(Quit Smoking – Weight Loss) 6 months Side Challenge

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02/26/2010 09:29:09 PM · #429

Originally posted by tnun:

So, is this still a go? I quit at the end of August, at first gradually and painfully, and then pfft, that was it. I was greatly inspired by Melethia's full blown accounts of her own tribulations. A matter of credibility I guess.

So, here it is 6 months and about a 15% weight gain later. Never had a weight issue before, and I am continually astonished at this new central feature. Great frequent long walks have no effect. (I might try photography!)

I can say weight gain is one of the side effects for quitting smoking, soner or latter it is going to settle and things will be back to normal, the important thing that .. you quite :)

cynthiann 6 weeks, congratulation, you've passed the hard part, it should be easier from now on, but watch the weight :)

Melethia I LOL so hard when you mentioned the real life liquify version :) I shamfully admit using this tool to make my recent pictures kind of look like me before gaining weight :) but it is finally happening .. started losing weight dieting only, can't excersize as yet, but working on it ..

Quigley where are you?

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02/27/2010 12:41:36 AM · #430

Originally posted by David Ey:

If you have quit 6 weeks and not cheated, you are thru the worst part. Hang in there, it gets easier every day. Good Luck

True. You're done, you're a non-smoker now. :)

Keep it up, you won't even be thinking about it anymore soon.

02/27/2010 04:27:10 AM · #431

Originally posted by Jac:

Originally posted by David Ey:
If you have quit 6 weeks and not cheated, you are thru the worst part. Hang in there, it gets easier every day. Good Luck

True. You're done, you're a non-smoker now. :)

Keep it up, you won't even be thinking about it anymore soon.

The first 6 weeks were the hardest, but it took 1/2 year for me to not dream or think about it anymore.. ;-)

02/28/2010 05:39:35 PM · #432

Yep, I'm not dreaming about it as much lately either. Still like to catch the occasional bit of second hand smoke now and then, though. :-)

Note - the stats vary, but on average, only 10 to 20 people who quit smoking last for 12 months. So for those of you who've made it a year so far, you have TRULY beat some serious odds! Give yourself a pat on the back!

Hopefully a few of us will be joining you in the 12 month club in the not so distant future. Right, Hanneke?

02/28/2010 06:05:54 PM · #433

Yeah I still love 2nd hand smoke too.. And sometimes I like it too much, especially when I've been working hard, haha.

I surely know we will be joining them Deb! We're doing so great! (I'd never guessed..)

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02/28/2010 06:45:56 PM · #434

Originally posted by cynthiann:

Six weeks here. Six weeks is where I caved the first time. Looking a little better this time around :)

Nice to have you with the rest of us crabby people! :-)

cynthiann

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02/28/2010 06:59:38 PM · #435

I feel like I'm cheating because I bought the e-cig. I vape now instead of smoke. I carry the damn thing around like it a pacifier. lol I can honestly say, though, that the idea of smoking a tobacco cigarette simply doesn't even occur to me anymore.

I use the zero nicotine juice mostly, but I do have a bottle of low nicotine stashed away for UK basketball games. I threw away all the sample packs of medium and high doses. They made me very very very sick. Nicotine is dangerous! I think that in a very large way, that little bout with nicotine poisoning is why I will never smoke again.

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02/28/2010 07:05:00 PM · #436

Vaping is far better than smoking. I gave some thought to that, only at this point without any nicotine at all. Instead, I have become incredibly dependent on chocolate. Oh dear....

cynthiann

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02/28/2010 07:08:33 PM · #437

lol, unfortunately I've turned to both vapor AND chocolate. I need to get to the gym :(

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02/28/2010 07:10:32 PM · #438

Saw this thread and thought I'd drop in and update. I have been smoke free for over a year now. So I took all of last year to not smoke. This year is taking the whole year to lose weight and get back to a healther me. So far I have lost a total of 15.2 lbs. The light blub finally came on that if I exercise I get to eat more food. Now with a bad back I can't do a lot, but walking is good and we got a Wii having lots of fun with that.

