When I approached this quit I always felt that if I got past the first week then I'd make it, of course I'm not allowing myself to think I've won just yet but I honestly don't feel that I will smoke again.
Suffered with light headed spells for the first few days but they disappear quite quickly, sleeping patterns still confuse me - I can be shot to bits at 10pm but wide awake at 3am.
Lungs cleared pretty quickly, haven't coughed up any rubbish for a while, chest wasn't great for a couple of weeks but I got put on a preventative inhaler and it's been fine since - probably have a puff of the ventolin once/twice a week.
Seem to have developed hayfever more this Summer, either that or pollen is much stronger than previous years, or maybe the senses are more sensitive ?
Biggest issue I now have is eating; in the early days I found sipping water helped get me through the periods when I would normally be smoking, but during the evening nothing seems to get me full.
Had one of the worlds top 10 biggest spag bols last night, within 30 mins of finishing I was on grapes, cashew nuts and crisps, I finally felt relaxed and full around 2 hours later. Most nights on the way back from taking the dog to the park I swing by Nandos, but I'm useless at takeaways and always get tempted to order a food mountain, then I convince myself that nothing should be wasted so scoff the lot !
I don't weight myself and I'm fairly active anyway but no question I've put on a few pounds, but as I keep telling others, weight is not an immediate concern.
Any tips on how not to eat your body weight in food every night would be most welcome !
Whether you are planning a quit, just starting a quit or well into one, I wish you all well....
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Hey Horse - Massive congratulations on your month :D:D
I am a week behind you and afraid I don't have any tips on not eating too much - I too am stuffing everything nearby into my mouth and never seem to feel full... I guess if we must eat maybe we should try eating lots of salad :eek:
Well done on reaching the 1st Month, that's brilliant. I cant give any tips on what NOT to do when eating your body weight in food other than what i did which was take up a hobby. I started knitting but i dont expect you to do that, just find something that keeps your hands and your MIND occupied.
Anyhow here's to the 2nd month and like i say Well Done you
I'm at five months plus and I'm afraid that I'm only just getting control of myself when it comes to shovelling in the food, so I can't really help you there. I stopped feeling hungry all the time after a couple of months, but by that time found I was just in the habit of wanting sweet stuff all the time. Have put on well over a stone. But hey, I'm not smoking. One battle at a time!!
You should be really proud of yourself. Keep on trucking!
Karri - thanks for the comments, very sweet, I did question whether coming in here at the 2/3 week points was helping but the pros outweigh the cons, I also want to see how others are doing and whether any of my experiences are useful for them.
As for drinking water in the evening I have thought of that, but I still have disrupted sleep as it is and fear that another 2 gallons of water swilling around will probably mean half a dozen more toilet visits !
To be honest I might try it next week to see how it goes.
Hels - thanks, it's amazing how habitual people are isn't it ? Smoking being the worst of all but you're right we probably eat just for the sake of it.
Glad this feeling subsides after a couple of months, reckon that gives me another 280 hot wings, 28 large spicy rice, 12 ton of cashew nuts and around 4000 bags of Monster Munch to go !
A big well done Horse! And for doing it CT - fantastic achievement! I passed my month on Wednesday and i have started to take the patch off at night to see how i get on as i never did smoke before bedtime anyway. I know this won't affect you to know, but the past couple of nights I have slept really, really heavily, not woken up at all, as I had been doing, and am struggling to get up in the morning. It's like that month's worth of broken nights' sleep have now ended and the gates of sleep have opened!
Can't help much on the food front, to be honest because I doubt very much you have a weight problem like mine, i simply cannot afford to put any more on, but one thing has occurred to me and it has been a bit of an epiphany... I figured that if i have the will power to stop smoking (and i, like you, believe i won't ever smoke again), then surely i can find the self control to eat less and more healthily? So i am popping off to see a hypnotherapist to see if i can harness that will power to sort out my weight as well.... then i will be perfect, ha ha!
I am over 3 months now and have stopped the ravenous eating about 2 weeks ago, put on a stone but slowly coming off now, walking allot and swiming. The good thing is don't get out of breath and don't cough I used to cough awful in the mornings.
Yesterday was hard, I was at Lords (cricket, not making petty laws and falling asleep) and it's the first time I can remember beeing there as a non smoker, drinking all day with friends, some of who smoke, I felt like it was a constant battle. I did resist but what it's reminded me is that weak moment hit us all the time, and the otehr thing it confirmed to me is that place association is a big challenge for me.
I know others have mentioned place association and it does create some strong cravings, if you have times like when when it is a struggle remember to be strong !
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