I've decided to quit smoking (again) tomorrow for many reasons
- healther for the kids
- healther for ME
- my asthma
- my GERD
- my high blood pressure
- Better life insurance plans
- Hate getting the dirty looks when I smoke outside
- hate being "tied down" to my nicotine addiction
- don't want to be smoking when I go to Hawaii in 3 weeks
- cigarettes are EXPENSIVE a heck in Calgary ($10/pack) A pack a day is just killing me... and it's to hard to just "cut back"
- always out of breath etc
I'm going on the nicotine patch like I always have (other meathods never worked... and I don't want to quit cold turkey working where I do... I'd probably kill someone... and I LIKE my job!)
Any good hints on not gaining weight when I quit?
Anyone here successfully quit and not gain weight? What did you do? How did you do it? What methods did you use?
My biggest problem... ALL of my friends smoke (DH does not, thankfully). I always hear that you should avoid any friends that smoke... but how can I without losing them? All of my friends say "fine... you can quit smoking... but don't expect me to stop when you're around". I can see their point... it's THEIR decision to smoke or not.