02/28/2010 07:16:19 PM · #439

Yay Rosemary!! I'm VERY proud of you for the year plus - so many people never get there. Good for you! And I'm equally pleased to hear about the weight loss. I'm doing the exercise thing, but I suspect I need to a) give up about half my chocolate intake, and b) cut out the desserts after 8 pm. Think that'll help? :-)

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02/28/2010 08:10:57 PM · #440

Im coming up on 6 weeks now. Things are looking up. :)

AmeedEl-Ghoul

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03/01/2010 02:20:01 AM · #441

Originally posted by poser:

Me to I have a bad back, can't exercise, but started my diet and till now I lost 12 lbs, already feel better, back is getting a little better, hopefully soon with the summer coming I would start a daily walk with the diet .. still have 38 lbs to lose .. oh boy ..

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03/08/2010 01:59:37 AM · #442

I was declared as "soldier down" after caving into the smoking cravings a few days after the begining of this challenge.. have to say it was a bit disheartening to be kicked to the curb like that.. but I have been smoke free for the past 2 months and down 30 pounds from my original weight.. Lol wish you would remove my name from that wall of shame..

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03/08/2010 02:02:17 AM · #443

Originally posted by Melethia:

Vaping is far better than smoking. I gave some thought to that, only at this point without any nicotine at all. Instead, I have become incredibly dependent on chocolate. Oh dear....

I work for Ghirardelli - do you want me to send you some : )

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03/08/2010 09:57:06 AM · #444

LOL!! I'm already getting entirely too round.... but Ghirardelli is good stuff!

Congrats to

haze and

mgarsteck - EXCELLENT accomplishments!

Marjo

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03/08/2010 10:15:32 AM · #445

I made it 30 days again and then started back up again. I get to the 10 pound gain mark and get really frustrated and panicky. I start thinking, "Which is worse? A lot of extra pounds of stress on my joints or smoke?" Of course, my constantly craving mentality reasons incorrectly. I even had myself believing nicotine is a pain killer because my old injuries and arthritis was killing me the whole time. (Had nothing to do with the winter cold weather.) Anyway, I will try again...soon...

03/08/2010 10:55:35 AM · #446

Nicotine IS a pain killer. It also suppresses hot flashes to some extent. My joints are worse, my hot flashes HORRIBLE since quitting. And I have wicked indigestion that I didn't have before I quit. I've given a lot of thought to taking up smoking again just to confirm or deny these findings, but the quitting is such a pain in the ass... That and I'm anal retentive and don't want to have to start the count all over again, you know?

Do I think it's worth it, this whole quitting smoking thing? Depends on what day you ask me. I've gained 10 pounds. I'm not that big to begin with, so 10 pounds is pretty significant. And I've increased my physical activity - no change in weight gain, though. I will probably have to give up chocolate, which is my reward for not smoking, and that displeases me.

In the long run, I'm sure the not smoking bit is better for us. Just not in the short run, that's for sure!

03/16/2010 04:23:37 PM · #447

When I was still smoking, I've had the flu every 2 months, or I was ill.

Now I've quit smoking almost 9 months and I haven't been sick AT ALL. No swine-flu, no winter-flu, nothing.

Tha's cool :D

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03/16/2010 04:26:19 PM · #448

Originally posted by Melethia:

I've given a lot of thought to taking up smoking again just to confirm or deny these findings, but the quitting is such a pain in the ass... That and I'm anal retentive and don't want to have to start the count all over again, you know?

My friend had a very hard time quitting and rewarded herself after a couple of weeks with one cigarette. She was looking forward to it a whole week. After she smoked it (it wasn't a good one, not as good as she thought) she got sick of the nicotine. Shaking, sweating, etc. Now she knows that one cigarette was her motivation to never start smoking again..

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03/16/2010 07:00:42 PM · #449

Originally posted by hanneke:

When I was still smoking, I've had the flu every 2 months, or I was ill.

Now I've quit smoking almost 9 months and I haven't been sick AT ALL. No swine-flu, no winter-flu, nothing.

Tha's cool :D

I can say the same but it's been 7 1/2 years for me. I haven't had a cold in that much time. I threw out all my old cough syrups and meds a few months back, which were all expired anyways, some by 5 years. lol

Not superstitious but...

/knocks on wood :)

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