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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 8:28 pm
Hey Sea updated the chart!!! Thanks Sea I think I will start keeping "the book" close by me and when I feel all fidgety I will get it out and read a couple of pages.....that ought to piss the beast off....lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 8:35 pm
That sounds like an excellent idea, Boberg. And remember, this too shall pass one of these days. As I always used to tell Fruitbat, all you have to do is endure, and you will eventually win.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 8:52 pm
Bo, when you are having a hard time, come here and vent...cant grab for cig if both hands are typing but I love the grabbing the book idea too! 
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 10:07 pm
Pamy, hope you get to feeling better! And be sure and have a fantastic vacation filled with sun and fun. Be sure and take lots of pictures to share. We will all be missing our head cheer leader. For me, I have my great days and then not so great days. Today, not so great, therefore tomorrow should be a great day. Have to keep it as positive as I can (which isn't so easy for me). Hope everyone has a HAPPY SMOKE FREE VALENTINE'S DAY!
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 10:09 pm
Oh, didn't forget you GRACIE! Just not used to seeing you in this thread. Happy 5th Anniversary! Hope you enjoy our active thread.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 11:21 am
Whew, I had a bad night. Sneaky ass urges that said " Aren't you supposed to be doing something right now ? " Crazy,lol. First time I have over ate/ I was popping cashews and green grapes for 3 hours, made myself sick. Like you wrote in your post, Oldtex, after the bad night, today is fine again. I now hate the cashews. Boberg, you are the Master,lol. Even with the urges, you didn't allow your mind to be fooled !! You are very insightful with the knowing that you are in the midst of having to retrain your thinking. That's IT, my dear Watson ! And, keeping the book close at hand for reinforcement is the best idea. Meme, good to hear from you and how you're dealing with life without the cigs ! Retired ! Congrants on your Five years !! I swear, after less than a week, my sense of smell is improving. Pamy, good to know you are feeling some better. Hope your vacation continues the healing and you and your family have a wonderful time.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 1:10 pm
Thanks Oldtex! I will take some pics and bring back! I still am rooting for ya YAH for the Good days!! You will do it!! Sk, sorry ya had a bad nite and LOL about hating cashews now! Thanks for the good thoughts. I actually feel worse today dang it! but I have this extra day to rest...I just wanted to get stuff done...sigh.... on the bright side..I dont have broncitus and I know I would have if I still smoked...so by quitting when I did I am able to go to Fl!! another reason to quit: You wont get broncitus and you can take your free dental travel kit to FL!! lol reason #25 that I love being nonsmoker: I wont be jonesing on the flight for a cig, I wont have to leave my family to run outside as soon as we get there.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 2:01 pm
Thanks everyone! Today begins the first day of the sixth year, and I'm loving it!
Happy Valentine's Day Smokefree to you ALL!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 3:27 pm
Yay!! Smoke-free holiday for Pamy in Florida!!
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 9:40 pm
Ok at this pace, by the time I get to my 5 year anniversary, it will take me a day to roll my 920 lb body over to the computer to post that it is my anniversary. I have got to get controll of this and stop stuffing my face. I am so bloated, I am miserable. I think part of it is that the doctor put my foot in a splint and told me to stay off it as much as possible, which means I can not work for a week, which means I have lots of extra free time to sit around and be bored, which used to be a big reason to smoke.... Why do we smoke out of boredom....it is not like cigarettes are interesting...lol I started back on the Chantix in hopes it will help with the figeting...taking 1/2 pill in am and 1/2 in pm...will see if that helps. Basically, I just have to do it without stuffing my face constantly....it really is not helping. Sloth how are you and those cashews doing...lol Meme, Dipo, Dahli, Juju, Oldtex, Sea, Twinkie, Pamy, Lumbele, Goddess, Sloth, and others who my befuddled brain left out....thank you for my first smoke free holiday in 26 years!

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 10:18 pm
Bo, I think Chantix also quenched my food cravings. It was originally developed for weight loss in another country. So I think ya should keep taking it, I would have but didnt want to spend the 120 for the next month. I just saw a video of me from yesterday and I look like big fat old lady! after this vacation I am gonna really try and lose this weight Hope your foot heals quickly. Thanks Sea! xoxoxox to all my friends here
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 1:22 am
Safe travels, Pamy!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 5:24 am
Boberg, Pamy join the party. I keep thinking the weight gain has got to stabilize at some point, but the waistlines of my clothes keep getting tighter and tighter. Boberg, I haven't really been eating anymore than before though - I'm just gaining anyway. I talked to my doctor back in November about prescription diet pills if I had trouble with weight gain. She said she wanted to be very cautious about that because of my heart and blood problems, but that she would prescribe them for me if I really needed them. Well, I think I really need them at this point. This weight gain is really kicking my ass the way quitting smoking never did.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 6:53 am
Oh boy, can I sing that song. After quitting smoking, I gained a looooooooooot of weight, some self-induced, some I have no idea where it came from. Still trying to loose half of it. And yet, I am so glad I quit. Quitting was the hardest thing I ever did....so losing the weight will get accomplished sooner or later, too. Doing both at the same time, even months after quitting would have been disastrous for me. My fear was always that I'd go back to smoking. Now that I feel more secure in staying quit, I am slowly changing eating habits, exercising more and taking the weight off sensibly, one pound at the time, so it will stay gone, too. Not that this is very helpful, but I thought I'd let you know, you are not alone. Most of us have/had the quitting poundage to content with. It comes with the territory. When I went whining to my doc, she kept reminding me that not smoking was still more important than overweight. One thing at a time. Hang in there, Pamy, Boberg and GAL!
