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hey there quitters :)

Just thought i'd pop my head in and say hello and MERRY XMAS!!!

I have been quit for 5 Months, 5 Days, 1 hour, 19 minutes and 15 seconds (158 days). I have saved $1,003.64 by not smoking 3,161 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 3 Days, 23 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 12/07/2010 9:00 a.m.

yep over 5 months now! its great!!! occasionally have little moments where i feel like a smoke, but they are more like fleeting thoughts than cravings!

hope everyone is doing well and going strong in their journeys!
and to everyone who is just starting out, stick with it, one day at a time, it gets easier, promise.

love to you all ♥

Good morning all :)
Just popped in to say hi! hope you are all doing well! day 113 for me.... stoked to be smokefree, nothing could make me start again!

Newbies, stick it out, its worth it :)

Shane, Pukeko, just watched the Closeup episode on demand! you guys did fantastically!!!! so cool to be able to put a face to the name!

and pukeko, you ddidnt look fat my friend, you were such a ray of sunshine :)

So yeah hope everyone is doing well and going strong :)
Take care x

3 months for me today!! wowwweeeee!!!!

morning all!

i am at day 90 today, but for the last three days i have been craving smokes SOOOOO bad!!! god i want one!!!!!!!!! seriuosly considered buying some on a couple of seperate occasions..... in fact, i could consider going and buying some right now. not stressed (any more than usual), not emotional or anything..... body just screaming out for smokes!!!!!!!!!!! arghHH!!! :(

I have been quit for 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 59 minutes and 32 seconds (82 days). I have saved $520.95 by not smoking 1,640 cigarettes. I have saved 5 Days, 16 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 12/07/2010 9:00 a.m.

Hello quit family!!!
I have not posted regulary lately but am always on here reading the blogs!! well done to all of you doing so well! its great we have SO many newbies! quitting smoking is hard but I can honestly say I absolutely LOVE being smokefree (most of the time lol).

Thanks heaps to everyones kind words and support in regards to my slip up that I posted about a week ago! Thankfully I havent desired another smoke since then, so it was just a lesson learnt in my journey. By the way guys - it tasted foul! made me feel sick and was just so disgusting! I am certain that that will be my last slip up!

Tonight going out with two other close girlfriends who are big smokers.... first time since quitting 83 days ago. And i really associate drinking with them with smoking!! bit nervous but confident i can do it. thinking i will put a patch on just for a little bit of extra safety!! thankfully ive grown to absolutley despise the smell of it so hopefully i will contine to be revolted by the fags in my drunken state! haha!!

anyway, beaut day here in chch!!
hope everyone has a gorgeous smokefree weekend

i just slipped up again!!!!!!!!! had another smoke. paid $12 for one bloody smoke!

i feel like SUCH a failure :(
i had one because i got a C on an essay that i was really proud of. thought it was worthy of an A and have been excited about getting it back all morning. if i can barely pass this easy, theres not much luck for the rest of the 4 years of university. I have been feeling stressed and unsure of myself but this awful grade just shows that i was right to feel like im not good enough.

the is my SECOND slip up now.... ARGH :( im useless :(

hello friendly quitters!

I havent posted in a while... not sure why really, just been busy I guess fluffing round with this and that. guess the earthquake just threw my routine a bit, but have been jumping on to read all the blogs!! HUGE well done to all of you and your terrific milestones :)
and welcome to all the newbies!! great to have you on board!

I have been quit for 2 Months, 1 Week, 2 hours and 57 seconds (69 days). I have saved $438.67 by not smoking 1,381 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Days, 19 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 12/07/2010 9:00 a.m.

I am going through a wee phase at the moment where I am totally 100% repulsed by cigarettes! its weird.... NEVER thought i'd feel like this, but at the moment i have NO cravings, and the smell and sight of them makes me wanna chuck!! its great, but im thinking it wont last too long so not gonna let my guard down!

I went out partying last night and walking past the smokers was so ferral! i couldnt stand the smell. i was quite pleased with this :)

anyway hope you all are well :)
im back at uni as of tomorrow so hopefully will be back posting more etc!

have a fantastic day!!!! BEAUTIFUL sunny day here in chch (quakesville) LOL

♥

Debz, so pleased to hear from you. I was worried. Pleased you are okay. Don't feel bad about smoking, I have slipped up as well thanks to the earthquake.... I think it would be awfully hard not to! Have had 6 or 7, but am off them again. I guess I am quite lucky as our house is okay and everyone i am close to is okay as well.
Thinking of you Debs :) x

hello everyone!!

Here in chch we had some more huge aftershocks last night. Very scary and does not make for good sleep. Hope they stop soon :(

Thanks everyone (and quitline) for all your kind words in regards to my slipup yesterday! Its great being able to come here and talk about it.... a lot of my friends would be likely to say 'oh you've ruined it all' or 'I told you you couldnt quit' which only makes you wanna smoke more, right? Anyway, realy appreciate your support :) ♥

I have decided that I am 100% back on the wagon! I think the reason I had one was because I was slightly bored.... with this quake, and uni being shut, my routine is really messed up and i'm a person who NEEDS routine, so I think having it outta wack was most of the problem. Realise I need to be super on guard at the moment, until life settles back to normal.

