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I can now say it has been 3 1/2 years since I quit smoking. I lasted over a year and wanted to smoke again because I gained 30 lbs back eating instead of smoking. Then I started e-cig vaping. Even though I had asthma all my life since a small child and diagnosed with COPD at the time I decided to quit smoking, vaping has…

I was searching in here to find this very question answered, nope lol.... too bad. Maybe this will bump it up and get new people chiming in. I just bought new fancy scales that are digital and talk and all the bells and whistles. But they register 10 lbs higher than my old beat up scales I have been using forever. Do I…

100% Agreed :)

According to my doctors, yes there is a starvation mode and I went there when I lost that 50 pounds in 3 months because I had no appetite, switched to water instead of soda and was biking twice a day but probably only taking in 500 calories per day and burning more than that. It's the worst possible way to diet because…

What kind of food can you eat all day long and stay considerably below 1200 calories? Styrofoam?

Don't waste even one second of breath on this arsewipe, he isn't worth it. Let him take his picky attitude and go torture someone else. If he's like this on the first date, how do you think the relationship will be? Don't walk, RUN!

Thank you TeaBea!

FOUND IT! Great Value - Green Split Peas, 1 cup cooked 360 calories36 fiber ---- 36 protein32 iron

OK wow Lender's - Small Plain Bagel, 3 bagel (57g) --- 564 calories ---- 5 grams fiber Peter Pan - Peanut Butter Creamy 2tbsp, 4 tbsp ---- 420 calories4 grams fiber So while this is great for fiber, look at the calories. How do I get the fiber without the calories? I need 25 - 30 grams of fiber per day

No no's oranges grapefruit lemons limes pineapple tomatoes tomato sauce salsa chili pizza Chocolate ANYTHING SPICY

*smh* @SpeSHul_Snofl LMAO! Yes, win... very creative! Anywho---- I'm somewhere over 450 but lost count because as this thing finally ends and you're thinking "Yay me! Finally!" It can decide to go in to overdrive before it lets go of you. Remember all those months that felt like nothing compared to hell weeks where they…

I want to be done with all my doctor appointments and back on my bike - working on increasing distance and time (endurance) out there and finally using my runtastic app.

So many wonderful ideas, I just can't thank you all enough! I love the idea of going after water each time and replacing it with that, also running, but I can't start that yet - I will get there. A hot cup of tea, nice, soothing ;) I may still have a box of chamomile tea in the cabinet ;) I tried the idea of going out and…

Not currently due to medical issues being handled right now. But I'll remember that for later!

Without nicotine? So does it help only because you get to do the act of inhaling smoke?

Congrats to you!! I want to say "a few months" too :) and then "a few years"....

I have an e-cigarette and cartridges in my purse still from another time when I tried that. The problem is, I need to throw it away because using chantix I have gotten the nicotine out and using e-cigarettes or gum or patches, will put nicotine back into my system so I can't use those. The nurse practitioner suggested that…

I can tell an artist when I hear one ;) And yes, similar to movies as well as diving into a good book. Great advice! Thank you!

Yes, praying is for me and I seem to be doing a lot of it lately, mostly asking for patience and perseverance. I really like the water idea!

Thank you! I've caught myself "reaching" for them and they're not there, then shake my head (literally) and remind myself, I don't do that anymore and I am ok with that. I say it each time. Then the tense feeling goes away just like that. It proves I really can ignore it and carry on now. You know, I think maybe I got this…

I think maybe I might take up drinking again after all this wonderful advice! LOL! (JK)

I know what you mean! I don't know how I managed to get through 30 years of smoking on top of asthma with how bad my breathing and coughing was to be told now that my lungs sound clear plus when they checked me in the hospital during my breathing treatments, not lung cancer -- they said it was what I was smoking, those…

I'm looking forward to that day!

Damn! I heard someone say TEQUILA! again!

All I heard was TEQUILA!

I do catch myself saying it out loud, unfortunately one of my boys seems to be within earshot when I do this and I get these strange looks.... LOL!

I know what you mean, I found out I like breathing and also like not coughing all the time any more, sounding like I was hacking up a lung. It was awful, and is actually gone now!

I didn't know that about the OJ, I drink it now to make sure my iron pills get absorbed into my system. Knowing it helps keep headaches away, I think I need a grove of orange trees in my yard! LOL! Loads of good advice here, thank you!

LMAO! Taking note... remember to open the window first....

Good plan! Gave me an image of my son coming in laughing at me that I could hand write a letter and watch a movie at the same time... LOL! He said "Whatever works mom..."