Favourite thing you've regained?

[nsd_user663_50956]

Something that's keeping me going now has to be the regained sense of smell and taste.

It really sucks to think something so expensive can limit your senses and make even the slightest meal/drink mundane.

Also loving the exercise i've been able to get, 20 minutes running on the treadmill now. TOWIU

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positivity

Woke up today in the depths of misery and despair... ok the blues .. it's a long story starting with broken bones culminating in the meaning of life, as these things do. There must be something that I have gained from this quit but try as I might all I could think about was doom and gloom and couldn't think of anything worth any effort at all.

But that's it - my reason which has now become naturally effortless is not getting out of bed for the sole reason of lighting up. All i need to do is shake my ass out of bed and do some exercise which i have been promising myself and encouraged to do by reading some of the helpful posts here. Wish me luck lol

Thanks Jordan x

[nsd_user663_18145]

ive actually became a chocoholic since i stopped smoking :eek:

which isnt really a bonus as i was always amazed how most people couldnt go through a day without eating some or lots of the stuff :confused:

and now im the same

mind you on the plus side there are quite afew things i enjoy eating now that taste better

and i would rather be a chocoholic then a smelly nanny that is addicted to those poisonous white addictive sticks :eek:

Sorry to hear your day isnt starting well Suze

hopefully it will get better as the day goes on

(( hugs))

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Favorite thing I've regained?

My self respect.

[Dippy_Egg]

My voice. I got my voice back. I can sing again. I bloody love singing.

[nsd_user663_50192]

I can have a a few extra hours in bed at the weekend now instead of waking up and running out the back door for a fix, i just roll over and ZZzzzzzzzz.

amanda

[nsd_user663_50109]

With my taste not really notice anything that taste better iv notice certain things niw taste vile...:rolleyes:

I love that now my teeth are white and that I haven't got a horrid brown stain on me front tooth.. And I haven't got yellow fingers.. And I don't smell.. And that my hands are better iv got carpool tunnel syndrome and used to have to sleep in wrist splints... But hardly have to anymore., and that my hands and feet are no longer freezing all the time my circulation was very poor.

[nsd_user663_44157]

My voice. I got my voice back. I can sing again. I bloody love singing.

Really jealous. A frog can sing better than me....in fact anyone and anything can sing better than me. Oh well at least I don't stink and wheeze anymore.

[nsd_user663_44157]

I love that now my teeth are white and that I haven't got a horrid brown stain on me front tooth.. And I haven't got yellow fingers.. And I don't smell.. And that my hands are better iv got carpool tunnel syndrome and used to have to sleep in wrist splints... But hardly have to anymore., and that my hands and feet are no longer freezing all the time my circulation was very poor.

All that at 29 just imagine what it would be like at 39 or 49 luckily you are never going to smoke again

[nsd_user663_51038]

Quite a few things actually...

My confidence.... really thought that I was one of those rare people that couldn't go through life without a cigarette, I can confidently say that I can!!

My sense of smell (the plus)... I can now actually smell the reed diffusers I have around my home that have cost me an arm and a leg over the years to mask the smell of smoke, even though I did not smoke inside!!

(The minus)...well, lets just say, those that don't practice personal hygiene routines have become that much more apparent to my snout!:mad:

My overall diet...I am eating and drinking well, even my alcohol intake has been massively reduced since quitting.

My energy levels...fluctuates but when they're high...nothing can stop me in my tracks...like Usain Bolt I am and then of course on other days...I feel like Ustayin Bed instead!!! LOL

My pocket...according to the NHS Smokefree Cost Calculator I have saved £210 since my quit date 05/07/12...the Hynotherapy cost me £295...so soon I will break even and then really begin to reap the financial benefits. I have promised my niece a trip to the Big Apple next Summer, so that the plan!!!

So all in all...not bad going, things can only get better!

[AngryBear]

My tongue's pink again !!!!!!! Gross I know when you consider the implications of that, but it is!

[nsd_user663_50109]

Ooooo I forgot the major thing that's better is my smell... As it saved my life.. Didn't notice I was having a majors gas leak I the house that was making me Ill.. that's the good thing. but the bad thing is ppl who have poor hygiene make me stomach turn..

[nsd_user663_50109]

All that at 29 just imagine what it would be like at 39 or 49 luckily you are never going to smoke again

That's the tip ov the iceberg lol..

[nsd_user663_50109]

Surely lighting a cigarette must have made you notice it

No I smoked outside

[nsd_user663_41061]

I can closer to MY BF!

I will see my BF this next week..all week...and we plan to be really close!

LOL! He does not smoke..and I have not seen him in 10 months!

So I am over my 6 months not smoking...so its really gonna be GREAT!!!!

Cut to the chase, you get more when you stop smoking!

[nsd_user663_50109]

Are you sure it was a gas leak? If you had a "massive gas leak" in your home putting on a light would have blown the house up.

No just the house smelt ov gas and I got co2 poising from thin air.. Sorry.. But it was a bit of a silly question so had to be cocky

A light will not may not have blown the house up. Only if it genatarted a spark I did ask the gas man this..