Day 14 of not smoking now :)
Ho hum
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I started smoking when I was about 13.
Smoked heavier whilst at college and then heavier at Uni.
I am now 39 and I have been smoing on and off, mostly on lol, since leaving uni.
It has always been my goal to stop smoking before I am 40 at the end of this year and I am chuffed to say that I am now on day 8 of no fags
The physical withdrawal symptoms have not been bad at all, but the mental cravings have been doing my head in at times, but are easing now.
I just keep reminding myself of the positives:
1. I no longer smell of stale smoke;
2. A nagging cough I had for 4 weeks has almost gone;
3. I have saved over £20 already;
4. I can feel the benefit already when I go out cycling and I am sure that the benefits will increase over time;
5. My wife and children are delighted!
Plus many more, hooray!
The negatives:
1. I have had some mental cravings.
Errr, can't think of any more.
Giving up is a bit of a no-brainer really.
Smoked heavier whilst at college and then heavier at Uni.
I am now 39 and I have been smoing on and off, mostly on lol, since leaving uni.
It has always been my goal to stop smoking before I am 40 at the end of this year and I am chuffed to say that I am now on day 8 of no fags
The physical withdrawal symptoms have not been bad at all, but the mental cravings have been doing my head in at times, but are easing now.
I just keep reminding myself of the positives:
1. I no longer smell of stale smoke;
2. A nagging cough I had for 4 weeks has almost gone;
3. I have saved over £20 already;
4. I can feel the benefit already when I go out cycling and I am sure that the benefits will increase over time;
5. My wife and children are delighted!
Plus many more, hooray!
The negatives:
1. I have had some mental cravings.
Errr, can't think of any more.
Giving up is a bit of a no-brainer really.
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nice. i also found the "what to do with my hands" a problem.
keep it up."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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Negative - you don't look as cool anymore.
Congrats though mate. You're not through the woods yet though. I'd say 2 months before you stop thinking 'Oh I'd like a nice smoke right now.'
I stopped in December, I wasn't a heavy smoker. I was on about 1 or 2 a day, but it wasn't easy quitting from even that, although I think it was more habit than nicotine.<hr noshade size="1"><font color="purple"><center><i><b><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"> "Boggis and Bunce and Bean. One fat, one short, one lean. These horrible crooks. So different in looks. Were none the less equally mean."</font id="Times New Roman"></b></font id="size2"></i></center></font id="purple">0 -
good work, well done. what method are you using to stop?0
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Thanks guyssheepsteeth wrote:good work, well done. what method are you using to stop?
Sheer will power at the moment mate.
It's not the physical side I miss, it's the mental side. So, I am really flooding my brain with the positives that I am gaining from not smoking.
Also, it is a life goal that I had wanted to achieve and I do not want to let myself down.
Plus, have you ever seen the film Quadrophenia? There is a bit in it when Phil Daniels comes into work after a night on the fags and blues and is in a right state in the toilets coughing his guts up whilst there are two managers in there. The two managers talk about the latest advertising campaign they are doing for cigarettes and one of them says "filty habit, glad I gave it up when I did" and that just resonated with me.
I used to be Phil Daniels, but now I have become the manager who gave up and looking at the two as a third party I know which one I would rather be 0 -
Well done so far. Keep it up, you'll be thankful in the end. Its not the easiest thing in the world to do - giving up cold turkey, but it worked for me. Granted I was a miserable ba**ard for a year or so, but the health (and wealth) benefits far outweigh any discomfort and cravings I felt at the time.0
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ooh, cold turkey is hardcore, especially well done, come back in here and post regularly, even everyday, it should feel like a victory each day you go without.0
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Thank you for the support guys.
It is appreciated.
The one I miss at the moment is the one after dinner. That was always an enjoyable one. Now what I do is go up to bed and sleep for half an hour or so.
Next most missed one was the first thing in the morning one. However, now I am able to sit down at the kitchen table with my young son and have breakfast together and he thinnks that it is wonderful that Daddy now joins him in the morning for a bit to eat 0 -
i reckon the breakfast with your boy must be worth all the mental agony that comes along with quitting smoking. ace stuff.0
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FAIL!Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:Negative - you don't look as cool anymore.
Keep up with it matey. If you've managed 8 days off the habit through sheer Will Power, then you clearly WANT to give up, and that's the first battle done with. It will get easier, but you'll have really tough days, usually in a stressful situation. It's then that I'd do something else, like eat loads. Not healthy, but better than smoking.
I like sheepsteeth's idea of posting on here every day, call it a mini blog. We'll all show our support
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
Join us on UK-MTB we won't bite, but bring cake!
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thekickingmule wrote:
FAIL!Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:Negative - you don't look as cool anymore.
Keep up with it matey. If you've managed 8 days off the habit through sheer Will Power, then you clearly WANT to give up, and that's the first battle done with. It will get easier, but you'll have really tough days, usually in a stressful situation. It's then that I'd do something else, like eat loads. Not healthy, but better than smoking.
I like sheepsteeth's idea of posting on here every day, call it a mini blog. We'll all show our support
LOL!
I am 39 and married with 3 young children.
I don't worry about looking cool anymore 0 -
Ho hum wrote:I am 39 and married with 3 young children.
I don't worry about looking cool anymore
You should!
I'm 46, married with 4 children, 2 grandchildren, 1 dog, 2 cats, 3 goldfish. Looking cool is everything!
