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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 9:13 am
Our Twinks is much tougher than we thought, Juju. She is determined, and we all know that that's the key. Yay, Twinks, you're kickin' butt! Slothkitten, LL and Nick, go get 'em!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 12:15 pm
Thanks, Sea, Juju, and Lum!!! Its so encouraging to get positive reinforcement here! It hasn't been easy by any means but I'm very stubborn and I hated the fact that something that was killing me could beat me if I let it. So that's not gonna happen. Plus, as I keep saying, I really don't want to ever have to go through quitting again cause it sucked bigtime. OH, and the number one reason for quitting: I don't want to be the grandma that smells yucky. I don't want my grandbaby to ever know me as a smoker.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:26 pm
You go, Twinkie!!!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 5:01 pm
I worked out for 80 minutes this evening. The first time I've worked out since I've quit smoking. It's time to lose all the weight I put back on when I quit. Oh yeah...and I was breathing great during my working. :D
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 2:39 am
Study: Quick Walks May Help Smokers Quit Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:28 PM EDT The Associated Press By MARIA CHENG LONDON (AP) — As little as five minutes of exercise could help smokers quit, says a new study. Research published in the international medical journal Addiction showed that moderate exercise, such as walking, significantly reduced the intensity of smokers' nicotine withdrawal symptoms. "If we found the same effects in a drug, it would immediately be sold as an aid to help people quit smoking," said Dr. Adrian Taylor, the study's lead author and professor of exercise and health psychology at the University of Exeter. Link
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 1:11 pm
I got this big glossy page I think with a newspaper about these magnet thingys you put on your ear (You'd think they could have jazzed them up to look like cool ear/cartilege jewellry, but no) Name is ZEROSMOKE and they claim that one kit lasts a lifetime, quite in as little as 30 days, all natural, no patch, no gum, no drugs, no chemicals, non-allergenic, one time cost, FDA listed, as seen on tv. $39.99 plus shipping and handling (usually that is hefty for as seen on tv products) http://www.zerosmoke.org or 800-578-3737. You can also distribute them. Frankly y'all seem to be doing just find on your own but on the other hand, anything that works is good, too. Another good day of quitting wished for all of you! 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 3:46 pm
Congratulations, non-smokers. Every day you battle back the beast is one day closer to absolute freedom.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 5:02 pm
I just told my darling hubby that now I can appreciate just what he had to live with all these years and did it very patiently. I thanked him for that. All those years I smoked in the house and car and him being a non smoker and he rarely ever said anything about it. He's the best.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 8:25 am
3 weeks today ! I'm like a bloodhound . . my sense of smell is that sharp. I'm still overeating . . I look like the before picture. Cannot BELIEVE I quit smoking . . mindblower. Also, cannot thank all of you cheerleaders in this thread enough . . . you helped so much with your support, your understanding and your care . . . Thank you. 
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 8:33 am
Congrats Sloth! Way to go Twinkie and all the other non smokers!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 9:05 am
^5 Sloth! 3 weeks today for both of us! I'm also eating a lot still but I'm giving myself either, until April 1st or next week depending on my mood next week. LOL Then I'm going on a diet and exercise regime. That won't be hard because I'll be packing to get ready to move sometime in the fall, plus painting the whole inside of this house to ready it for sale.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 9:44 am
Yay, Slothkitten and Twinks!!! You left the 3 weeks hump behind! Exercise is a really good idea, Twinks; wish I had done more of it when I first quit, instead of making Werther's stock go up sharply. We'll keep your seat in the workout thread warm for ya.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 9:49 am
Yay Twinkie ! Thank's Retired and Lumbele !
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 11:39 am
Congratulations Twinks and Sloth!!

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 3:55 pm
Yay Slothkitten!!! Yay Twinkie!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 4:19 pm
Thanks, guys!!! Its great to be a non-smoker!
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 5:31 pm
Yes, thanks Vac and Juju !!
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 7:41 am
On April Fool's Day, it'll be seven years since I quit. I am still proud, and very grateful that I finally did it. (I smoked for 41 years!) Some of the thoughts that were most helpful to me was the idea that as the last smoker in my crowd, I therefore was the least intelligent. Because certainly by 2000, we all knew it was not smart to smoke. Oh, I could not stand the idea of being the dumbest! And a theory of my own was that the oxygen deprivation involved in smoking actually was depriving me of more brain cells daily. I felt I didn't have any to spare! And so, on my umpteenth try, I did it. Congratulations to you, Twinkie and Slothkitten and Nick.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 7:49 am
Just past my 3 months and wow, I am glad that is over, I have been so nervous because I knew that it would be a milestone for me. Doing fine, don't have real cravings anymore although the occasional thought like" gotta get a smoke" pops into my head, and it is funny at first I feel a little confused and then it is like, oh yeah no I don't. To you guys that still are substituting food, that passes soon. Keep it up guys, we are winning.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 8:27 am
Good work, LL!!! And congratulations to Hootyhoot!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 8:45 am
YAY, LL!!!!!!!!! Big milestone!!!!!! Congratulations! Oh, and those thoughts keep popping up even much later. Probably just to remind us of our achievement. Good going, Hootyhoot!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 11:34 am
Congrats to all!
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 11:52 am
Hoothoot . . . 7 years !!!! Inspiring. LL . . . . Way to go !!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 2:27 pm
An amazing thing happened this past weekend. Hubby was on the phone with friends of our's and they invited us over for Easter dinner. Well, normally I'd love to go BUT they both smoke at least 2 packs a day EACH! I told hubby I didn't know if I was strong enough to hold up around that and he said well maybe we should make an excuse for why we can't go. But I didn't want to do that and oh boy, am I glad I didn't! I called them yesterday and told them I had just quit smoking and they jumped on this as a way to quit themselves! They said they would not smoke while I was at their house and I'm going to give them all the tips and hints I know to help them quit. If we'd made up an excuse they might never have actually had the incentive to quit! How cool is that???
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 3:09 pm
Very, very Cool Twinks!!! It just keeps getting better and better! Congratulations!!

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