Got to say it that "Giving up smoking is the most important thing you can do for your health" and as I head towards 3 months I can say that the improvement to my health has been amazing / wonderful. All sorts of things have happened that are positive and perhaps top of the list is my asthma has got miles better and I can breathe. This means more oxygen has got to the brain & it is starting to work again (well maybe!!!).
I am less stressed NOT more stressed, my sense of smell & taste has come back & time has gone back to being normal - days seem longer but more normal somehow.
Anyway however bumpy the ride is and however many problems you think you have to suffer in order to quit smoking it is nothing compared to what you will gain if you become a NON SMOKER.
Sorry to use this photo again but I think it says rather a lot about this smoking addiction.
Suffer your cravings because that is all part of recovering.
Best wishes
Jonathan
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Sorry !! - decided I would try and open the chat today and we must have both posted at the same time - thanks so much for clearing the way !! (I have been a little quiet recently but still making progress!!).
Big welcome to Joanne and you "CAN DO IT".
Best wishes
Jonathan
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jillygirlAdministratorLONG TERM WINNER in reply to quit
Jonathan I think your doing great. Like Andi cant believe its 3 months. . Well done you non smoker.
I can't believe that you've nearly reached 3 months J - how fantastic is that! Well done, you've really got the right mindset and everything sounds like it's going your way at the moment. Btw, how's that running going then?
I thought Pete was going to open up shop early today - he must be too busy in the kitchen getting to grips with his lumpy gravy I guess.
Jilly, is it tiling again for you today? I had planned a run this morning but when I heard the rain and thunder and lightning I stayed in bed - hope it'll be dry at teatime then.
Just like to say great post. - just what I was looking for this morning.
I've not seen that picture before and to me it really shows the struggle against the smoking addiction!
When I stopped this time I really wanted to find something that would give me the resolve to stay quit. Health is the obvious one and money is another but even these in the past hadn't been enough for me to stay quit for long. So this time I spent a lot of time researching tobacco as an industry and to be honest (and although it should have been obvious really) I was shocked at the knowledge that the tobacco industry had about the dangers of smoking 50 years ago and how even with this knowledge they purposely made cigarrettes as adictive as they possibly could to keep us hooked and get our money. There's also a lot of stuff about how tobacco executives wouldn't dream of smoking and how they have to find thousands of people to take up smoking every day to replace the ones that smoking has killed. Its interesting stuff and I would recommend anyone who smokes, is thinking of giving up smoking or an ex smoker to research and hopefully find resolve to quit.
Start of week 6 today - I really don't want to give any more money to the tobacco executives so wish me luck.
jillygirlAdministratorLONG TERM WINNER in reply to MrEdd
Brilliant post Mr Ed., Its amazing how clever the tobacco companies get everyone addicted. If we only knew the amount of poisons in a cigarette i think we would be surprised if we saw the ingredients laid out seperately. Anyway your doing great carry on being positive.
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to MrEdd
Aup Edd, I start week 7 tomorrow and have decided that I AINT going to give them tobacco executives any more of my flippin money to them
It is a struggle Edd, I know that myself, but we CAN do it, and we WILL do it, all together, with the help on here Good luck pal
Good morning everyone, some great stuff in this thread, you are all brilliant advocates for smokefree living, you make all of us from Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation so proud. Mr Edd you are so right about the tobacco industry, so much money and such influence. It's not only the smokers who suffer, you should get into the stuff about tobacco farming in Africa and how young the children are who work on the farms. Like you say, every year they have to replace the smokers who die from smoking related diseases by young people who can then continue the lifelong habit. If you google Professor Anna Gilmores work you will pick up a lot more.
However.......you have all defeated the tobacco I dust and are enjoying a happy smokefree Sunday!
I think that's the falacy that most people fall into. They think that because they exercise they can eat more. However, if you comsume all those extra calories you've managed to work off, you will never loose that extra weight. I used about 433 calories on my run . Unfortunately, there is nothing on the box to say approx. how many calories are in each chocolate.
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to andi22
Pete, saw your question on the other side! I ended up staying home all day cos every time I thought about going out it turned very dark and rained a lot - as in torrential! In the end, I went out at 6 o'clock and managed 3 1/2 miles, had a nice dinner when I got back so don't feel too guilty about the chocs.
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to andi22
Yes Andi, you enjoyyyyy some chocs gal, cos you deserve em We've had some rain, but you could see over the fields that other places have had a rite good storm, you could hear the thunder, but we just seam to have missed it today
I was geared up in my head that I might get wet on my run but it didn't happen. I'll get caught one day but if I can wimp out of it then why not? Lots of people say they enjoy running in the rain and I'm sure that when that happens to me I will enjoy it too. Apparently, you feel like a big kid and can go running and jumping in the puddles.
Well I'm going to love you and leave you as I'm doing this on my phone and I'm going to read my book as I've not read it for ages cos have been playing animal crossing but I'm bored of that now. Night Pete and Andi, sleep tight, watch the mice don't bite
So, you're down to 11 1/2 stone now then. I thought you were 11st. 2lbs. when you started out on your quit originally? Whatever, I think you're doing brill with that rowing machine of yours.
Well Andi, I've got to say nite nite to you too, cos am up early tomorrow, as am on 6am - 6pm again this week, I think take care gal, and you enjoy them chocs, cos choc gives you energy dont it sweet dreams and I wish you a lovely nights sleep, and you wake up bright and cheerful tomorrow xxxx
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