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[charliecat]

Hello girls....

Ooooooooooooooh! I feel awful-I wasnt getting cross with TR- only trying to push gently with love towards total-nicoteen heaven!!

dropinthe.....

I wasn't having a go.

If you look back, I was given a hard time for being firm / encouraging / strict / on the case of some of the quitters etc.

I think a combination of approaches works, but sometimes harsh / firm etc. is needed.

Tell you what: you do the hugs, and I'll glare visciously.

I remember now-I think it was me!!

Hi,everyone! How have we all been this weekend??

I had one very late on sat night but none since and have been fine-ish. last night me and dh were sitting at kitchen table chatting, he was smoking one after another, and I had to go and sit on sofa right at other end of room from him(open plan kinda kitchen dining room iykwim). It seemed so silly sitting at opp ends of room but was only way I was gonna resist his packet tee hee.

I also wanted to get away from the smoke & the smell. Which has to be a good sign (I think).

trinity you'll stop when you're ready! Why not set yourself a date and be absolutely rock solid about it (like I'm one to talk!) Like mink once said stop-start-stop-starting is a really hard way to do it. btw she'll be joining us soon WON'T YOU MINK? C'mon, charliecat's gonna come back on here & you'll need to be clean by then!

dropin you're a star, inspiration to us all! xxx

dropinthe.... guilty as charged, IIRC.

I had 2 on Friday and 1 on Saturday. It was a particularly stressful weekend. Horrible. Haven't had one since though. I do wish DH didn't smoke because if they weren't in the house, I don't think I'd go out and get them.

Confession time - i had two fags on saturday. Whoops. But the good news is i hated both of them. The first one is always a bit odd, then the second one made me feel sick, so now i have lost the urge for smoking. As someone said earlier, you remember the good fags!
What will cc and whymummy say when they get back? i feel like a naughty school girl!

Well,I'm three weeks today!Hurray! Still have incredibly strong urges(about an hour ago) and worried that the lozzies have taken over and how will I stop them and they cost more than the amount of fags I smoked so feel guilty when I buy them cause we're so broke at the mo-blah,blah,blah! But feel great!!!
Common everyone,give them all up for good-they taste disgusting,make you sick and have 4000 crappy chemicals in them-keep feeling guilty and start getting healthy,y'ouall!!!

I didn't enjoy mine either. Vile habit - disgusting. Why can't I remember that sick in the gut feeling?

Just popping in to catch up on how everyones doing.....see there has been a couple of lapses.. I wouldn't dare have one as I know one would lead to another and I'd be back to 20 a day - thou I am now addicted to the lozenges and can't see the day when I'm free of them thou I suppose they are healthier than the fags!

Dropinthe.... I managed to get the lozenges on prescription for the first 12 weeks so only had to pay the prescription fee - worked out a lot cheaper hth

I would really like to stop smoking but I get so angry within the first couple of hours. I don't want to smoke, I really don't. I want a helthy household for my kids.
I thought maybe those lozenges would help, what do you think?
Any tips gratfully recieved. I'm terrified that I will gain weight (thats my biggest fear).

Well I for one need a firm talking to... I'm back on about 20 a day
Please someone remind me of all the good reasons why I shouldn't be smoking! I know them all of course but remind me anyway...

I might open a 'hard love' quitting thread then.

It won't be full of .

It'll be full of honesty.

Anyone interested ?

am addicted to lozzies too but stuff it. no cigs since my one fag lapse on sat.... but a 'minty' permanently in gob.

have been forcing myself back into running and am amazed by actually enjoying it, and fags wreck running, so am not gonna have fags.

mammya what happened hon..... c'mon, set a quit date, get free (as allen carr might say)

yeah hub2dee a tough love thread would be good! Be firm! Be mean! SHOUT at us!

Oh no mammya. Here are the good things that i have found in the past 12 weeks (except sat night!)

• saved money
• don't have to pick soggy fag butts of the patio before dd can go out to play
• i smell nicer -when i snog dh he tastes nice
• my skin has cleared up But i do miss it, and whilst the first few days are hard it does get easier. Saying that i would quite like a fag now (see car seat and vomit thread in products!) Why not start by cuting down - make the house or the car non smoking for starters. Times when you normally have a fag, delay them e.g. if you smoke straight after dinner, make yourself wash up first or read the kids a story. And set a date, a month or two from now to finally quit on. You can do it!!!!! As for putting onweight, i have put on 3lbsin 12 weeks which isn't bad. I am joining weight watchers on friday to combat my other addiction! Food and alcohol. FG i would love to start running - how far do you go? At the mo i wouldn't make it to the end of my road but by july that will have changed!!

I must have done 2 and a half weeks fag free now, and consumed at least a million Maltesers in compensation to myself.

I don't really recommend massive Malteser consumption to others, but I do reckon that a bit of weight gain is perhaps inevitable for a lot of ex-smokers, and that it just sorts itself out once the mega-addiction is knocked on the head.

See you on the weight loss threads....

fee77 can manage about 40 mins at the mo but started doing maybe 2 mins running (ie slow jogging) 2 mins walking. It's hard to fit it into the week but worth it in terms of better mood, less snarly, less fag cravings etc... good to aim for a race maybe, to give yourself something to focus on. There's a running thread in health section. It's really running that keeps me off fags (well, mostly...) cos lungs used to hurt too much...

Hi Sahara! Have you read this thread??It will take you about two hours and you could stop at the start of it and by the end you wouldnt be angry!!
Lozzies worked well for me-3 weeks now-although as others have said quite easy to get hooked on them but 4000 chemicals less cant be bad,eh!? I've only put on about 4lbs which I'm not too worried about-give it a go on the day when you fell you will be least stressed,least anxious and able to preoccupy yourself with other things!

Can you believe the audacity of dh? Asked me if I could go and buy him some fags about 30 mins after he got in from work tonight?????????And I did,and I wanted one,and I didnt,the bassssssssssstard!!!!!Excuse me but he's got a cheek and then he's smoking on the patio and the smell smells lovely(all in the mind of course-they're disgusting1)-OMG what a cheek!!!!!

not v supportive dropinthe, was he testing you?!

btw we have (non smoking) friends arriving at w'end. Also where we live in scotland the kids' easter hols start on fri, all two weeks of 'em, so even tho am not posting pls don't think am chuffing cos I won't be.... feel strong etc etc - anyway gob too full of lozzies to fit in a fag. xxxx

Ditto-have had three in space of an hour!!!(AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST HALF!!)HA!HA!

And no! He's just selfish!!!

Well its PMT time and this will be my testing time because I could kill someone if they dared to diss me!!!. I made sure I gave up just after my last one to make it easier but I've got a week of hell to get through so kind,loving words would be gratefuly appreciated right now.

I'm with you on that dropinthe - i have pmt, have stopped smoking and enrolled at weight watchers today - boy are we in for a fun week!!
Where is everyone - a few posters seem to have dropped off - i hope they are busy and not fagging it! Can anyone remember when charliecat is back on line? Whymummy should be home soon too - i hope they have both survived.