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Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Granny, you're doing awesome. Tell Fred to get a Xanax prescription, he's going to need it when you totally throw out the cigarettes. However, you probably have been through the worst of the withdrawal now, you went through that about day 4 of Chantix. At least that's how it worked with me. I went through the physical withdrawal while I was still smoking. So basically I did the one week smoking with Chantix, then two weeks non-smoking with Chantix. I reduced my Chantix dosage in half for the last five days or so that I took it, since they said don't just cold turkey the Chantix quit you have to wean off. Being off Chantix hasn't made a bit of difference physically except I no longer have the side effects. I haven't had any kind of increased urge to smoke or anything like that, and the mental game is still the same.

Pamy have you been out walking? My body has told me right and left to get out and get exercise, so I hit the pavement just about any time I'm jonesing for a smoke. Unfortunately I have had weight gain even though I've dieted and made dietary changes that I hoped would compensate.

So now I'm going to have to go join the weight loss thread. Sigh. My mother is going to say some pretty unkind things to me when I get home she freaks over weight issues and thinks for some reason it's ok to comment over this kind of struggle. Colossus has already volunteered to take her to the woodshed when she starts in on me. Which we both know she will.

Twinkie, how long have you been quit now? Truly, girl, you know we were dedicated smoking buddies. I KNEW if you could quit I could quit. And when do you get to go see your grandbaby? That's really something to look forward to.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
GAL, I walk a litttle everyday. I think I have gained also...and I am really trying to avoid that too. I am afraid if I think I am fatter cuz I am not smoking I may smoke.

I am weaning off the sweets and chewing sugar free gum

someone said chewing sugar free gum can make ya gain weight, anyone hear of this???

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
even though I am not smokin I am still wild!
this guy wouldnt take his tie off at the christmas party, so me and my friend took it off for him!!

then 10 min later he put it back on, then I had to take it off again! he learned and kept it off LOL

tie

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Okay you people, no obsessing about the weight. It happens. Fact of life. And then it comes back down again after a while. Health-wise you are WAY better off with the extra weight than the smoking health issues, and everybody here knows it!

GAL, it is a low blow, but if you have to, tell the Mom that she will be a great looking corpse. Okay, you better not. But sheesh. She should be busting a gut with pride that you have managed to quit, not harrassing you about a few pounds. Unless, of course, you have already entered the Mrs. America contest and were favored to win if you could keep your weight under 140.

Screw it, it ain't important.

I don't know if it will make anybody here feel any better, but I read a few years back that when Mel Gibson quit smoking he gained 14 pounds, and all he ate were apples. So it is not some personality defect; it just happens. I think the weight is just something about your metabolism realizing you are no longer trying to commit suicide or something.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 1:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Classic Pamy smile there!

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
I think I'm gaining weight too. But right now, I'm not gonna worry over it. I'll just buy a bigger size. lol I think the Fritos and ranch dip are helping with the weight gain. But as Juju says, thats got to be better than the smoking.

Yay!!! Pamy!!! You still look so adorable!! I'm guessing you know the guy?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think Twinks is currently "A nonsmoker in Florida" so we'll have to wait to hear from her.

Hmm, I think that's my story on weight gain too.. well, except I never did smoke.

Holly
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06-19-2005

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Yup, when you quit there's a metabolism change which causes you to gain a little sometimes, regardless of increased calorie intake. It should readjust over time.

But anyway, the health benefits gained from quitting far outweigh a modest weight gain. Also, think of all the $$$ you're saving, not to mention time saved. I wasted so much time on smoking--always stopping what I was doing to sit down and have one. So, use the extra $$ and time saved to get yourself a personal trainer or a gym membership.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL Granny! yeah he is my old supervisor, a tight up,upper managemt kiss ass, but good guy in spite of it LOL the temp promotion I got was to his level.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Pamy that picture is SO. YOU. You might be the only chick I know who would ride her supervisor's tie like a horse. Wait, I know more than a few who would do it while the supervisor was still wearing it, but you know what I mean. LOL.

Juju, Holly you are correct about the weight thing. I'm not going to start smoking again because I have a fat ass, though, because then I'd have a fat ass AND be a smoker. The damage is done and smoking isn't going to help me lose weight, hell I was gaining weight already before I quit smoking because I'm 45 and lazy.

Going to start going to the gym in the middle of the day and will start my carb starve tomorrow. I already have a turkey thawing to kick things off.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ROTFLMAO GAL!