I also think that I have been glorifying smoking in my head during my quit, which has left me feeling like I am depriving myself. I am going to change that now, and think of smoking for what it really is: a terrible, evil, nasty, fatal addiction that causes a lot of grief and misery.

Minty, your youtube page is a saviour.... I have watched lots of them before, including the 'Thanks Tobacco.....' its very powerful, watched it again and it really makes you lose all desire to smoke.

Think I may get myself some patches, perhaps a lower strength, to just get my confidence back up and help with things until life in chch is a little more stable. Though will try nicorette patches, as I have very bad mental reactions to habitrol for some crazy reason that no doctor or pharmacist has been able to clarify?????.

I am at day 58 today. Can I leave it as that? Or should I take one day off? Kinda feel like a cheat now, y'know?

I still have that packet in my car. Gonna give them to a smoking friend!

Thanks everyone for your support!
NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!!!

:) x

I did it. I had a smoke :(

I can't believe it. I don't even know why exactly. Its been in my head all day, and then just before I just got up, and went to the shop, bought a packet and smoked one. It tasted bad, but at the same time, it was great.

I feel terrible, today was day 57.
The worse thing is i'm not sure if i wanna continue my quit. Even at day 57, I can't stop thinking about smokes all the time and how much I want one. I don't wanna be a smoker, but I can't handle being smoke-free either. I feel like my life will just never be as fun as it was.

And the weight gain, I can't handle the weight gain. I'm very particular about my weight and its getting me down.

Not sure what to do now. The pack of now 19 is in my glovebox in the car. Scared that in a few hours I will be venturing back out to the garage for another one.

I just don't know what to do :(

Kinda feel like ringing quitline but don't really wanna talk to anyone over the phone.

Nooooooooooo.

Morning all!
how are we all!?!?! fellow chch citizens?? debs, minty??? hope you didnt have too much damage? hope no one lives in dallington? Farrrrk i was so scared when it happened, i thought i was actually gonna die, and FROZE, couldnt get to a doorway, just froze in bed haha. town looks INCREDIBLE! falling to peices. oh my. we are SO lucky no one died. what a miracle huh. gotta start sorting out the house shortly, total mess.

Feeling like a SMOKE real bad. Not because of the quake really, just physiclly craving kinda. after 56 days??? having a lozenge instead. THough not sure if i should be having them coz i did go cold turkey, so putting nicotine in my system after 56 days???????

havent read through the backlog of blogs yet, but will do later this evening!

hope all quitters are well :) x

I REALLY wish I could have a freakin' smoke.
I feel so lousy today!!
FAT, god I feel fat!!!! and tired.... been working out so hard every day (I took today off finally) and trying so hard to not eat like a pig but gosh food is like the only pleasure left now! just ate a whole heap and now feeling full, bloated and gross!!! working out so hard but not losing any weight and i'm OVER It :(
I can't bear the sight of this tummy of mine. GAHH :'(
what I would give to light up and close my eyes and feel so content, and NOT HUNGRY for a minute!!
Gonna have vodka now.... and hopefully watching home and away may help?? though unlikely.... they all have bodies to die for on that rotten show lol not fair!

Good monday morning quit family :)

how are we all?? sorry to hear that a couple of you had minor slipups, Debz, Pukeko, Abby... BUT its all good coz they were just that, slipups. It just goes to show what an evil, nasty addiction smoking is buts it great you are all back on the wagon, well done :)

I am at day 50 today so feeling very pleased with myself. I have never ever gotten this far before and never thought I could so I am very happy.

I went out drinking on Friday and Saturday night. Found Friday night a little hard, even though I was with a non-smoking friend and wasnt directly around any smokers, but I could see them EVERYWHERE, everyone seemed to be smoking and it pissed me off to say the least. Had a patch on and lozenges so survived but I was thinking about them a LOT of the time.

Satuday was actually easier, despite the fact that I was directly around a LOT of smokers. Standing right next to them drinking, while they smoked. and even though I got really REALY drunk (oops) I didnt even feel like one. They smelt bad and it didnt phase me at all!!! YAY!

About to go for a run soon.... get this weight under control LOL.

Kia kaha everyone :) x

I have been quit for 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 hour, 40 minutes and 25 seconds (45 days). I have saved $286.18 by not smoking 901 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Days, 3 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 12/07/2010 9:00 a.m. WAHOO!