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:19 am
Last year I gained 30 lbs with my 3 month quit, and I was already overweight. I couldn't quit eating. Boberg and Pamy, you both got such inspiration from Carrs book to quit the beast, maybe consider trying to put those same ideas into fighting off the food urges, too. Having fought extra wt. all my life, I know what it's like, it sucks so hard. Lolol at Bo rolling her 900+ girth to the computer in 5 yrs !! Boberg, that's extra hard for you, because you are laid up with that foot. Can you still get in the pool ? ( if the splint is removable ? ) Lumbele, you should be so proud of yourself for all the positive changes you've made ! Always glad to hear about your success and how you enjoy it, too ! I hate cashews and they are still hating me. They hate me so much. In nonsmoking news, I love not smoking at work esp ! I feel so good at handleling the work stress/crap without a crack stick.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:45 am
Slothk, my gain was 66 lbs in the blink of an eye on top of being overweight already, too. While concentrating on staying quit, they snuck up on me. But I am, proud of my accomplishment that is, because for so long I didn't think I could quit, and then when I finally did and *stayed* quit - WOW!!! My mistake from the get-go were mainly those Werther's (and other goodies) as cig replacements right at the start. Then I took a couch potato body to Curves for about 6 months and ended up in physical therapy. That put the kibosh on that foolishness for some time. Getting back into it - slowly, this round. How about we start a list like in the Facts thread, but continuing to add the pros of staying quit? I'll start: 1. no more smelly clothes, hair, house, car etc.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:23 am
GAL, let me know what kind you get. I got phentermine to help with my energy awhile back and it didnt curb my appetite at all. still have the flu but am able to get some things done, my back hurts so I think I might start my period...I am thinking GREAT! freakin great! what else can I go thru before I leave for FL!!! at this point I can barely chew any food (still didnt lose weight these last 2 wks cuz I ate ice cream daily cuz it felt good on my wounds and in my tummy ) I also cant put makeup on today cuz my eye is running and now I might get to worry about being on my period and having to use the airline restroom. I figure at this point my vacation can only get better, I just hope I dont have a Disney vacation like GAL did!! lol now my eyes and nose are running....what is the med you take to stop that?? I took a Mucinex but now I think that med is to loosen. LOL I just realized I am not in my folder...guess none of the above has anything to do with quitting LOL thanks for listening YAH quitters!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:27 am
#2 Feeling powerful Lum, I like that idea..maybe we could start our posts with a reason. SK, using Carr's book is great idea,,I gotta see if he has weight loss one
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 10:16 am
1. no more smelly clothes, hair, house, car etc. 2. Feeling powerful 3. no more rushing out of a restaurant to smoke Yeah, Pamy! Sometimes it helps to be reminded why we did quit.LOL Bon Voyage, better health and a *fun* Disney vacation to you and your lads!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:00 am
Two of the things that were key with me and the weight issue were 1/to eat mostly foods that grow on trees and plants and eat zero (or as close as possible)foods that are manufactured in factories. 2/ Don't lay if I can sit, dont' sit if I can stand, don't stand if I can walk and don't walk if I can run... remembering those two little things really adds up. There are a lot of little tricks like that, but those two helped overall the most!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:49 am
The weight does eventually come back down, but we are all also getting older at the same time and having metabolism slowdowns. I had a big slowdown at about 45 (when I still smoked). There are vanity issues, of course, but you are still better off with the weight than the nicotine monkey on your back.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:56 am
1. no more smelly clothes, hair, house, car etc. 2. Feeling powerful 3. no more rushing out of a restaurant to smoke 4. no more hacking our lungs out Yep, Juju, that aging thing, including menopause didn't help with keeping the weight off.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 1:46 pm
1. no more smelly clothes, hair, house, car etc. 2. Feeling powerful 3. no more rushing out of a restaurant to smoke 4. no more hacking our lungs out 5. Don't have to keep my window down in the car all the time. Much quieter, also it was either freezing or hot and muggy. And, messed up my hair. Lumbele, I did that same thing last year, was popping candy like a demon. That's great you are getting your health back and feeling better. Oh yes , you are definately WOW on staying quit ! It's huge and lifechanging and you've done it, wooty ! I must be in a suggestable state of mind, because back a few months ago, I kept watching You are What you Eat, BBC show with Gillian Mc keith ? Anyway, after watching for a month or so, I got a lightbulb moment with my wt and what I was eating all day long was processed crap, I wasn't drinking water and I wasn't exercising and I felt horrible and hurt all over. Luckily, I had fought and kept most of the excess wt off for