Oh and IMO and the majority of society's opinion, you look (and smell) a lot cooler without the cigerettes...
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stick with it buddy.....I gave up the weed in Feb 08 at the age of 50!, took up mountain biking a few months later and have never looked back.... 8) 8)
kudos to you for wanting a healthier lifestyle... 8) 8)
smoking is now uncool.... 0 -
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Much props for going cold Turkey man. I tried cold turkey a few times before caving in and using the tablets.
Keep it up, it's well worth it.0 -
I'm on day 67 I went cold turkey on new years day, although I began to cut down when I got my bike last August. I found it pretty easy apart from the first couple of times I went out drinking, but since most of my friends are also trying to quit it's not been that bad and I haven't had a single cigarette since new years eve.
Keep it up, you will begin to cough up all the crap in your lungs after about 3 or 4 weeks and then really start to feel the benefit when you're out on the bike, not to mention saved a shed load of money 0 -
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Good effort mate - well done
I'm on my second day quitting - I smoked 4 on Monday and only 1 today.
One of the main benefits for me (other than ofacultory and financial) has been that I'm suddenly like an EPO adict on the bike!
I wnet out Sunday (after having spent a week of cutting down to about 5 a day) and won all the sprints and lead the long drag into the wind on our Sunday club run. The guys who are more usually in front of me were asking what my secret weapon was 0 -
Sorry, I wasn't meanin you fail, I meant so called 'Fantastic Mr Fox' for thinking that you would look uncool.Ho hum wrote:thekickingmule wrote:
FAIL!Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:Negative - you don't look as cool anymore.
LOL!
I am 39 and married with 3 young children.
I don't worry about looking cool anymore
Smoking is very quickly going out of fashion.It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
Join us on UK-MTB we won't bite, but bring cake!
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There's nothing 'cool' about a hacking cough, yellow fingers, a grey face and smoky BO.0
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thekickingmule wrote:
Sorry, I wasn't meanin you fail, I meant so called 'Fantastic Mr Fox' for thinking that you would look uncool.Ho hum wrote:thekickingmule wrote:
FAIL!Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:Negative - you don't look as cool anymore.
LOL!
I am 39 and married with 3 young children.
I don't worry about looking cool anymore
Smoking is very quickly going out of fashion.
My apologies as well, as I should not have included you in the quote.
I am hoping that 'Fantastic Mr Fox' forgot to put a at the end because there is nothing "cool" looking about smoking. 0 -
Day 9 off the fags and overall things are okay.
For some strange reason the physical withdrawal symptoms hit me quite hard from 3pm yesterday right through until I went to bed. Not very pleasant, but manageable.
Woke up this morning and the sun is shining. Yes, it is still cold, but I find that it is the number of daylight hours that helps to boost my mood and resolve to stay off the fags.
I will be going out for a ride after dinner tonight as well. Again this is something that helps to lift my spirits.
My wife said something quite interesting to me last night. She said that I seem happier since I have stopped the fags, which seems to be at odds with what normally happens when one gives up smoking. However, I have a theory that over the last couple of years I have really began to despise the fact that I was addicted to smoking. I really was not enjoying smoking anymore and I was starting to really feel the damage that it was doing to my body. Now that I have managed to stop, albeit only for a short time so far, I actually feel a lot happier with myself and this is permeating into my relationship with family and friends
I have now managed to save myself £24 and by the end of today I will be up to £27 saved. It soon adds up doesn't it?0 -
You should save the money and put it towards something useful. Obviously, by useful, I am referring to something bike related, which again obviously will be 'useful' in improving your long term health.
Well, that's the excuse I use mostly to justify my purchases... 0 -
+1El Capitano wrote:You should save the money and put it towards something useful. Obviously, by useful, I am referring to something bike related, which again obviously will be 'useful' in improving your long term health.
Well, that's the excuse I use mostly to justify my purchases...0 -
27 quid in 9 days, thats better than pretty much any savings account!!
i agree with the above sentiments, use the money to reward yourself, bike related is a good way to use the reward to enforce your new life style.
its good to hear you've managed another day, especially when it was a hard one (ooh err!! :shock: ) something to think about as you are getting further and further in is, do you want to go through your first 9 days again? as thats what will happen the very first time you smoke a cigarette, you will start all the way back at zero days again.
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Thank you chaps!
I actually would like to upgrade the brakes on my bicycle.
I just have the cheapy Tektro ones on there at the moment.
I have been looking on CRC and they have both the Avid Single Digit 7 and SHimano XT V Brake M770 for £40.
The reviews sound good for both, so in 4 days time I will have saved enough money to buy them, woohay 0 -
Keep going pal....
I gave up with the help of the NHS and their patches and haven't looked back. Had my 'congratulations, 6 months has passed and you are officially now a non-smoker' email last month and feeling really good for it. Started mountain biking, gave up smoking and lost 2 stone....sweet And probably gained 10 years, which at 39 too I need Adam.
Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
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Keep us updated please mate - I'm currently a week behind you!
I managed 5 on Monday, only two yesterday (Tuesday) and none today.
Definitely feeling more motivated both on and off the bike and it's nice to hear from someone else in a similar situation.
Keep the faith mate.0 -
Day 8464 of not smoking for me... (roughly)0
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You should see what Andy's mum does with a lit cigarette... The fact that Andy didn't have a 40 a day habit from birth is a testament to his willpower.sheepsteeth wrote:Andy wrote:Day 8464 of not smoking for me... (roughly)
helpful :roll:0
