stick with your plan hun and good luck

find better ways to spend the money ... try to exercise and see how well your lungs cope.. that's usually a good indication of how badly or well the body is managing

Congrats!!

I knew you could do it!!

Don't worry, once you adjust to non-smoking you will drop the weight.
Keep up the good work!

keep going, Carrie! u look wonderful and radiant in a whole new way. it's sooo worth it.

Thanks for the encouragement all.


I suppose I'll get over it. I just needed to whine for a bit I think.

im on day 12 so far thats 2 packs of polos 20 lollies and three bars of chocolate a day! it would of been cheaper to smoke!!!!!

You can do it! And you ARE doing it!!

Hang in there, Carrie, and best wishes.

Awesome!

I quit for the last time a few months ago and the healthier I get, it's amazing how the body is STILL rejecting that junk...


Keep it up!

Oh Ive tried so many times to quit ....

Im resigned to the fact Im a smoker and will die young as a consequence

Pochacco said:

ok, former smoker "lecture" coming:

you just need the right supportive people around you, mostly.... like most things in life, trust is so important. but it is also a definite choice on the quitter's part.... those who tell themselves they can't quit, know it's not true at heart... ANYONE can quit.... but it is almost like you need some kind of wake-up call i think to really beat that horrible drug.


i had a wake-up call like that where i lost my voice after a really crazy binge night....partially from drinking and smoking too much.... scared me quite a bit and i ended up with pretty chronic bronchitis..... but my advice if you're willing to hear it is to avoid the ritual now while you can.... there are other rituals in life which are far more rewarding ...and much less depressing, overall.

Spookymuffin said:

2the9s said:

OK, but would you rather date a fat non-smoker or a svelt, gorgeous smoker. Seriously, my self-esteem is dependent on my perceived notion of men's approval. If I have to make a choice between one and the other, I think skinny wins every time.

if you get your jaw wired shut, you can quit and still not gain wait Carrie! you can thank me later

IrresistibleB1tch said:

kissing a girl who smokes, is like licking an ashtray

jerseykrs said:

omg, that's IT!!

CarrieMpls said:

Fat? Svelte? Skinny? Gorgeous? Thy're all completely relative terms.

I'm gay - so I can't speak for the straight men here - and I'm not going to tell you what to do either.

But I think what YOU want to do is the most important thing. You're doing it for YOU. Not for the approval of others, how ever it may filter out in other areas of your life.

Maybe once you've conquered the smoking thing, that's the next mountain to climb Carrie. We've all have body issues and feel self-conscious about certain things. Everyone does. But no man is worth living your life by those standards. No man. We all love you as you are and any bloke worth his salt will think so too. If you want to change, then I hope it's because you're doing it because it's right for you.

Let me help you out....there's nothing worse than a smoker waking up from an anesthetic. They're coughing and spewing all this gunk out. Being asleep for surgery, ventilated, intubated etc. stirs up all the secretions.
The coughing goes on for 10 minutes and respiratory RX are given, bronchodilators etc. The lungs are just in bad shape.

Also, I can tell which patients smoke by the facial texture. There's all these fine lines particularily around the mouth. Smoking causes constriction of blood vessels and some plastic surgeons refuse to do face lifts on smokers as wound healing is impaired.

When you're healthy,otherwise, you don't realize the damage smoking does, but when you get sick it really compounds your illness. And no, I'm not one of those who lecture pts on quitting. They hear enough of that from others.
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purplerein said:

:tictac:

come here, silly...

Ughhh I know!!! I'm trying to quit again AND just got back on the pill so I'm sure I'll gain a million pounds by next month.

You have to step up the exercise, Carrie. It helps with the cravings too. Good luck and hang in there! You can do it!

onenitealone said:

He's right Carrie You are beautiful person, on the inside and the outside.

Don;t let them break you down, we're only living this life for ourselves, noone else

"The quitting smoking song"
by Princess Superstar

it's the quitting smoking song
all the smokers cough along
if i can do it, so can you
let's chew some gum and say fuck you

it's the quitting smoking song
all the smokers cough along
if i can quit, you can quit
let's have some fun and break some shit

well this is the hundreth million time i've tried to quit
So sick of it wait shit // i gotta cough and spit
i was a bitch before but now a bitch times six
on day six I slipped then sticked patches on both tits
ripped off the patch with a rash sick of the crap sick of paying 9 bucks a pack sick of keeping track -whatever gotta match?
throw the pack in the trash then bum one fast and light it up
(you shouldn't do that) you know, i know, i don't give a fuck
then I get to the end and feel bad again cant call your friends cuz this is the tenth time you said you quit and this time i'm really gonna do it man i got a plan
acupuncture and bran nicorette treadmill and zyban
damn i feel weak i feel so dumb
i got 99 problems and cigarettes is #1
gonna curse Benson Hedges
curse Phillip Morris
gonna curse you motherfuckers til I make it to the chorus

it's the quitting smoking song
all the smokers cough along
if i can do it, so can you
let's chew some gum and say fuck you

it's the quitting smoking song
all the smokers cough along
if i can quit, you can quit
let's have some fun and break some shit

I haven't smoked in a week all my clothes still stink
what did i used to think this website says my lungs have ONE spot of pink?
now - what am i gonna do instead of smoke when
1. drinking coffee
2. thinking about the Iraqis
3. in a boring conversation
4. mad, impatient or
5. waiting outside
6. while i drive
7. feeling crappy
8. feeling happy
9. this is not happening/ i cant stop snacking its nervewracking my pant buttons are snapping and my rapping is totally blocked clocked more wrinkles than a pitbull plus I got a new pimple
I'm supposed to be a sex symbol!
it's official i'd rather kill myself smoking than live without it
so sick of feeling sick
so sick of myself sick of talking about it
gonna curse Marlboro gonna curse Phillip Morris gonna curse you motherfuckers til I make it to the chorus

it's the quitting smoking song
all the smokers cough along
if i can do it, so can you
chew some gum and say fuck you

it's the quitting smoking song
all the smokers cough along
if i can quit, you can quit
lets have some fun and break some shit

Wow it's been a year? I still got a career- lost some weight but still don't got a stomach (or dough) like Britney Spears but
I can actually breathe got some nice white teeth and I can sit through dinner and not get up to smoke in the middle and leave
believe me I got a lot to say on the topic
if you're a smoker and you know it, clap your hands, now stop it
you look pretty stupid with that thing in your mouth
pretty insecure with that thing stickin out little wrinkles on your brow
I dont know how you're gonna do it but you better do it
your lungs or these corporations which one you want ruined?
I'm sorry I'm starting to preach just a little bit
nothing worse than a smoker who quit but you smell like shit
Go kiss someone else you taste so gross dude
I smelled you before you even came close ooh
I'm gonna curse Benson Hedges
curse Phillip Morris
gonna curse you motherfuckers which brings me to the chorus

WOW, Anx. That's pretty creative!!
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You are doing so well... keep up the good work, you can tackle those pounds later..

Give it some time, it's easier to exercise and be more active when you can breathe easier. The stress will do that to you when you first start out quitting smoking.

CarrieMpls said:

You wanna smell, have shit teeth, crap skin and look like fuck when men watch you desperately search for a cigarette, attempt to light your broken lighter and then suck on something that leaves you tasting foul if they ever get to the kissing part just cause it makes you look a bit skinnier?

Fuck weight, it can wait.

Spookymuffin said:

yes! i want all of these things!

Anx said:

Fantastic - I'll chuck in cancer for free!

Spookymuffin said:

that's hiLARious.