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salamandaqwerty
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30 Jan 2014, 4:20 pm

five days smoke free, well done!! !!
keep up the good work.


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30 Jan 2014, 6:12 pm

puddingmouse wrote:
I will lose another 20lbs in weight at least in the next 6 months and in a year I will have kept it off and lost a further 10lbs.
I will stop smoking. My quit date is 02/02/14 at the latest. That's six days after I start taking Zyban. I will stop smoking and lose weight at the same time even if I feel like turd doing it, because who's to say I can't?
I know how many calories I need to consume in a week to lose weight (10,000) and in no week from now until my birthday will I exceed this amount.
I will accept that the people who love me actually love me.
I will accept that the man who finds me attractive actually finds me attractive, even at my current weight and at my previous one.
No one is going to stop me, especially not myself.
Failure is not an option. I will not fail.


I read that those people who quit "cold turkey" have the lowest relapse rate. People who use meds/gum/patches/etc all fail more often. My grandfather quit cold turkey in 1975 and never touched a cig for the rest of his life. He died of diabetes, not lung cancer. He said the worst part was the brain farts, not just normal forgetfulness, but he'd be driving along and suddenly he didn't know where he was going, or even his own name. He had to pull over and wait about an hour, and it would come back.



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31 Jan 2014, 5:27 am

I quit cold turkey before and that lasted 2 years. I also gained about 20lbs doing it. Then I put on another 20lbs with SSRIs and the contraceptive pill.

Why have trouble with cravings when I don't have to? Why put on weight when I can continue to lose it?

Plus, I was clinically obese until very recently and I'm not in the position to put any weight on. I will more likely die of being fat if I don't do something about that.


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