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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, I am sorry you are having such a rough time.

I found this site has some helpful tips, I like the fact that they dont tell you diet and I love the goal setting they show you how to do.

Maybe you will find some of it helpful

http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/heart/high-cholesterol/eat-smart/food-choices/healthy-weight

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 11:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Pamy. I'll be sure to check it out.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 6:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
The weight gain has certainly been the worst part of this, Twinkie. Very depressing and disheartening. But hell, if we're strong enough to quit smoking we can surely turn that determination toward losing weight.

Geri
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07-08-2003

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Geri a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, I am in the same position as you. I knew I had gained a lot of weight for a variety of reasons in the last year but when I outgrew the pants I bought March 8, that was a hard blow to take.

And, it happened on my 2 month anniversary of not smoking so I couldn't even feel as happy as I should have.

I admit to wishing I could smoke for a week to lose about 7 pounds (now a mere drop in the bucket of what I need to lose)and then quit but I know I am kidding myself.

This week has been really hard. I am fine when I am out of the house but when home and doing nothing, I eat and eat and eat.

GAL, I hope you are right but just like quitting smoking, taking that first step is the hard one.

I may have to read the Allen Carr book and apply the same principles but just how much deprivation is a person to go through at one time?

Congrats to Nick and Bo. You two deserve to be so proud of yourselves.

Pamy, not smoking, dieting and trying to exercise-the health trifecta. Good for you!!

Thanks again to everyone for helping me. I don't feel alone in this fight and it is so nice to jump on a website for help. Don't have to get dressed, jump in the car and drive to some place for support.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 6:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Twinks, I feel your pain - 3 1/2 years after quitting. By the time the dust had settled, I had gained 66 lbs after quitting on top of many spare ones from before. So far I have lost and regained many of these lbs, but 30 have pretty much stayed gone now.

We've got a few extra health/age issues weighing us down as well, and all that makes losing those extra pounds all the harder. One thing I've learned over the years, though, is there are no quick *and* lasting fixes.

Gradually I've been making life style changes. Heck, I've even started to walk and I don't *do* walking - half an hour at a time. Richard Simmons has been waiting in the CD slot on my computer for some action (gotta warm up to him first ). The exercise bike has been collecting dust in the basement lately, but slowly and surely, I am incorporating them back into my chubby, post-menopausal, arthritic, diabetic life.

Trying out a multitude of Weightwatchers and kindred recipes has been teaching me alternative cooking methods, trying out new foods, switching to healthier options. It often requires more time in the kitchen, but luckily I have both will and time to do so.

Sometimes the emotional me feels like quitting smoking brought me nothing but trouble, but then the rational me pulls on Granny's boots, and I realise quitting smoking has unmasked the need to address these uncovered and new health issues *now* while I still have a chance.

Sure there are days when I want to despair, days/weeks/months when I just don't give a shit, when I revert to former bad habits. Yet under this pissed off, sore self is still an optimist hoping that in time I'll get a handle on a healthier life which will only be possible with less weight.

At this point my goal is to change to a healthier lifestyle, hoping that will in itself contribute to weight loss. In spite of all of it, I still don't want to light up again, but it is tough not to just give in sometimes.

Make you a deal, you hang in there, and I'll do the same. GAL is right, we ditched the nicotine monster, and we'll clobber the flab or the lion share of it anyway, too - eventually.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I am telling ya all that Waldenfarms has tons of 0 calorie products that rock!

I had the pancake syrup this morning and I felt guilty because it tastes sooo real and so sweet!! Waffle(new Kellogg strawberry low cal brand) w/syrup and tea was only 80 calories!!!!!

they have a chocolate sauce that I put over low cal ice cream last night...yummmy! and it was only 150 calories for the whole dessert!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Thank you all for the support. I'm hoping that with the weather warming up I can get out there and start walking. Of course, I have to drive to a park to walk because I live in a bad neighborhood. I also am hoping to find a gym with a cheap trial period because I don't want to sign a year long contract and then not go. My biggest problem is the kind of food I like and am used to. I'm a southern girl so I like fried, greasy food or sweet to the point of extremes. The very worst. LOL I grew up eating that way and learned to cook that way. Change is hard for me!

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
By the time we reach a certain mileage, we tend to be reluctant to change. Change can be taxing, demanding, uncomfortable. It can also be an adventure. Since I don't have a whole lot of choice in the matter, I am trying to take the "adventure" route. Talking myself into it isn't easy, but one does what one can.LOL

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Over the years, since quitting smoking dh has gained about 60 lbs. Sigh.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I dont know if I could blame all my weight gain on quitting....I have been gaining over the last 4 years WHILE! I smoked!

I know I had gained 12 lbs since I quit but I also made bad food choices in those months. Now I make better choices...still cheat here and there:-) ...but at least I am making more good choices than bad.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, May 05, 2008 - 5:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Oh, quitting didn't do it for me either, Pamy. The noshing after did.

That's the spirit, one good choice at a time will eventually lead to a better lifestyle all around.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Keep up the good work ex-smokers!

This is a ceiling mural in a smoker's lounge. Quite the picture!

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Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Wow! What an awesome mural, Gracie!

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
That mural is quite powerful, but when I smoked I would have either not frequented whatever establishment that lounge was in or, if unavoidable, just not looked up. Die-hard smokers are great at denial.

So..........how's everyone doin' these days?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I am doing fine, Lumbele, despite getting dogbit yesterday. Thanks for asking.

I would probably not have been able to find the humor in that smoking room mural either.

Lumbele
Moderator

07-12-2002

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Hope you bit back, Juju.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Lum, ITA!

Juju, bit?? what happened??

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Yeah! What's the scoop, Juju??

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 10:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Bigdog was overly fatigued, couldn't get out of bed at 6:30 like he usually does, and I had things to do, so I walked the neighborhood by myself. Met a couple neighbors who were just finishing walking their dogs together, as they always do. One neighbor parted and went into her house as I approached them. I stopped to talk to the other neighbor, and her dog, a wire-haired terrier, on the leash, went for me. Got my hand but didn't break the skin, somehow got to the back of my thigh above the knee, chomped through my pants and made a bad-looking mark on my leg.

As it happened, I had a gyno appointment that afternoon, and I use her as my primary as well, since I am never sick, knock on wood, and she said it didn't look serious.

I am sure if I had still been smoking, it would have been a lot worse. JUST kidding. Bwahahahaha!!!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 4:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL JUJU!!!

wow! that is horrible though! I hope that neighbor buys ya some new pants! Glad it wasnt serious.

now we know Bigdog is needed to be by your side to prevent dog attacks!

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 5:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Poor Juju, no more gallivantin' sans Bigguarddog for you! Glad no skin was broken; that could have brought on a whole other kettle of fish.

New pants, provided by Mini-Cujo's owner, would be nice and a muzzle (for Cujo, not Juju).

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Note to Juju: Always carry a dog treat in your pocket when out walking alone. The worst you'll get is a slobbering spot on your pants . . . and a trail of doggies behind you.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Glad you are okay and it wasn't serious, Juju!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 10:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Actually, I do carry dog treats in my pocket but there would not have been time to go for one. And it did break the skin but not like a big puncture, more like an abrasion. 48 hours later, it is looking not too bad.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Aww, terriers are unpredictable and will bite like that. Sorry you have a boo boo! Glad it isn't too bad. Did he have all his shots? Here in Wilmington, biting, no matter how bad, can result in a very serious situation for both the owner and the dog.