For those of you struggling with weight.... I suggest looking into buying a pedometre... the thing you attach to your hip and it counts the number of steps you take each day. I think its 10,000 steps a day the active person should take. A good start to getting active to deal with the weight. and its just little things you can do to get those extra steps in, like park the car further away from the shop etc etc.... doesnt feel quite so much like exercise as going for a full-blown run. and you dont need a big chunk of time taken out of your day as its an on-going thing all day. Plus it can be quite fun and motivating to try and get to a goal of a certain amount of steps! and then try and beat it each day. you come up with some creative ways to get a few extra steps in lol. they are around $30-50.

another thing i do is get on the floor during ad breaks on tv at night and do 20 situps. doesnt take long. but if you do that every ad break during a 1 hour show, thats 80 situps... done daily, thats a bloody good effort!!

someone mentioned earlier about cranberry juice eliminating nicotine from the body quicker. This is because cranberry juice is acidic... and nicotine is an alkaloid. SO the nicotine is drawn from you blood quicker, to balance the PH levels in your body. This is also why you want to smoke more when you're drinking. Alcohol goes straigh through you and makes you pee often right? well pee is acidic, so it draws the nicotine from your blood quickly to ballance it out, leaving you needing a top up of nicotine quicker. same goes for other acidic drinks such as orange juice etc etc. So this wouldnt be the same with green tea.... green tea isnt acidic... is it?? at least i dont think it is lol

hope that helps :) x

thanks for you support during my wee sob-fest last night!!!

Feeling much better today! sometimes a good sleep fixes everything huh :)

its SUNDAY so that means huge congrats today to quite a few of you!!!! i promise i will have a class of vino tonight in your honour :) WELL DONE GUYS!!

xx

so im sitting here drinking vodka and lime! its tasty as and going down a treat! thinking about smokes and how UNFAIR this all is.

i want one. not physically, i just miss them so freakin' much :( after 41 days i still miss them all the time!!
everywhere i look i see people smoking (never noticed when i was smoking) and it makes me MAD!!! WHY do they get to smoke and i have to be miserable??

what especialliy upsets me is when i see people, like a friend of mine, who smoke and yet STILL look healthier than me, better skin, whiter teeth ARGH!! every time i feel like a smoke, i keep thinking to myself no you want fresher skin and whiter teeth and too look more attractive, but it SUCKS how some people can have these AND smoke. everywhere i see girls more attractive than me and still smoking and its like its just not fair i go thru this hard work and misery to still look worse for wear, and its like what is even the point?? i might as well just keep smoking. im 22 so dont have kids to worry about or anything.

RAWWWWRRRR!!!
sorrry everyone but had to let it out!!! and wonder if anyone gone thru anything similar???? finding it really hard :(
bah friggin humbug!!!!!!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY QUIT FAMILY :)

Lese37, pleased you are feeling better now. chin up chicken x

I am at day 40 today! wahoooo!
although, actually feeling like would really love a smoke this morning. but NO way. not gonna happen.

Today is the last day of uni for the term!!! YUS!!! nearly finished all my assignments and then 2 weeks of bliss!!!

For one of my classes I am writing an essay on welfare provision for smoking cessation services! this website is in my essay :P hehe

hmmmm cant think of much else to say really..... and my blog is now 'a bit too long' LOL

ciao all x

hello everyone!!
big welcome to all the newbies! wow so many!!! you have come to the right place, the advice, supoprt, motivation and inspiration you will find from bloggers here is invaluable!! i certainly could not have done it wihtout you guys!!!!

i been having a hard day today!! came scarily close to buying smokes. at uni and so stressed with all the assesment work due at the end of the week. trying to write 2000 essay and its just not happening at all :( was in the uni library and was ready to walk to shop to buy smokes!! packed up, walked out, bunch of smokers huddled up in the drizzle outside the door, puffing away... god they smelt GOOD!!! i was so jealous!!!

then i thought.... smoking isnt gonna help me write my essay, its not gonna fix or change this situation, its not gonna make the damn topic of sociology any easier to understand. and i will feel worse afterwards anyway!!!! so i went home as quick as i could and put a patch on! i havent been using patches but i had to put one on otherwise i wouldnt have made it i dont think. thankfully the moment has passed and i got through!!! phew!!!!

now i am exhausted, my essay is no closer to being finished and im still stressed to buggery... BUT i didnt cave. yay me. i know i would be kicking myself right now if i did.

think im gonna carry lozenges with me the rest of the week.... after that uni is finished for the term and i can have two weeks of NO stress!! yay! and by the time i go back will be up to week 8 :O

hope you are all doing well. gonna read the backlog of blogs now :)

kia kaha friends!
xo

hello quit family!
hope everyone had a good weekend!?!?!

i am day 36 today! feel like a smoke.... mostly coz im stressed with uni work AND cant help feeling life will never be fun again :(

also, have stacked on four kilo! bugger!!!!! LOL

gloomy blog, huh?

hope you are all good!!! waiting, waiting, waiting for the blogs to update :)
xo

Mintyfresh - thanks heaps for posting the link to that quit calculator thingy!! its soo cool!!! i got so excited and cant stop opening it and looking at it LOL talk about motivating!!

I am day 32 today! yay :)

hmmm.... when reading through the blogs i always think of things i wanna say in reply to other people.... but once i get this screen up i forget LOL useless huh!!

Quitline, how long til the blog gets redone?? looking forward to that!!

kia kaha eveyone! and happy friday eve :D