most of my life, but the past couple of years I didn't give a rats ass and man, did I feel it and it showed. Long story short, I got back into a routine of moving around and exercise, lot's of water and regular meals without bags of candy and boxes of donuts. Within 2 weeks I was feeling mentally better ( I felt so bad when I started, the only thing that kept me going was telling myself I could quit if I didn't feel better, but I knew if only I could stick with it for a week or two, my body would feel better and help my mind and it worked ). Now, when I quit smoking that routine of no snacks ( mostly ) and moving around more has been a lifesaver. Plus, my guru Carr, convinced me in that book, not to subsitute gum or candy or nothin for cigs. Dahli, I do what you do, I park as far out from the stores or whereever I go to walk extra steps and work in extra effort wherever I can. It's worked great ! I love food so much and I love chinese and mexican food to death and still have it once in a while, but mostly I make my own. Lot's of vegs and meats, not many carbs and no sweets. I have no more pain ( I'm lucky not to have health probs that make this so much harder ) and those months of training myself to do better food wise is helping me so much now. Pamy, hurry up and get down to Florida,lol !! This crud is just the pits, and yeah Mucinex is great, but I quit using it when I was running like a river, I dried up pretty quick. I hope your crud and everything else you've been through lately will fall away on your trip and you can feel relaxed and snot free,lol. You are gonna see traveling thru a nonsmokers eyes ! Let us know what you thought when you get back, I can't wait. Off to the gym , then work.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 1:57 pm
"n nonsmoking news, I love not smoking at work esp ! I feel so good at handleling the work stress/crap without a crack stick." Isn't that the truth, I love it too Sloth, I no longer have to use my 15 min. break to run outside to my vehicle and grab a quick smoke, instead I use that time to enjoy my brkfst...I no longer use my lunch time to gobble down something while I drive off to have a cig, instead I sit and enjoy my lunch with a few co workers. I no longer look at the clock and long for a smoke. Work has been much more relaxed for me since I no longer have to try to fit in smoke breaks, and I no longer have to worry about the smoke smell being on me...that is really nice also. It is definetly a kind of freedom....I actually feel like my work day is less rushed now. (((Pamy))) look at it this way, maybe by the time you leave for FL...it will all be done (illness, period, ect.) and you will feel great and enjoy yourself even more! LOL about thinking you were in your folder. Boy Juju you are right...not only have I quit smoking, I am in menopause ( I think, haven't had a period for 4 months now, before it had been 8 months then the periods went wild for 4 months and then stopped again) and now I am restricted for a short period due to foot injury. And I too already had about an extra 50 lbs before I quit. So, while it is not all vanity, I understand what you are saying...quitting smoking is BIG and to take this all a step at a time and do not let the weight gain lead to a slip. Dahli those are great suggestions but if I could be that disciplined right now with my food, I wouldn't have a problem and the second one, well it just exhausts me reading it right now.....BUT one of the reasons I wanted to quit was because I wanted to learn to run and I had noticed during my treadmill sessions that shortness of breath was slowing me down....so at least with stopping smoking I have taken a step in the direction of running and as soon as I get this foot problem fixed I plan to start trying to learn to run...maybe by doing some interval training on the treadmill....Heck just talking about it here has me getting motivated....so thank you for the suggestions Dahli! To add to Lumbele's list: 5. I don't feel or hear rattling in my chest when I take a deep breath now! This is kinda gross so be forewarned: Last week I assisted with a bronchoscopy. (Go down thru the mouth into the lungs with a scope that has a camera and suction) Patient was a smoker. As we got to beginning of the R lung, pus was just bubbling up, we would suction, irrigate and suction some more and it just kept bubbling up. It was unbelievable how full his R lung was with phelgm. Now think about how much phelgm you use to cough up in a day....didn't seem like all that much right?? Maybe some thing the size of a quarter or so??? Well when we had finished cleaning out his R lung as deep as we could go with the scope (took about 30 minutes on that one lung) we had extracted about 1/3 cup of phlegm. Now his lung had been FULL, bubbling up full of phlegm and that is all it took, 1/3 cup, to fill up a lung. My point is that what I use to cough up each day or so was quite alot considering how small amount it takes to fill up a lung. I had never seen a lung so full and bubbling with pus...it was quite an eye opener. The doctor was amazed also at all the phlegm that was there. It explained why the Xray had shown the right lung totally whited out.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 6:28 pm
Oops, Pamy, not sure if there is still time for you to read this. The one that dries you up is the one you now have to buy at the pharmacy counter because they make meth out of it. Pseudoephedrine. Sudafed, or generic house brand sudafed.
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