49 days-no tobacco

Me?

No, B***

I gave up smoking 15 years ago. For the first few days I had the most godawful headache which turned out to be my body craving sugar, I don't know why. 

Have you tried the new Holiday Pie from McDonalds yet? .79 cents. ;-)

Rain


Congrats Craig!

For the first time in my life, unlike my previous attempts, I did gain weight when I quit the last time. Though I did indulge in "less healthy" food for a while after I quit, even after resuming my healthier diet, the extra lbs don't seem to vanish as I would have expected. Which I guess is only normal - I'm not getting younger and my metabolism was bound to slow down eventually. 

Incidentally, if I'm not mistaken, nicotine does accelerate your metabolism, so even if you're not eating much more than you used to, it's possible that your system is just enjoying a break from the madness.

I'm at 180, which is the heaviest I've in my life - actually what I used to weight when I was 16 and eating and drinking like a pig. At 6'3", 180 may not seem like much, but I definitely feel it.

Fortunately, now that weather allows it and that we finally have a real schedule, I can pick up training again.

I stubbornly refused to lose weight, even while eating healthily and working out 5/6 times a week, until I gave up bread and started interval training. The pounds just slid off me. I lost 10lbs in a month. 

Since I have some experience in this from the clinical side, I can tell you that a lot of that weight is probably water that your body needed.  Smoking dehydrates you (just look at the skin of a life-long smoker !).

There's also a sugar craving because tobacco is naturally bitter so the leaves are usually soaked in a 23% sugar solution which can give you that nice sugar/insulin response cycle (and partially explains why smokers have to light one up in fairly regular time intervals).  The best thing to combat this is to eat some fruit.

Either way, congratulations on your progress and keep reminding yourself that you are now a non-smoker.  One last tip:  Any time you see someone smoking, think of a cigarette or, really, any time you remember to, take a really deep breath in.  Many people don't take enough deep breaths and your body will sometime trick you into doing this by giving you the craving for a cigarette.  It's not optimal, but your body considers it a bit of a tradeoff because it really requires those deep breaths.

Congratulations my friend!  Keep the the hard work!

Rain- 6-3 and 180????  If you turn sideways and stick out yer tongue, you might look like a zipper!!!  LOL  I'm 5-7 and 178.........

KUDOS Craig!  Go for eleven.

Congrats,  Keep It Up!!!

I keep tellin' myself I need to but like every other procrastinator, in my mind I find excuses around it LOL

Stay with it Craig.
One of the best things I ever did was quit. I too put on some weight
but easy enough to burn that.

Well..   I've been popping the Nicotine Gum all day... Yikes!!  Some folk have private chefs, I need a private acupuncturist!!  Anyways..  Giving the quit, quit, another go here...

Arrg!!!!!!!

drumstixkev


From the looks of your avatar you must weigh about 72 pounds. 

lol..  My avatar is that, because I am into all kinds of yoga, vipassana, and ancient arts.   People tell me, "I still look young."  People think me for twenties, and lol..  I am in my thirties...   Getting fat too!  Weigh near 165...   When I was in my twenties I was about 150.. 

Crg


  Arrg! is right bud. I had the worst craving yet today. They get the worst at about a month or so. 

I have tried to quit several times, and I've relapsed again and again, when I least expected it.  Its the damnedest thing, as I've always been terribly addicted to smokes and coffee.....   

Usually my first three days, are nearly unbearable..   Although, I am avoiding that lovely scenario right now..  Using the gum and all

Good luck

:-)

you are right timidi-it takes more than luck,in fact it`s arguably the hardest drug to quit,especially when it`s affordable and readily available.
As for seeing your favourite packet at the mart,it is illegal to display or advertise tobacco here.
We have just introduced plain packaging so that all you get is a grey pack with a couple of juicy tumours on the front.
Guess it is a start but in 20 years or so it will be unbelievable that we could buy a product that was not only highly addictive but arguably fatal??
ps:i`ve been there:gum,patches,inhalers,hypnotism,float tanking,herbal substitutions and my advice to you is to find a desert island with no 7/11 as the basis of addiction is supply.
good luck mate.

BTW, my brother went to jail for 30 days. Couldn't smoke. His mind just adapted and he never wanted a cigarette just because he knew he couldn't have one.

BTW, (again) I'm trying to work it out with an electronic cig.
http://www.modernvapor.com/