ex-smokers

[pandy]

There are a lot of things that i remember being yelled at for climbing on when i was little

Don't forget sugar-free stuff for the oral-fixation part. Sugar-free Popcicles and Lifesavers can be...well...life savers! 

[natedawg120]

There are a lot of things that i remember being yelled at for climbing on when i was little

Don't forget sugar-free stuff for the oral-fixation part. Sugar-free Popcicles and Lifesavers can be...well...life savers! 

Yeah they are a bunch of sugar free suckers, that i call dum dums cause they are shaped the same, that my fiance snags from her bank whenever she goes in. 

[Jarrett]

I quit smoking and chewing just before the new year.  I no longer have cravings.  I started out with sunflower seeds and gum.  That went on for a couple weeks, then I started eating mad amounts of food.  20lbs later, I started a very strict diet and got back into running/lifting.  Now I'm addicted to eating healthy and working out.  Instead of looking forward to smoking, I look forward to eating.  I eat 6 meals per day.

You have to look at your body as a function.  Every input will give you a specific output.  If you really care about yourself and your well being, quiting won't be too hard for you.  Don't look at it as simply quiting smoking, look at it as replacing all the negatives you intake with positives.

The mental hurdles are the biggest issue with quiting.  The physical/chemical addiction is easiest to over come.

[vtlion]

Go to your local health-food store and buy cinnamon sticks... not the candy, real whole cinnamon sticks.  They are way tastier than pen-caps.

And if you don't already, exercise regularly.  That's what finally worked for me anyway.

good luck

[natedawg120]

As of now i jog and weightless workouts.  My doc put me on Topamax for the constants headaches/migrains that i had been getting and one of the side effects is actually curbing you appetite, i've lost a couple lbs already so I am not worried to much about the putting on weight part of quitting.  I'd rather gain a couple lbs and quit smoking anyway, ce la vi.

And actually today is much much easier craving wise.  I don't even want one now where yesterday i was sitting here knawing everything in site .

[pandy]

They say the first three days are the hardest, so it sounds as though you're doing GREAT!!!! Keep up the good work!! 

[l3uddha]

who would have known that so many of us have oral fixations.

[natedawg120]

who would have known that so many of us have oral fixations.

well it all starts when your a baby ..... 

[natedawg120]

day 6 yay i made it, HORRA!!!!  i beat my fiance, she had 3 beers and smoked one

[pandy]

Congratz!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's quite an accomplishment....keep up the good work!! You can beat the addiction!!!!