Welcome to the Group

Welcome! We would love get to know you, so please tell us a little bit about yourself. You can choose any format you'd like, but most of us here share some or all of the following details:

1. Reason for joining this group:
2. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:

And now just go ahead and make that first post!

Hi Victoria.

It's so good that you quit.  It is better to have quit even with an extra 20#.  I walked 4 mornings a week when I quit and when I stopped doing that, I started gaining.  My walking buddy moved and I didn't do it myself.  So find a buddy and just move and I'll bet you'll stem that gain, feel better and lose some of what you gained.  Keep the faith!!

Hi everyone! I quit 3 days ago. I consider myself a professional at quitting, I've quit many times!!! If I can just stay quit, I'll be happy. I quit last winter for 3-4 months, but I gained alot of weight so I started smoking again. This time I'm trying to approach it differently. I am walking every day, and have started dieting. I don't want weight gain to drive me to smoke again! I joined this group because I think support of others who are going through the same things will be very helpful.

Hello to all.  My husband and I both quit two days ago.  It has been much eaiser than I thought it would be.  I have smoked off and on for about 10 years and I hate HATE the fact that my son sees me smoke.  That is all the reason I need for quitting.  I have tried other quiting things in the past and it would always bother me.  This time I decided that I would just go cold turkey.  The first day was hard but only at night ( I couldn't sleep at all).  Today has been much better and I hope that I will be able to keep it up.  I decided to write this post because what we are going through is very hard and I hope that we can all support each other so we can live better and healthier lives.

hi iv been smoking for36 years and i have to quit because of c.o.p.d,its  goingto be a challenge buti hope to get help from here. i already set a quit date for the end of august.

im married,have5 grandchildren, i love to garden,

My name is Karen, I 'm 56 and have 3 sons . I've worked at the same job for 30 years. I'm married.  I have smoked for 40 years.  I've quit several times but not seriously enough.  I always cheated.  I have now gone 12 days without so much as a puff.  I am already overweight and would like to lose some and for sure not gain any more.  I have a lot more time now that i don't smoke.  Since i'm not really a tv buff i guess i'll go online and chat.

I am 48 and have been smoking since I was 16.  yikes..  I hate to even think how long that has been.  I have stopped a couple of times over the years but always went back for one crazy reason or another.  Each time I stopped before, I had stopped for a year or more only to go back.  I stopped yet again about 3 and a half months ago.  It's very hard because my husband still smokes and so do most of my friends.  And.. I have put on weight as well.   I think the weight gain is what drove me to start again before.  BUT I am soo determined this time to stop for good, weight gain or not.  I am resolved to the fact that I will gain weight, it'll be ok and I can work on that aspect of my life at a later time.

Meprovo- Stay focused and remember that you can control the weight gain associted with smoking cessation!  I quit 3 days ago and I feel like I am in my own personal hell.  I am really worried about gaining weight as well because I am to be married this June.  I know that if I start to gain weight, I am going to pick up smoking again.  I know it sounds silly, but I already need to lose 10 to 15lbs for my wedding (not including any weight I may gain in my quit).

Good luck in your quit and weight control goals!

i joined because i dont get much support from people around here.

i have a family of 3 dogs and my husband. i like to garden and like watching nascar

i so want to quit smoking but im really having problems, i need to quit because i have

c.o. p.d.

Original Post by graceprisk:

i joined because i dont get much support from people around here.

i have a family of 3 dogs and my husband. i like to garden and like watching nascar

i so want to quit smoking but im really having problems, i need to quit because i have

c.o. p.d.

 Welcome to the group!  I have read that gardening is an excellent hobbie to help with quitting(keeping your hands busy).  When do you plan to quit?

I have been a smoker for over 30 years. I have now been smoke free for 5 full days. I have been drinking alot of water and chewing alot of gum as a substitute. It has actually been easier than I had anticipated, although I know it is still early.

I have COPD also. Another reason I wanted and needed to stop smoking. I always said I enjoy smoking, but I really just had to get to the point where I loathed it because it had so much control over me. Of course, I had to give up drinking too, because the two seem to go hand in hand.

I have been getting up an hour earlier than usual this week to go get on the treadmill, replacing my bad habit with a good one. I also drink lots of water. Of course the temptation is still there, but so is the commitment to myself, to those who love me and, most importantly,  to my Heavenly Father.

I am going cold turkey also, and it is good to know there are others going through the same thing. My husband and I live in a 1 bedroom apartment and he still smokes..inside. That is the hardest part, and I refuse to be a nag about it, but I don't really feel like I am getting much support from him.

What I do love is that one of my daughter texts me several time to day to see how the not smoking is going.

hang in there you quitters!!! ittook me 5 attempts till i knew how it would work for me.  you learnait each time. unfortunately i gained 30 lbs then and after the apnea, menopause and worst of all my anxiety disorder etc hit me has been impossible to lose. a real roller coaster!  i lost 10 and was so happy, but poof, back again 7. if i were able to be routine i would have the stamina to exercize like someof you here daily. sleep disorder you name it, i got all obstacles. BUT!!! even though i have those carb cravings in the evenings still after almost 3 years, i would NEVER EVER start up again!  occasionally i do have a second hand sniff.  i suffered 3 months, a mania and hell. no waywould i start up again! no desire to.  but beware, for some of us there is a real addiction issue and we shall have those cravings...hang in there and do it! 

support yourself!   the money not sped, you can now reward yourself!  do not depend on anybody when you dealwith an addiction of any kind. this is about you.  gee, my primamry doctor then accused me of being on speed i was so agitated in my 2 ndmonth quitting. i have anxiety and panic disorder!  yeah i was in the lab with guys scared of needles and had everyone cracking up  because  was so hyped up without my smokes i was bouncing off the wall like a zombie.

I completely fell off the wagon this weekend.  I am back at day 1 again :(

Hey all! My name is Jenny, I have two beautiful little girls, a happy go lucky yellow lab named Sanny, a pest of a kitten named Bobby, and I run an in home day care.  A very busy house to say the least! 

I have been a pack a day smoker for over 15 years now (no I don't smoke in the house or around the kids).  I recently found out that I have 2 congenital hearts defects.  On sept 28th I had a procedure to fix one problem and am facing one more procedure to finish things off.  Quitting smoking for me is very difficult but extremely necessary.  I know I need to, my cardiologist was not too happy to hear I had not yet given up my four to five smokes per day.   Oopps.  My husband is a smoker also, but is not yet ready to quit.  So that makes it even harder for me. 

I have to do this, even without the support of my husband.  I need all the advice and encouragement I can get.

right at this moment im having a very strong urge to i just got out of the hospital today after 4 days being there. what gives i thought the urges left after 3 days

graceprisk- DON'T DO IT!!!  You will have urges for a long time, but they will get less frequent.  Just take a deep breath and remember that IT WILL PASS. 

weell i slipped little but i keep putting them out, ill try a little more i just  dont feel very well,i  always smoked when i was sick.  my son toled me last night(hes 33) i have to quit, i must, with a cry in his voice, i never really thought he cared.

If you feel like you physically need the niccotine because the withdrawl symptoms are too much to take, try nicorette.  I swear by that stuff!  If it is your psycological addiction, that is tough- try gum, exercize, etc, etc.  If you cheat too much, you will just go back.  Trust me, I have "quit" several times and that is always what gets me- cheating.