At last its moving on

[HAZE56]

Thanks for that link Jamangie. I have registered now and I know what my body mass is and how long it will take to lose thye weight and also how many calories I am allowed ina day (more than a thousand) so that is a bonus. Any ideas for recipes you have and any dieting tips I would be most grateful of. Thanks again.

[jamangie]

Hi all just to let you know that for the first time since I quit the dreaded weed I am now down under 10 stone and although it was hard it is now so worth it as I can fit back into some of my pre quit clothes and my BMI is now back in a safe area, hoping that losing the next stone will not be too much harder and that it will bring my BP back to pre quit numbers, the weight loss does seem to have hit a plateau, so having to go up again to go down, means a couple of big treats for 2 days, mmmmm Chinese takeaway tomoz.
Yes if anyone wants the daily food I ate they are welcome to it if you send me your email I will sent lists, never madly exciting but it got me here LOL
I met someone the other day who like me had put on 3 stone in weight since quitting, she has now been quit 16 years and guess what she has started smoking again to lose the weight, mad or what, silly because now after smoking for 2 weeks she is short of breath and has her cough back, it’s ok though cause she has gone of eating and has lost 6 pounds, think I might try it, I don’t think.
Hope your quits are going well, try not to become too focused on your weight though as it will definitely go down when you are further along the smoke free road, just wish I could have bunged up my mouth when I first quit LOL
Onwards and upwards, no on second thoughts onwards and downwards.

[ppat324]

Jamangie...boy are you correct. I love your signature line about cancer being tough. I am an 11 year survivor and I can tell you that going through the cancer was worse than anything I had done up until then. Unfortunately I have had to bury my son and my husband since then but the cancer still is up there.

Quitting now, you add time onto your life. Not sure how much time but every minute is important. I want my grandchildren to remember me and to be around me, I want to watch them grow up. My 6 year old Samantha still remembers Grandpa being taken away in an ambulance and never coming back. Those 2 were buddies. Samantha turned 2 years old 2 days after Grandpa passed away. She is 6 now and still remembers him and talks about him. Every minute I don't smoke is another minute I have given myself and my grandchildren. Those minutes mean the world to me and I will treasure them until the day I die.

I have excepted the fact that my days are numbered...I smoked for 44 years and I now have Emphsema...but, I refuse to let it put me down. I will do everything in my power to stay as healthy as I can so I can enjoy my babies and they can enjoy me.
I guess you can say that I have made my peace and will live each day to the fullest and while I am doing that I want to be sure to help some one struggling to quit smoking or maybe fight a different demon...cancer or emphysema or any number of things. I just want to do good with the time I have left....be it a day or be it 10 years. I hope to reach out and make a difference....ppat

[Ahhhhhh]

First time I gave up (for 9 years - please don't ask why I forced myself to become a smoker again, stupidest thing I've ever done) I put on 4 stone. When I wanted to smoke I had a Crunchie instead. I was on 10 a day. I'm on Day 3 of the rematch at the moment. This time it's bowls of cereal which sounds better for you but will have the same result in the long run. So tonight I join Weight Watchers, to try and put some limits around it. I'm not beating myself up about the disgusting amounts of food I've consumed over the past 3 days but I'm also not going to let it carry on because it will undermine my quit and that really matters.