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Time To Kick The Habit
N/A | 7 September 2012 | Randy Larsen

Posted on 09/07/2012 1:20:27 PM PDT by Randy Larsen

I've smoked since I was 15 years old. I turned 55 last March and now it's time to quit!


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KEYWORDS: cigarettes; smoking; tips
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To: Randy Larsen

Suddenly food tastes and smells sooo good and I don’t even think about smoking anymore, all I think about is eating!

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Get yourself a load of interesting gums, mints, cinnomen, licorice, bubble, candycane, you name it. Keep one always in reach. Chew mouthfuls.

Everytime you want to smoke or eat, pop some gum and walk or exercise. EVERYTIME.

Make a list of things to do instead of eating or smoking and stick it in your pocket, taped to the cupboard door and to the BR mirror. Do the next thing on the list. NOW.

And deep breathe through the desires to eat or smoke. They will go away and become less if you do not feed them.


81 posted on 09/07/2012 3:22:47 PM PDT by Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)
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To: Randy Larsen

Randy, we’re here for you.

And by reading your posts, it sounds like weight gain is a major concern for you if you quit smoking, so you will need to exercise and adjust your diet if necessary, but if you are sedentary, start with the short walk after dinner and work your way up to a reasonable activity level if this is the case to keep the weight off.

With the cigs, you will need to taper down, and with the physical aspects, you will need to increase your physical activity to avoid the weight gain that you are concerned with along with examining your diet and avoiding sugar and “bad” carbohydrates which basically turn to fat and put on the weight.

As I mentioned in my post above, there are many aspects to successfully quitting.

I tried cold-turkey and while it works for some people, it made me miserable and I craved cigs 24/7 and failed every time I tried that method, but everyone is different.

Post #72 by “sockhead” also contains some very good advice.

Again, good luck and when you get the urge, take a walk and/or think about the positives of being a non-smoker.

And find yourself a big glass jar to start filling up with money!


82 posted on 09/07/2012 3:30:16 PM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield (Michelle Fields, will you marry me?)
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To: bigheadfred
Was using Chantix.

I still remember the nightmare I had with that the first day I went from the single capsule to two........I ain't touching that stuff again.

Good luck

83 posted on 09/07/2012 3:35:35 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My 6 pack abs are now a full keg......)
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To: MotorCityBuck
Chantix works if you REALLY want to quit. I tried it twice but never got passed the first week. This time I truly WANT to quit but my DR. said to try E-Cigs first. I'm not waiting any longer, I'll use the patch and will power to get this done because I want to! Good luck to US too! I hope it works!
84 posted on 09/07/2012 3:39:56 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Chantix SNL Ad

http://www.hulu.com/watch/317024


85 posted on 09/07/2012 3:40:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I had “almost” quit. Hadn’t had one for 3 days. Went to see the doc and he told me I had a big problem with my liver. Sent me to a specialist. Blood work, ultrasound, biopsy. In the meantime that no smoking thing went right the hell out the window. Biopsy? Seriesly?

At the end the doc tells me I am fine and it was the Chantix that elevated my liver enzymes.

Great. $5,000 out of pocket for the tests, etc.

And I still smoke.


86 posted on 09/07/2012 3:47:35 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: Randy Larsen

Let me know the date and I’m in too. I quit cold turkey Sept 22 1999 and started back up 3 years later. I am ready to quit again. My biggest fear is gaining weight again, I gained 100 pounds in 1 year.


87 posted on 09/07/2012 3:49:04 PM PDT by momto6
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To: momto6

Is Monday September 10, 2012 too soon for you?

Let me know...


88 posted on 09/07/2012 3:55:08 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Randy Larsen
grumble Ok.
89 posted on 09/07/2012 3:56:20 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (We were the tea party before there was a tea party. - Jim Robinson)
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To: VRW Conspirator

Monday September 10 2012...

Is that OK with you?

Let me know...


90 posted on 09/07/2012 4:00:17 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: momto6

We will have to figure out how to stop the weight gain together...Phase 2...


91 posted on 09/07/2012 4:02:11 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Randy Larsen

Dang it.


92 posted on 09/07/2012 4:04:48 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (We were the tea party before there was a tea party. - Jim Robinson)
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To: VRW Conspirator; momto6

We can do this together!


93 posted on 09/07/2012 4:06:12 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Randy Larsen
We will have to figure out how to stop the weight gain together...Phase 2...

Not going to touch that...and, ummm, you shouldn't either...teehee

94 posted on 09/07/2012 4:06:58 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred

Join us please.


95 posted on 09/07/2012 4:09:19 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Randy Larsen
The last time I quit, I woke up one morning and went through my apartment gathering up cigarettes and ashtrays, and put them all out in the dumpster. (Lighters went into the camping gear.)

I spent about a week on edge and snippy with others, and about a year every now and then thinking I'd like one (the way I sometimes want a cold egg nog in July, and the dairies don't start producing it until November).

Eight years later I'm still quit and don't even think about it unless I catch a whiff of somebody else's.

You have to want to be quit worse than you want to smoke. That's all.

96 posted on 09/07/2012 4:12:41 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Wait a minute! Romney doesn't suck? I'm trying to keep up.)
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To: Randy Larsen
Don't know how much you smoke Randy but I'm in need of a new car since the one I have is 17 years old and it's rusting out. For what I'm paying a month in cigarettes, I could afford to lease a mid size luxury car........

That's my incentive right there, if I can stop for a full month, I get the car......

97 posted on 09/07/2012 4:14:21 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My 6 pack abs are now a full keg......)
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To: VRW Conspirator; momto6; bigheadfred

Will this plan work for you?

No more cigs after midnight on 9 September 2012.

Report on this thread daily to show your progress.

Honor system in play here...If you fail and get back on board, all’s ok.

Our objective should be 2 months or 10 November 2012.

Does that work?


98 posted on 09/07/2012 4:17:25 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Will you join us then?


99 posted on 09/07/2012 4:19:08 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Randy Larsen
Will you join us then?

Just the thought of giving up cigarettes frightens me......Like a wallet, I've never been without them in my hand, car, work, etc...for the past 45 years.

100 posted on 09/07/2012 4:22:11 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My 6 pack abs are now a full keg......)
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