Starting a new day without Smoking!

[Dar]

keep up the great work...we are all behind you...

(I am standing right beside you! I got pneumonia 3 weeks ago and quit cold turkey cause i was to sick to go outside and smoke, now its DH's turn i wont let him come in the house smellin like smoke it makes me want to vomit. He is having a rough time with it though)

 

[vfem]

I feel like I am going to bake a cake now!!!

No... really.... I'm trying to keep busy... and baking is just my thing!!!

I'm supposed to be going back to school for pastry baking and wedding cake decorating.... so I should be practicing, right?!

OMG! I have gum in my mouth but I need a smoke.... I'm thinking a cough over a few puffs wouldn't be bad.... but would it?!

GOSH, I'm going from smoking 10-15 smokes one day to absolutely NONE... this is crazy. (Plus they suggest I chew 9-12 pieces of gum a day to start, but I only had 5 yesterday and 1 today.)

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

(P.s. - you guys sooooooooooooo rock!!!)

 

[melissastraka]

could you come and bake at my house? I am too tired to cook....

 

[MSHEN]

Hey, just found this thread and glad I did! I quit 108 days ago. Motivation? My grandchildren, in a nut shell. It wasn't all the bad things I knew that smoking does to you and beleive me, I know way too much, being a nurse and having all the education, taking care of patients who had cancer or smoking related diseases. No, none of that stopped me. That's how addicted I was. I finally saw my insanity in the precious little, trusting, upturned faces of my grandchildren. I absoloutely could not deal with the very fact that these babies looked to me, their grandmother , for guidance and mimicked every thing I did. I am a role model. How could I set an example for them if I smoked? They will have a hard enough time growing up in this crazy world without me telling them, "Do as I say' not as I do". So, I decided to declare war on smoking. When I do that, I have a mind set. I don't lose. Mind you, I smoked for 38 years! I quit both times I was pregnant with my daughters, but went right back. I do admit to using the lozenges and still must have 3 or 4 daily. My husband still smokes like a train, with heart disease and a pacemaker. It difficult, watching him, but I can only hope he will one day quit as well. I also use a support forum that has helped tremendously. smoking is no longer an option for me, period. That is what I tell myself. You can do this, I promise. Just make your mind up and reap the benefits.

 

[vfem]

Yes, having that little person looking up at you mimicing what you are doing can really make you feel humiliated at how dumb you look smoking. Breaks my heart!


OMG! I have been cooking all morning (NOT eating). I've had 2 mini-muffins this morning and I'm making an omelet sandwich on toast right now. That's it!

Getting ready to start that Cake shortly.... and I'm planing on making home made bread later.

I'm doing good though.... haven't smoked and only 1 piece of gum so far today.

 

[toletiquesbysam]

Great Job!!!! What kind of cake are you going to make??

 

[journey11]

Oh boy, yeah it's really hard when your spouse won't quit too!

Just keep in mind after about 3 days, the nicotine is out of your system and any cravings are psychologically related after that. I quit by cutting down to 5 a day for 2 weeks, then going cold turkey. I liked to keep plastic stir straws around to gnaw on, which really helped me. My husband chewed on cinnamon toothpicks (for the oral fixation part). Does seem to help the stress.

It's hard, but you GOTTA stay away from anyone who's got a lit cig in their hand. Weather's warming up, maybe you can get your husband to smoke outside away from you.

Another thing that really helped me was taking up walking. I quickly came to appreciate my new found ability to breathe! (And smell...and taste...)

Hang in there...it's SOOOOO worth it!

 

[Blue Skys]

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I chewed the gum for the first week or so after I quit, but I did not use it how they recommended it (my mom got addicted to the gum by doing that) I only chewed it when I NEEDED it.

Your doing great!

 

[vfem]

Well, hubby has agreed to quit with me! He hasn't smoked since yesterday and he's a bit out of it because of that. He refuses to try the gum with me.... he's just been eating a LOT! (Then again he's 120 lbs, he could use the weight gain.)

Got my friend Stef quitting too I think....

Just gotta keep the smokers away from the house and we should be fine!

Doing very good today... in fact I'm going to go take a nap with the daughter and do the cake later.

Its going to be vanilla with strawberry filling. I'm making it with splenda because its for my mom for mother's day and she's diabetic.

 

[DawnSuiter]

Vfem, I slept so much during the first two weeks, honestly, I needed to not just because i was tired, but because the idea of NOT smoking was depressing. Yes I wanted to quit, but it's like a divorce, a mutual one but one where you were still "in love" but it just couldn't work anymore. I was depressed and sad to say goodbye.. and for the first 4 weeks, I did miss them from time to time. But starting week 3 I didn't need to sleep as much and I wasn't as depressed but I still couldn't "FOCUS" with the same gusto that I used to, even though THE WHOLE TIME I was on the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), it was still a struggle to rework my life, go to the grocery store, care about what was for dinner for example or even feed/water my chickens.

Week 4 was amazing... almost as if I was never a smoker, and I often was forgetting my NRT, my attitude perked up, focusing was possible again, still not the same as before but what I've learned is that before wasn't healthy anyway so I'm not going back to that! So comparing how I was before to the future was pointless in itself! I'm a new me! In my case, that means a me that doesn't sit behind a computer working for 10 hours without a break or food.

Weeks 5 and 6 where I am now, I must admit. My schedule is ALL OVER THE PLACE! But it's ok. I'm doing what I feel like doing, when I feel like doing it. Sleep, work, garden. The words ENJOY and FUN are back in my life and what was sad and depressing is no longer. I'm pretty sure even the sun is a little brighter, the grass a little greener.

Most importantly... I won. I WON! I CAN live without them... even though it was sad, it's just like mourning the loss of any relationship. I lost my best friend, the only companion that wouldn't question me BUT I gained my life and my freedom back. Like an abusive relationship.. I may be addicted but i can walk away and live an abuse free life.

I swear it helps for me to think of it as a relationship, as if smokes are a person, one that is toxic to my life and i'm better off living without, even though I loved them so much! Now.. maybe I'm loving me more.

GOOD LUCK!

also wanted to say.. in my case, there was a lot of my life I was ignoring, not paying attention to, things, problems just ignored and smoked away instead... cleaning up that stuff is the new mission... once you get started, it's really quite easy!