Wow...Thank you everyone for your lovely replies.
As of 10.00 pm tonight I will be 14 days free from my nicotine prison and as you can probably see, I'm still like an over-excited child at Christmas. This truly has to be the best thing I have ever done in my whole life and I would like to extend my greatest thanks to everyone on this awesome forum for the wonderful support you have all given me. I still find it amazing that the lovely people that have been quit for years still take time to come here and cheer us newbies on, inspire us with the length of their quits, bump threads up to help us and are always helpful and willing to share their sound advice and knowledge. So you guys have my never-ending admiration, gratitude and love, Thank you
I am pleased to say that the excessive eating seems to have calmed down now, so maybe I won't end up the size of a hippo after all, although I still enjoy the occasional biscuit, I have completely gone off of chocolate
maybe I just need to have a rest from it for a while. I still have an amazing amount of energy and can now get so much more done in a day, or maybe it's because my days have become longer, it's like someone has added a couple of hours on the clock, all I know is that it's a great feeling, one I don't want to lose.
It's great to see that Amanda and Rita are both doing well on their journeys for a smoke free life, I will be keeping a close eye on them both and cheering them both on from the sidelines.
Working on it, Lolly and Jim, I hope you don't think I'm stalking you but I have been following your posts since I first arrived here and you have all been a huge inspiration to me, so thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Hello Jodie, nice to meet you, so to speak. I'm sorry to hear that you are struggling, that Nasty Nic has a lot to answer for. Stay strong and keep reminding yourself of your reasons for quitting. To me there are no loopholes, no easy way out and no good reasons to smoke again. Try not to see stopping smoking as giving anything up, instead look at is as taking things back that are rightfully yours. Take back your health, your wealth, control of your life, your ability to breath better. Take back all the things that the Nasty Nic has robbed from you. Keep looking at the positives and remind yourself daily what you are gaining by not smoking. Please, please please don't feel like you have to struggle alone, that's the wonderful thing about this forum, you are never alone. Please continue to post on here or feel free to pm me if you fancy a chat.
Take care everyone and stay strong.