update!

My reward is actually feeling better about myself lol.. I'm on a diet too and doing really well... I'm actually excersizing 6 days a week in addition to at least a short walk every day.... (3 cardio days and 3 strength building days)... I really don't have any rewards set up... mostly because I feel like I'm finally doing what I should've been ages ago... and partially because I'm broke all the time.. even now that I've quit smoking, that money's going to other stuff that I need (like gas in my car and food and etc) right now I have less money coming in on a regular basis also... (bf changed jobs) as for rewarding myself with time to sit and relax or read a book or whatever... I've got too much of that already lol... I'm simply adopting an entire new outlook on life, and I'd like to say that quitting smoking did it, but that's not true.. the outlook is what made me quit... I started my own Mary Kay business back at the very end of January, and the past couple of months surrounded by such postive and powerful women and changed me... and I want to be more like them... a better me... so that's my reward, being a better person, and knowing it in my heart... okies done rambling ol [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/31/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 78 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29

Sorry: I am about to jump off the wagon of quitting pain

Adam... YOU ARE NOT a loser.... lots of other people have slips.. I did... you are a WINNER because you realized that it wasn't worth it... good job on coming back to us!! you can kick this!! I believe in you!!! just keep the quit... and next time you have the urge.. COME HERE!!! Post and wait for 10 replies before you give in.. I GUARENTEE you won't smoke it! LOL I wish I would done that when I slipped... *hugs* Pamala [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/31/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 79 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 47

Sorry: I am about to jump off the wagon of quitting pain

I just wanna say.. my quit date WAS the 24th of March.. 6 days later I slipped... it tasted HORRIBLE... I felt bad that I slipped.. but I hopped right back on the wagon... resetting my quit meters for midnight/the next day and started back on.. I have NOT had ONE single urge/craving anything since.. and it's been 3 days since that slip... I let myself down, and that was the worst I could do... but now I'm kind of glad I did have a slip, because FOR ME, that slip was a really bad experience.. so now my last association with cigarettes is bad, and not only that, I realized how much I really didn't want them like I thought I did... BUT everyone is different, and for most that I've known... it's "one puff away from a pack a day" and some it's two packs or whatever... don't smoke, or if you have already, stop.. you know you really don't want this.. especially after so many days... after 3 days the nicotine is out of your system... it's only your junkie thinking that is making you want go back to smoking... and yes it might be hard, but for some it's been harder.. remember that there's always someone out there that had a harder time than you, and is taking care of it better... I know that my stats show only a few days.. but this isn't my first time quitting either, tho it will be my last... and I say that with confidence because I promised myself and I won't let myself break this one.... [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/31/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 67 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 3 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

update!

just wanted to toss up an update... it's been over 3 days now since my slip and I have not had ONE single urge to smoke.... I simply don't want to! if I think about smoking it's only when other ppl are and it's not even a "I want one" type thought.. it's a "why did I do that?" so yippee! yea me! woohooo! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/31/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 68 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22

New-ish/new again

Thanks everyone! I have gone through the program here... as for my bf.. oy! that man doesn't seem to get it! He says the smoking area is a 30 foot mobile radius around him.. argh... pluse most of my family smokes... my parents, on my dad's side all of my aunts and uncles, and most of my cousins... so it's not like I can keep my daughter out of all of their houses... (we are a close family and see each other often) but it would be nice if at least at home there wasn't any smoking... I really only have about a day left, as soon as I'm out of cigarettes I'm done, I only have about a pack left so I'm guessing by tomorrow evening they'll be gone... but I'm not sad or feeling tense about anything except how my bf's going to bug me lol...

New-ish/new again

[color=Pink]I joined back at the end of January I believe.. knowing I wanted to quit but felt I needed to give myself some time to adjust simply to the idea... I knew I wanted to but wasn't ready.. well I'm feeling pretty ready.. I'm down to about a pack and 1/2 left and I'm letting myself have them.. BUT after that I WILL NOT smoke again... I just finished reading through another quit program online and I'm 99% confident I can kick this and that I'm ready... I was originally going to give myself until my birthday next month, but I don't feel that I need to do that now... so Friday afternoon sometime I'll be out of cigarettes and will be done, but unsure on the time so I'm saying officially Saturday right now... That's less than 2 days... and I have a wedding to attend that day, but I believe I will be just fine... I'm not saying that I won't have cravings.. but I'm going to ACCEPT them for what they are and I'm going to just tell myself that it's okay to want one as long as I don't light one up... and that what I'm feeling is normal, but merely a sense of missing something... but I am tired of polluting my body, I'm tired of having non-stop sinus congestion and colds, I'm tired of being tired, and running out of breath.. I've always believed I would quit when I was ready.. and I wanted it to be sometime b4 my daughter was in school... and she's 4 now, and I'm planning on preschool this fall so the time is now... I do live with my boyfriend who is a smoker, and completely unsupportive of my quitting, but I don't care.. I will not smoke after this is over... on the positive side, I've been smoking menthol ultra-lights for the past 3 yrs of my smoking (tho I did quite while pregnant and until I'd gone back to work after my daughter was born) and not once have I even wanted to smoke a "stronger" cigarette, and all my bf smokes is full flavored.. same with my mom and dad who smoke... so I will NOT be tempted by any of theirs LOL... I've always been a picky smoker in that I would only smoke my brand and all that and I would NOT smoke any other kind under any circumstances, so I'm hoping that since I don't know anyone else who does smoke them that will help me make it easier in that I would have to go buy a pack if I did want to smoke more... Anyways, I'm ram

