to it 4 years ago. She finally quit, but it was too late. She was successful in quitting using the patch. She didnt have any cravings. I wish you the best of luck. I really hope you do it!

I quit in January. It was the best and hardest thing I have ever done. I did it "cold turkey" since every other time i attempted to quit with the nicotine patch or gum it just felt like it extended the withdrawal. I wanted it out of my system as quickly as possible. Its crazy hard but you wont believe how much better you will feel after a few months. I did gain about 15 lbs from quitting which isnt too bad. Good luck to you and if you need support feel free to add me as a friend.

You can do it. My husband quite 6 weeks ago and is still losing weight. One thing to note he also quit caffeine a couple of days later. He found that without the nicotine he was up all night. Per his research online he found that nicotine helps metabolize caffeine much quicker in your body (approx 2-3 times faster). This time he's been successful with no weight gain because he exercises every day.

Good luck!

Sorry this is bothering me

IT'S QUIT. NO E.

AS IN, YOU'RE CUTE WITHOUT THE E (CUT FROM THE TEAM)

maybe it was an accident..sometimes its a habit to type an extra letter..i do it too sometimes

Ok I know its not wise to try to change your whole life at one time as it often fails. So I have set my goal of quitting smoking to after I lost my first 50 pounds. I am some what optimistic that this should come Tuesday when I weigh in. Anyway I am a bit nervous that I will stop losing.

1) I wouldn't mind a friend to quite with if any ones interested.

2) I would love to here some successes of people who quite.

I said for a few years that I'd quit after I ___________ (fill in the blank with excuse). I smoked for 10 years (only ever quit for 9 months when I was pregnant). My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in May. I said I'd quit when she got through her surgery (to remove the upper lobe of her right lung). She came home from surgery 3 weeks later, I said I'd quit once I got home. Finally, I realized I didn't want my son to see me fat & smoking & worry about my health & the longevity of my life when he was my age (I'm only 24 and my mom is only 42). On July 29th, I smoked my last cigarette & started my healthy lifestyle change. I have not smoked another cigarette since & I hate the smell of them now. I have also lost 30 pounds since then. It's totally possible to lose weight AND quit. Just decide to do it and you can do it. I believe quitting smoking is the same as losing weight - you have to really want it & just choose to do it & you can do it. No excuses.

quit cold turkey over 2 years ago.

I quit cold turkey also...wasn't cigarettes but hard nonetheless

It sounds ludicrous to think that a book could have such a powerful impact on someone's life enough to make them quit smoking cold turkey but Allan Carr's The Easy Way to Quit Smoking did just that for me.

I smoked a pack a day for 13 years. I'd tried the patch, hypnosis, Zyban, etc. and none of them worked. i haven't had a cigarette in two years. Google the book and people's reviews of it. Read it and see if it works. If I still had my copy I'd mail it to you but I lent it to a friend.

Anyhow, good luck with quiting! You can do it.

on day 2 right now and i want to hit stuff. this sucks but i know in the end i will be glad i did it. just not today. my husband has been cig free for 4 days. my house is volatile (sp?) right now. :sad:

however, once we get over the DTs we will be fine. My husbands habit was approx. 2 packs per day. Sometimes 3. Mine was a pack at the most. I figured if my DH can do it, then i should have no problem.

I've been a non-cigarette smoker for 4 years now.

You have to really be ready to quit. That's the secret.

I've never been a smoker, so I can't speak from experience, but I did read once that the easiest and one of the most successful methods of quitting is by reducing the amount you smoke every two weeks by one third.

For example, if you currently smoke 24 a day:

24 - 8 = 16 -> so smoke 16/day for two weeks, then
16 - 5 = 11 -> so smoke 11/day for two weeks, then
11 - 4 = 7 -> two weeks
7 - 2 = 5 -> two weeks
5 - 2 = 3
3 - 1 = 2
2 - 1 = 1
Quit!

Doesn't work. You start to look forward to the few that you have and they become "precious" to you. Your thoughts of them consume you. Makes it almost impossible to say goodbye for good.