I figure I will wait til after holidays to get into new weight loss plan.

I am like Gal, 45 and lazy :-) I am feeling better and have more energy so maybe I can change the lazy part soon :-)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 9:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yeah, get the monkey off your back first. It is a whole lot easier to run the streets without carrying that monkey. I now walk 2-3 miles a day with no problem. When I smoked, I thought a mile was a really far distance.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ok went to another party tonite with drinking and smokers.

didnt have the same urges that I did on Thurs nite, so all is well :-)

I got some great gifts in the gift exchange game :-)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 1:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
You are rocking it, Pamy! Stop Smoking with Style...

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
This is the first morning I've gotten up and not had a cig first thing. Drank my coffee and read the paper and still haven't had a smoke. I'm sure it won't last all day but at least it's a start in breaking the habit of first thing every morning.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Go Granny, GO!!! Baby steps.

Meme9
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07-30-2001

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
Yay!!! Pamy!!! YOU RULE!!!

Grannyg your doing great!

Still hanging strong here. I have been experiencing this issue of 'friends', you know the ones, they put people down just because they smoke and now that I'm a non-smoker they want me to basically join in their purpose! It ticks me off to no end! I've been wanting a cig, I think just to blow smoke in their face. Do they not see that they are causing more issues? I wanted to tell the ring leader where to go...it wasn't the time or place, lucky for her. I will never understand people who want to make themselves feel better by trying to making others look worst...shakin' head...why

This has nothing to do with anyone here. I'm just blowing off stream!!!

Keep up the good work gals! This is for you.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Yay, Granny!!! Beating the physical addiction is often nothing compared to breaking the *habitual* addiction. When I quit I realised how many *reasons* I had for lighting up a cig; and doing that for a few decades forms one heck of a habit. Supposedly, it takes 27 days to establish a routine, just think how firm a 30+ year habit must be.

You are all doing wonderfully! Parties, drinking, coffee and Sunday paper are such big triggers and y'all are hanging tough. With time, it will get easier and easier. Don't give up, the worst is behind you!!!

ETA: n/m, read something the wrong way.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Granny, I've been following this thread. You're getting such awesome support here and I am also right here cheering you on!!

Pamy & GAL, I'm also cheering you on...fat @$$'s and all!!


Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
YAH Granny!!! was it because you didnt feel like having one or cuz you decided not to????

I never gave myself a stop date, I smoked my last cig on a tues at 9:15 (not realizing it would be my last) then I just started playing a game with myself ...lets see if I can go over 2 hrs without even a puff.....6 hrs....12 hrs....omg! a whole day!!!

hope you find it just as easy :-)

love you!!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Meme, I know those type of ppl. I had to LOL that ya wanted a cig just to blow in their face LOL!!!

I still like the smell while ppl are smoking but now I can tell when someone comes back into office after a ciggy, they smell. It doesnt disgust me, just makes me think, wow! I used to smell like that, my poor friends, husband and child!!!!

Meme, you are doing an AWESOME JOB!!! I AM SOOOO PROUD OF YOU!!!! Your quit is more amazing to me than mine....I am in awe of you, I doubt, actually KNOW! I couldnt have done it without Channy! YOU ROCK

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Eggie and everybody else!! You are the greatest!!

Meme, I agree with Pamy. I don't know if I could have done it without Chantix. It really does help tremendously. I'm so proud of you!! Tell the ring leader where to go and how to get there. lol

Pamy, I just decided to see if I could. And I did. Being at home is the worst for me. As long as I'm out, I'm fine. I don't even think about it. But at home, it's my trigger. I've even made the rule to smoke outside instead of inside, not keep the cigs with me, put them somewhere where I'm not. So that I have to get up and go get one. All of that is helping and I'm hoping by next weekend, I'll be smoke free.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Granny, sounds like you are doing it!!! sitting here at puter was big trigger....I reach constantly...I have gum and mints to reach for now.

You arent even into your 3rd week, you are doing great!!!!!

when we made that pact, deep down I didnt think I could actually do it! :-)

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
My sister is giving up smoking soon so for Christmas I bought her 4 huge bags of different flavored LifeSaver Candies and a cute container to put them in. Anything to help!

Congrats to everyone fighting the fight!

Grannyg
Member

05-28-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Not smoking did not last all day but at least it was half a day. And I have the rest of the day but tomorrow is another day. At least tomorrow is a work day and I'm not taking my cigs with me. We'll see how that goes. lol