We Quit Cigarettes

[webbysmeme]

Uh... I... don't have an addiction....
I saw this thread and thought that I could try to be encouraging to the people who were struggling on here -- I myself am not addicted to anything, and the only medication that I take is insulin for my Type 1 diabetes.
Should I leave, or was that just the withdrawal irritation speaking?
Though, honestly, even if I'm told to leave, I'll still stalk this thread and post encouragement and hugs....

I was not talking to you sweetheart. I was being mean to Bob.

 

[webbysmeme]

YOU didn’t do anything wrong. YOU have nothing to apologize for. You are venerable right now & having random people pop in here out of nowhere to spout off their self righteous shaming is not cool.

Thank you for that. I thought the same thing. But, I should have just thought it.

 

[webbysmeme]

Uh... I... don't have an addiction....
I saw this thread and thought that I could try to be encouraging to the people who were struggling on here -- I myself am not addicted to anything, and the only medication that I take is insulin for my Type 1 diabetes.
Should I leave, or was that just the withdrawal irritation speaking?
Though, honestly, even if I'm told to leave, I'll still stalk this thread and post encouragement and hugs....
Edit: Disregard that, I'm stickin' around! Also still for hire as a rant sponge.

Please tell me that you realize that I was talking to him? I would never talk to my support system that way! I probly posted it in the wrong place! I was not talking to you.

 

[webbysmeme]

You have to tell me please? I'm stressing here! Are we ok?

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Thanks, CSAchook and webbysmeme. I did realize that you were talking to him, Webby -- it was just the "non-addicts aren't welcome here" thing that made me pause for a sec, even though I knew that it was just the withdrawal irritation speaking and you didn't mean it. I also posted that before I remembered that I had promised earlier in the thread to be a rant sponge -- oh, dear me, that was foolish!
Anyway, I'll keep dishing out the hugs and high-school-cheerleader-like encouragement!
@ShannonR -- easy, you can do this. Weight gain is something that happens to some people when they quit smoking. You can lose the extra pounds after your addiction is taken care of -- after all, weight gain doesn't damage your lungs. Hang in there! Regardless of whether you gain weight or not, we'll still love you!
(Sorry if that sounded pushy! Aggressive encouragement is something that I'm not too good at).

 

[CSAchook]

I've tried to delete all I said that was ugly. That's all I can do. I'm sorry .

We understand and WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! Through the good, bad, and ugly

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Sorry, didn't mean to take so long to reply, webbysmeme! My bad -- I tend to write long posts and can take a while trying to find the right thing to say.
We're good.

 

[CSAchook]

All done with midterms!!!! I feel like I did okay on today's.

In other news, I didn't quite make it through this evening without smoking (just a little tiny bit!) But have been behaving myself for the last few days previous to today.

This is really hard, and I am becoming unhappy with myself. I think I am gaining weight really fast... but don't have a scale so dunno for sure. I would shoot myself if I had a scale, I am almost sure.

Do I wanna be fat, or do I wanna smoke? Not being fat is reeeeeealllllllyyyyyyyyy important to me.

But the puppy is cute!

Hang in there Shannon! And congrats on getting through midterms!

 

[CindyinSD]

All done with midterms!!!! I feel like I did okay on today's.

In other news, I didn't quite make it through this evening without smoking (just a little tiny bit!) But have been behaving myself for the last few days previous to today.

This is really hard, and I am becoming unhappy with myself. I think I am gaining weight really fast... but don't have a scale so dunno for sure. I would shoot myself if I had a scale, I am almost sure.

Do I wanna be fat, or do I wanna smoke? Not being fat is reeeeeealllllllyyyyyyyyy important to me.

But the puppy is cute!

You're doing great, Shannon. You've been under a lot of stress, too. That can increase food cravings along with losing the appetite suppressant effect of smoking. Anything that you don't absolutely need to do right now, you should consider putting off for another time. Your health and your little ones' health is that important.

Keep foods like carrots and celery and other ready-to-eat raw veggies in the fridge. Do not keep high calorie/low nutrient foods around at all. Junk food is also addicting. If you're willing, get the My Fitness Pal app and log everything you eat. Otherwise you really have NO idea. Walk or bicycle whenever it's remotely possible, rather than driving. Or park half a mile away and walk the rest of the way.

You can do this. It's not easy, but you CAN do it. We're all pulling for you.

 

[ShannonR]

Thanks, CSAchook and webbysmeme. I did realize that you were talking to him, Webby -- it was just the "non-addicts aren't welcome here" thing that made me pause for a sec, even though I knew that it was just the withdrawal irritation speaking and you didn't mean it. I also posted that before I remembered that I had promised earlier in the thread to be a rant sponge -- oh, dear me, that was foolish!
Anyway, I'll keep dishing out the hugs and high-school-cheerleader-like encouragement!
@ShannonR -- easy, you can do this. Weight gain is something that happens to some people when they quit smoking. You can lose the extra pounds after your addiction is taken care of -- after all, weight gain doesn't damage your lungs. Hang in there! Regardless of whether you gain weight or not, we'll still love you!
(Sorry if that sounded pushy! Aggressive encouragement is something that I'm not too good at).

I have a dog to walk now. He's still really little to put in any real miles with, though. I can put him in the stroller with my toddlers maybe?

But really. The snacking has been 90% curbed... I was prone to snacking before I stopped smoking too, honestly. I cut out the beer calories, but then started having an extra cup of coffee in mornings. Starvation efforts not working. Walks and yoga not cutting it. Pretty disgusted with myself.