New-ish/new again

[color=Maroon]OOPS! didn't know the pink was so light! *blushing* reposting... I joined back at the end of January I believe.. knowing I wanted to quit but felt I needed to give myself some time to adjust simply to the idea... I knew I wanted to but wasn't ready.. well I'm feeling pretty ready.. I'm down to about a pack and 1/2 left and I'm letting myself have them.. BUT after that I WILL NOT smoke again... I just finished reading through another quit program online and I'm 99% confident I can kick this and that I'm ready... I was originally going to give myself until my birthday next month, but I don't feel that I need to do that now... so Friday afternoon sometime I'll be out of cigarettes and will be done, but unsure on the time so I'm saying officially Saturday right now... That's less than 2 days... and I have a wedding to attend that day, but I believe I will be just fine... I'm not saying that I won't have cravings.. but I'm going to ACCEPT them for what they are and I'm going to just tell myself that it's okay to want one as long as I don't light one up... and that what I'm feeling is normal, but merely a sense of missing something... but I am tired of polluting my body, I'm tired of having non-stop sinus congestion and colds, I'm tired of being tired, and running out of breath.. I've always believed I would quit when I was ready.. and I wanted it to be sometime b4 my daughter was in school... and she's 4 now, and I'm planning on preschool this fall so the time is now... I do live with my boyfriend who is a smoker, and completely unsupportive of my quitting, but I don't care.. I will not smoke after this is over... on the positive side, I've been smoking menthol ultra-lights for the past 3 yrs of my smoking (tho I did quite while pregnant and until I'd gone back to work after my daughter was born) and not once have I even wanted to smoke a "stronger" cigarette, and all my bf smokes is full flavored.. same with my mom and dad who smoke... so I will NOT be tempted by any of theirs LOL... I've always been a picky smoker in that I would only smoke my brand and all that and I would NOT smoke any other kind under any circumstances, so I'm hoping that since I don't know anyone else who does smoke them that will help me make it easier in that I would have

I wanted a cigarette sooooooooooooooooo bad today!

Adam, that's one way to look at it.. I think I made the right choice tho... by realizing my weakness and not letting myself go in there I was accepting what I knew I couldn't do at that moment.. but at the same time, I realized before hand and avoided a situation I would've regretted... now just because I didn't go in there last night does NOT mean I won't ever go in there again, but with the 4 hrs of constantly wanting a cigarette, I didn't feel confident going in there and being able to walk out proud of myself... does that make sense? that is one thing that I'm learning and you're probly still going to have to get the hang of, anticipating your reactions and knowing ahead of time what you will be able to handle when... good luck! I'm almost done with my 4th day now (I'm still going by hrs since I started in the middle of the day on Q-day lol) I'm feeling better today.. really no cravings or anything, just an urge to keep my hands busy... Okies Story time!!! Did you know that technically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly?! It's wings are so small and fragile and their bodies are so big and heavy that scientists have said that the bumblebee should not be able to fly... BUT No one bothered to tell the bumblebees this... they just believe they can, and so they do! Moral or the story? [i][b]"Bee-lieve"[/b] in yourself and you can do anything!! "The bumblebee can fly and so can I!" [/i] sorry wanted to share my own little personal motivator... it's actually a Mary Kay thing, but I use it as a multi-purpose motivator lol.. Pamala - Three Days, 20 Hours and 35 Minutes smoke free Cigs not smoked: 85 I've saved $13.79 and 7 hours and 4 minutes of my life.

I wanted a cigarette sooooooooooooooooo bad today!

BUT I did NOT SMOKE! I hit that 72 hr mark and the habit part of my addiction kicked it up a few notches lol... for about 4 hrs I had a constant craving... but I did not give in! I about went crazy LOL... I had to get gas to go to a meeting this evening and I was dying to go inside the station, but I didn't wanna start back over with my quit again.. I knew that if I went inside I'd want to get a pack of smokes, so I paid at the pump with my business debit/credit card! Ooops! Well it was a business meeting I needed the gas for LOL... good thing I own the business huh? LOL Anywho! I just wanted to share... I'm proud of myself!!! That four hours was the hardest four hours I've gone through so far... and even though I had time, and I was alone, I had the opportunity, and I still didn't smoke! woohoo! lol Pamala - Three Days, 8 Hours and 12 Minutes smoke free Cigs not smoked: 74 I've saved $11.95 and 6 Hours of my life.

I wanted a cigarette sooooooooooooooooo bad today!

Thanks everyone! This isn't my first time quitting.. and once was actually for close to a yr... but it's been about 4yrs since that quit ended... so I still need that support and a Way To Go! sometimes lol... probly after a couple of weeks I'll stop the hours part but right now for me it still matters! LOL Thanks so much for the support! :)