OT-New Year's Resolutions

[SOOOSKA]

Hi, I've stopped smoking. I had mylast cigarette at 7:30pm on Jan 2/2006. This is a hardone. I lost 35pounds a year ago and it wasn't as hard todo.

Soooska:apollo:

 

[alfie and angel]

:colors:I stopped smoking too SOOOSKAand I feel your pain! Haven't had one since New Years and it has onlybeen this last couple days that it feels any easier. HAving said that,I thought I would never quit - I have less willpower than my bunnywhenever she sees the TV cable, so I feel really proud,

Well done - Ill think of you next time I resist temptation!

:highfive:

Do you feel better in yourself/healthier?

 

[SOOOSKA]

Hi Alfie and Angel

Yes I do feel better, I don't stink anymore (clothes) LOL.The hardest part for me is not smoking in the car, that's where I useto smoke the most.

We never smoked in the house so that part is easy. You shouldhave seen my husband and I outside in the middle of winter in our PJ'shaving a cig. What a site that was.

It's still real hard though, I do want one every now and then, but Ijust keep saying to myself "IAM A NON SMOKER NOW"

I also have Asthma so I really shouldn't be smoking.

Good Luck to you. Go give your Bunnies a kiss every time you feel like one.

Soooska

 

[alfie and angel]

Yeah the clothes thing is the improvement Inoticed most - like when I've been around friends that smoke I thinkwow I must have smelled like that all the time-and also howgoooood food tastes since I quit (so looks pretty obvious what nextyears resolution will be).

My main difficult times are waiting for publc transport and when I havea big essay due, although we never smoked in our flat either and I'mgrateful for this as it makes it easier now to be home than out. Ithink it's a good idea to have a coping strategy for these times andkissing bunnies is a good plan! - In this vein, I have a rewardplanned. I really want a British Giantbun andthereis arescue centre for giantsnear me.If I still don't smoke by my birthday (March) I'll have saved enoughmoney for all that extra hay.

Good luck to you too - stay strong

Rose

 

[nose_twitch]

Just thought I'd add to the no-smoking postshere. I just quit too. It's been 2 wholeweeks. They say it's harder to give up than heroine, solosing 30 pounds should be a breeze if I can quit smoking.

 

[alfie and angel]

nose_twitch wrote:

losing 30 pounds should be a breeze if I can quit smoking.

I hope so - I want to eat all the time - it'struly disgusting!

Welcome to the quit club! Well done- 2 weeks is fantastic. Everyweek that passes I feel reallyproud coz I never thought I'd be able to do 2 days! You should bereally proud.

See SOOSKA's advice (above) for good bunny love distraction technique - it works!

But also, stop back in and let me know how you're doing coz it helps to know that other people are......er, .......suffering!

I have put together a quit pack of emoticons to describe the full range of nicotine withdrawal-fuelled emotions. As follows:



But one day soon I know I'm going to wake up feeling:

.......and that's what keeps me going.



Well done again!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nose_twitch]

LOL those emoticons really do describe theemotions! I think now I'm over the actual nicotineaddiction. Now it's just that I don't have anything to dowith my hands. I've started to drink lots of tea, but thatdoesn't quite have the same affect.

 

[alfie and angel]

Yeah tea is good. It's like there is adifference between the addiction and the habit which still tries tofool you into thinking you're addicted.

I have a whole load of things I try to do instead:

After eating: Glass of fizzydrink

Waiting for the bus: make sure Ialways have a book or trashy magazine.

While writing essay:dried fruit (alfie bunny is particularly pleased with this substitution)

Down the pub: I rip things, beer mats, labels off bottles, receipts (not popular with landlords)

Miscellaneous times: I pop bubble wrap! The amount of bubbles I popdepend on the severity of the need to smoke. (not popular with alfie orboyfriend!)

 

[nose_twitch]

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Waiting for the bus: make sure Ialways have a book or trashy magazine.

LOL I'll have to start reading Harlequin romances or Playboy.

Hey, Playboy has a bunny...so now I'll be combining hobbies. Hopefully I don't develop a porn addiction.

:shock:

 

[alfie and angel]

LOL - well, whatever it takes - certainly beats tea!

Although cococa, now cocoa takes some beating...

 

[Linz_1987]

I havent bothered with one this year, as I know I will break it!

But last year my resolution was to not eat any chocolate what so ever.It lasted 6 months! But no longer :?I still think I did agood job tho for 6 months!

 

[nose_twitch]

Six months without chocolate??????????????????????????????????????????

Oh, I rather spend six months in hell.

 

[SOOOSKA]

Hi Rose, how's the not smoking going?

It's been 33 days with no cigarettes. I still feel like one every now and then but I keep saying "I AM A NON SMOKER NOW".Hopefully it's going god for you too.

Soooska:apollo:

 

[alfie and angel]

Hey Soooska,

Yey Well done!!!

I'm still cigarette free too although some days are harder than others. For the most part it's getting easier. I just think about how cross I'll be at myself if I cfave and that wards off the temptation (mostly0.



Anyway, good to hear from you and keep up the good work!!!

Rose