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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Living on the Mountain

Mine too. I had a meeting Thursday with a nutritionist who specialises in diabetes, and I told him what I was feeling since I quit in relation to my health. He helped me to understand and I feel SO MUCH better. I am so greatful. The thing is - everytime you smoke a cigarette your body is under stress, and this triggers the fight or flight reaction in your body. Your horemones change, and your liver gives you a shot of sugar to pump you up so you can run away from the toxin. I smoked almost non-stop while I was awake, and my liver was just pumping sugar into me right and left - so much so that it overwhelmed my system. So, instead of even trying to burn that sugar, my system stored it in my veins, or expelled it. When i quit, my system got healthy enough to try and burn the sugar again. Being diabetic, I don't need much sugar to survive. This is when my body started to store the excess sugar in the form of fat, and why I gained so much weight - why I don't have energy, and why I ache and hurt all over. They put me on a special diet that's showing results already, and promissed I would feel much better soon! I want to thank you again, Lady, for sharing your journey - it's been an inspiration to me. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 11 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

PLEASE listen

I think that I just reached that point this weekend. :) Thanks for the reminder. It is important to remember - It won't last forever! But, feel free to use us as shoulders when you need it. ;) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Just Breathe...

Awww - nothing good ever comes from holding on to guilt. *hugs* You're doing great! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 38

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Too busy thinking about me today - 18 month celebrations and one year contributing to this site

WOW! Good Job, Stickin! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Marchmelloville!

You guys are doing fantastic! What a "together" group you are. Like it! Congratulations! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 8

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

My clothes don't fit!

You know, when I was going to WW, we had a meeting where we all brought in our cloths that we had "undergrown" and swapped! I got some great stuff that way. I don't know if you're anywhere that you could organise anything like that or not, but it's a thought. As soon as you have soemthing else to wear - even if it's just two or three outfits - you get rid of those fat cloths! If you keep them for "just in case" then you'll surely need them! That part of you is gone (literally) so let it go. And Congratulations! *hugs* I can't have just one candy bar - Not just because i'm diabetic, but it seems that when I have one bit of any refined sugar, then I crave it SO BAD for at least three days, and I end up blowing my entire diet. :( I was actually just thinking yesterday that the thought of having it in moderation just can't work for some folks, because for some of us, it's just like having that one puff of ciggerette. You know? The diet industry is so much like the smoking industry.. people are making money off of us whether we're fat or dieting, and it seems that the only way to be free of all the pressure they put on you is to just be as healthy as you can be, and forget the rest of it! Look around some time when you go into the supermarket, or the convenience store - They are peddaling that CRAP like crazy! They leave it around where you're going to get it as an impulse buy or in a weak moment, and it leaves some of with some very very difficult choices to make that really shouldn't be so difficult. They sure don't put big displays of kale out for you to run into at the cash register or at the end cap of each isle. LOL!! No money in good health and healthy choices, is there? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Easy go, easy come

Aww - it's OK BFS - wish i had read this one before I read the last one. You still get rid of the fat cloths and re-commit yourself. You quit smoking so there's NOTHING you can't do! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

What do you deserve?

In our (thankfully) abundant world, we seem to have a backwards train of thought when it comes to food and dieting. Do you remember when you smoked and went through some terribly stressful event that you couldn't smoke through? What did you do as soon as it was over? Smoked. Why? You deserved it. A well deserved bit of relaxation and relief... yes? Or... A well deserved push of noxious fumes and toxic chemicals that stressed your body, strained your heart, and clogged up your lungs. Now, why exactly did you deserve THAT? We do the same things with food. We celebrate holidays, birthdays, events, special occasions, anniversaries, parties, friendships and a plethora of other things by gorging ourselves with foods that are leaving their marks on our hips, on our hearts, on our blood sugar, on our blood pressure, on our skin and hair, and everywhere else that a poor diet affects you. Why? We deserve it. "I've been good all week - I deserve a piece of cake". Or... "I've been good all week, I deserve to spike my blood sugar, suffer a blood sugar crash, loose my energy and fall asleep on the couch while feeling guilty for blowing everything I worked for all week." Now - why do you deserve THAT!? Every single person that comes here and struggles to quit smoking, beats the battle and moves on [b]deserves to be Happy, Healthy, and Strong![/b] Nothing less. Walk away from the ice cream, and all the health problems and heart ache that goes with it! Nobody deserves THAT. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

It Is

Thanks for the quote, Duffis! Loved them! Here's one that's commonly misquoted by those that cannot go beyond their father's words: [quote]"...Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down.' I could say 'Elves' to him, But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather He said it for himself. I see him there Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed. He moves in darkness as it seems to me. Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, "Good fences make good neighbors." [/quote] ~Robert Frost [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Quitting Smoking is easy!

Of course, the problem is that when smokers feel guilt or sadness... ... they smoke. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 27,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,937.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

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