sli, I won't kid you, it was VERY hard sometimes, but on a whole, I can't believe how every single day it got better and better.
I kept a journal for about 3? 4? days and reading it now is kind of funny.
I just so thought it was too hard and I couldn't do it, and life was not worth it if I couldn't smoke etc. etc. blah blah blah!
It WASN'T too hard, I COULD do it, and life IS worth it!
I feel so good that I can't believe I ever smoked!
I used that herbal "Smoke Away" for the 1st week and I think it did help.
Mentally anyway, after the 1st week you are supposed to keep taking it for 3 weeks or something? Anyway, I thought the herbs were causing a rash (wasn't!!) so I quit them, but I stayed quitting smoking.
My biggest help was walking, EVERY SINGLE DAY!
Even if that day you don't want to, don't have time for, etc.
Just DO IT!
It helps with the smoking craving.
Go to
www.whyquit.com and read, Read, READ all there is to read there.
I found that I had to change a lot of what I did.
I saved alot of my calories for night time, including a glass of wine, (NEVER more than 2-5oz cups)
because I knew I would get craves at night for a smoke. I quit watching tv at night because I was so restless.
I quit reading books cause I couldn't read without wanting a smoke.
So what did I do in the PM? LOL, read this site and the why quit site, and prevention.com and fitday
over and over and over. And I read this site!
I looked up recipes, recipezaar.com and fitness tips and nutrition tips and so many things. And I read this site!
My snack in the eve was usually Wasa bread and Laughing cow lowfat cheese cause the crunch helped the cravings.
And I read this site!
I was just VERY determined that I WAS going to quit and I WAS NOT going to gain more weight.
I got it stuck in my head that I would get down to my pre-marriage weight by my 45th birthday, and it happened!
I would say, make a goal, a do-able goal and then Go For It!
For you!
Sheesh! Didn't mean to write a book here! Sorry.