Moejoe's quit smoking!

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

I know...........I need a 'patch'.

You know. Like the smokers get.

Only mine would flood my senses with the taste of mashed potatoes, or fried potatoes, or cheezeburgers and fries.

I'd pay biiiiig.............

I'm with you. Strangely, when I was a smoker, I was a very healthy eater.

Now that I quit, I'm into burgers and fries, doughnuts and all those junk foods. Now I have to kick ANOTHER addiction. It's just not fair. What a cruel world we live in. Sure glad I'm not a nail-biter too.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Lady Blue

I'm with you. Strangely, when I was a smoker, I was a very healthy eater.

Now that I quit, I'm into burgers and fries, doughnuts and all those junk foods. Now I have to kick ANOTHER addiction. It's just not fair. What a cruel world we live in. Sure glad I'm not a nail-biter too.

Yet.

[krisk]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Towels are in the smaller of the boxes if I'm not in or conscious. Never mind the screaming woman, that's just SUmkIII, whom I always forget to inform of the "invitations" that I scatter around. She's really very nice. Just use the password "Harv and Vera in Morocco."

*snicker snort*

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

If MoeJoe can give up smoking, I can stop comfort eating. If I only eat when I'm hungry, and only until I'm not hungry, I'll be fine.

There was a programme recently on the BBC called '10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight'.

I think they advised against waiting till you're hungry to eat, because you end up eating more.

They did an interesting experiment. Gave one group of people a chicken and rice meal, washed down with a glass of water - another group the same, only blended into a soup. Examining their stomachs over the next few hours showed the soup eaters stayed fuller longer. So one tip was to blendersie your meals.

Other tips were eating low-fat dairy products helps excrete fat - so that was good; and protein foods stave off hunger because they tigger the 'I'm full' hormone in your brain.

Good luck everybody - whatever your chosen mission in the next few months.

[Peverel]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

There was a programme recently on the BBC called '10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight'.

I think they advised against waiting till you're hungry to eat, because you end up eating more.

They did an interesting experiment. Gave one group of people a chicken and rice meal, washed down with a glass of water - another group the same, only blended into a soup. Examining their stomachs over the next few hours showed the soup eaters stayed fuller longer. So one tip was to blendersie your meals.

Other tips were eating low-fat dairy products helps excrete fat - so that was good; and protein foods stave off hunger because they tigger the 'I'm full' hormone in your brain.

Good luck everybody - whatever your chosen mission in the next few months.

Wow thanks that is really useful as I have put on a few inches since I quit.

Now will my blender be able to blenderise cheeseburgers and large chocolate bars.......

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Peverel

Wow thanks that is really useful as I have put on a few inches since I quit.

Now will my blender be able to blenderise cheeseburgers and large chocolate bars.......

Yes, but only together...

[Peverel]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Yes, but only together...

yummy

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by Lady Blue

I'm with you. Strangely, when I was a smoker, I was a very healthy eater.

Now that I quit, I'm into burgers and fries, doughnuts and all those junk foods. Now I have to kick ANOTHER addiction. It's just not fair. What a cruel world we live in. Sure glad I'm not a nail-biter too.

Thanks for reminding me of something else I do..............

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Thanks for reminding me of something else I do..............

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by Lady Blue

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Never mind. I'm just messed up.

[columbus]

Originally Posted by Lady Blue;

Confession time?
Chronology:

I was 12, my sister was 15. She decided if she's gonna get in trouble for smoking, then so am I. So she had me smoking right along with her and her friends.
and back then storekeepers had no problem selling cigarettes to a 12 year old.


I've heard many times that drug addicts who smoke cigarettes and also do cocaine have found it easier to quit using cocaine or other drugs than kicking nicotine.

Not only is it the addiction you must conquer, but the BEHAVIOR as well. You need to totally alter your behavior. It's hard to stop unconsciously reaching for that cigarette after dinner, when you get in the car, when you walk out of a store, when you leave work, when you walk the dog, when you're sitting on the deck with a cool drink, etc.


So all I can say is GO MOEJOE! CONGRATS.

And to everyone else who is tackling the challange as well.

Hey! and I thought my addiction was unusual!! I caught my BIG sister smoking she was 14 me 9, she hooked me from then on by supplying me with 'ciggies' & threats.

In the UK at that time small shopkeepers would supply anybody of any age with a single or packs of cigarettes. I finally "came out" with my parents at 13 when one of my fathers friends convinced him that it was OK. I paid for my habit with paper rounds.

I never even tried to give up until I watched a BBC documentary where a limp wristed doctor said you could only be successful if you made an honest pact with yourself that you really wanted to quit.

Well that worked for me as it gave the willpower to quit -I only gave up once & never have smoked since - it is really easy if you REALLY and Honestly want to.

Sory for the verbal diarrhoea but if it helps somebody to quit it is worth it.

[Moe The Cat]

Congratulations, Moejoe! I hope you can stick with it and continue to write great stories.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Congrats MoeJoe

[kazbates]

MoeJoe, when I saw your post about quitting smoking last week, it made me realize I was procrastinating about starting to get healthy. I also need to lose weight, something I've struggled with all my life.

When I was in my early 20's. I used to practically starve myself to lose weight. It totally messed up my system. Then, I gained a lot of weight with my pregnancies and had a few tragedies there which caused me to keep on the weight. Anyway, hitting 50 and realizing that I needed to get healthy so I could be around for Ryleigh, I decided to make some positive changes. Shannon and I started a workout program on Monday and have continued with it everyday this week, even doing it twice a day every other day. Because I have someone to do it with, the exercising doesn't seem like such a chore. And we are doing the work out mode on Dance Dance Revolution which makes the whole thing fun. I'll never be a Solid Gold Dancer, but I'm getting off my bum and moving which is the important thing.

So, thanks, MoeJoe and good luck.

[Verencat]

Originally Posted by kazbates

I'll never be a Solid Gold Dancer.

That is the best thing I read in this thread! Don't know about your references, but in Montréal, the Solid Gold is THE Strip Club, the one that attracts all tourists and that has publicity all over town!

Happy for you though, and for everyone improving their quality of life!