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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 5:29 pm
Thanks Juju. It all sounded so tough, I didn't go back. Should have ask him to explain more but he just seemed in a big hurry to get onto the next person.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 8:15 pm
Suz, I am sure you paid for that nutritionists time, and you have a right to get your money's worth too.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 5:13 am
Suz, imo the best fruits are berries, apple or pear. Raisins are good too. Cherries and grapes are okay but not every day. Citrus fruits, especially their juices, and bananas are way too sweet and should only be eaten in moderation and occassionally. Do not completely restrict fresh fruit from your diet.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:06 am
What is wrong with Citrus fruits? I eat about 10lbs of oranges a week! (I eat between 3-5 a day) I am a big fruit eater. Love berries (straw/rasp/blue/boysen and black berries) I eat more fruit than anything else. After a meal, I have to eat fruit, I crave it.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:34 am
When it comes to fruit, it depends what you mean by good. If you're looking at calories or glycemic index, it makes a big difference. While fruits may be very good for you, you still have to eat them in moderation. I don't think I would be eating 10lbs of any kind of fruit. If you want the Vit.C, there are many other sources. Raisins are off the scale when it comes to calories though. Just one cup is over 500 calories, but a cup of currents is only 83. A peach is 37 calories, but a pear is 100. Bananas may be great for what - potassium? but they are 122 calories. It all comes down to what you want from your fruit. I would question a craving though. What's your body craving? It could be the sugar? You can't go wrong with balance and moderation in a diet, and an apple, orange or a small bowl of fresh fruit for dessert is much healthier than alot of other things people select for a dessert.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:52 am
I just love fruit I am not a big sweets eater (don't eat cakes, pies, ice-cream etc very often) but after a meal I crave fruit. I need something sweet.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 3:09 am
Today I start a new Day 1. I started with Zyban around March19th, and my last cigarette was around midnight on March 31st. I was worried about stopping the Zyban, but the last few weeks have been frustrating because I think I was doing so well that I kept forgetting if I had taken it. I decided that I would cut back from 2 to 1 pill a day for the last few weeks. That went great and I noticed no difference at all with cutting back. Today is Day 1 with no Zyban. I am thinking this stuff just may work, and I am cautiously optimistic.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 5:52 am
Hope today goes down easy, Shadoe. I bet it will. Congratulations on freeing yourself from the nicotine monster.
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 9:00 am
Good luck Shadoe.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 10:27 am
Continued good wishes Shadoe and everyone else that is quitting.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 10:48 am
Well, so far so good for today. Today has been a day just like any other day. I think I am probably OK for a little bit; I am sure there must be a half life to the Zyban so I bet I am good for about a month or so LOL. When I went out today, I left my cigarettes at home; I have always carried them with me every day since I quit. It felt pretty good to leave them behind. I'll still carry a lighter with me; you never know when someone else may need a light. If there is anyone who is thinking they have been smoking so long that they can't quit, I say to give it a shot. If I can quit after 40 years, anyone can.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 10:56 am
Good for you Shadoe!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 11:48 am
Yay Shadoe!!!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 1:17 pm
If anyone knows my mother, it's sheer STUBBOURNNESS that is keeping her smoke free!! Congrats!!!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 2:23 pm
Thanks! OK I will admit that being stubborn did help; I did not want to go through this crappy quitting business a second time. I think when something is a bit tough, it's best to see it to the end. It's sort of like running a bit more than half a race - I'll try to struggle through to the end rather than stop/ quit and have to do that first half all over again. Looking back now, the hardest part was the deciding to try to quit.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 8:17 pm
Shadoe (mother), I think you are in your own way, a bit nutso; you like to challenge yourself, if for no other reason than to challenge yourself. I think you started getting healthy bit by bit, and then eating healthier, and then going to the gym, and then cutting butter out of your life, and then alcohol (not that you drink much). Then came the tattoos, and now, it's like the next most painful progression was/were the cigarettes. It's like seeing how much you can inflict on yourself without flinching. That's how I see it for you. But that's because I have been around you for 30 years.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 1:34 am
Sadly if I succeed at the quitting smoking, I will have very little else to quit because I thought I had saved the hardest thing for last! I just wish I had quit the Zyban one day earlier because July 1st would have been easier to remember than the 2nd. Oh well. I don't really have a quit date for drinking because I really never drank alot; it was just a vague decision one day to drink no more without being able to remember the last time I drank. I think it was a couple of years ago, but I forget. Now with smoking, I have a real date and I think I will use the April Fools one. Today I may go out to celebrate by eating a crushingly fattening piece of cheesecake somewhere.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 6:10 am
Shadoe, you truly enjoy a hard row to hoe, dontcha?LOL Congratulations on snipping that last apron string. Since you are now out of vices to tackle how about I send you a few of mine? Just so won't get bored.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 7:51 am
Shadoe, you forgot to take the Zyban some days, so you really sort of quit it earlier, which would make July 1 close enough to the real date.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 8:10 am
Lumbele, thanks for the offer but I am sure if I look a bit closer, I will find a few more vices to tackle. Juju, thanks for reminding me! I know I must have missed at least one day so I can stick with the April1/July1 quit dates. OK I am home now and my celebration consisted of some takeout noodles from Manchu Wok. I have no idea how many calories they are but they can't possibly be more than the cheese cake.
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 5:16 am
Good Job Shadoe!! I picked a August 25th quit date. I haven't really been a heavy smoker for a few years, but I think it's time to give up the 6-7/day I do smoke. I was on QuitNet and when I put in my stats it said quitting would extend my life by a whopping 19 days... sheesh! It was a little disheartening since I really enjoy that first cigarette/coffee combo in the morning. I'm not sure if I'll use anything to help. Maybe just cut down over the next month till I'm down to that one, and then give it up. Weirdly, it scares me though. Why, I don't know... the last vestages of youth? LOL! Anyway, Good Luck Shadoe... I'm sure you'll be successful!!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 9:22 am
Resortgirl, I am still plugging along, smoke free. The odd time I do think about smoking but I honestly do not crave it. It's funny you say that you life would be extending by only 19 days. I think you need to think more along the lines of quality and not quantity. Not only will you extend your life, even by just days, you will also improve in the areas of your senses. Your taste and smell will change, not to mention your ability to breathe better. I have to say that I too really enjoyed my morning nicotine/caffeine combo, but it was not nearly as hard as I thought to quit. I cut down to about 10 or so before quitting while on the Zyban, and the fear was unfounded. Now in the morn, I get up and make coffee and the thought of smoking never even enters my head! After over 40 years smoking, I am shocked it went so well. Good luck with your method of cutting down to zero.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 6:27 pm
You really will be better off with zero, RG. I was down to about 6-7 a day by the time I finally quit for good, after I had quit before and taken it up again when the mother-in-law came to visit for TEN days, lol.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 6:52 pm
Imbewitched hasn't posted lately?
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:32 pm
well I can't get this website at work anymore but I started smoking again lasted a full 5 months my goal is to quit labor day
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