Post Your Smoke Free Stats

[BlitzedAng]

It's pretty odd that it's usually in my dreams that I ever think of taking a drag. Then I wake up feeling guilty. This forum has been what saves me during those "brain farts". :lol: :lol: Stay strong and true everyone.

Angel :angel:

[FabByFifty]

23 Days Down And Today I Failed!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ponya]

Ya know what??? It's only a failure if you let it be.....
A slip is when you smoke one or two times after your quit date. It’s different than relapse, which is when you go back to smoking the way you have always smoked. It’s extremely common for people who have just quit to have slips and to feel really bad about them. The problem is that feeling bad often leads to another cigarette and can easily undo all your hard work.

If you slip, remember…

* A slip is an opportunity to think about what went wrong and how to prevent it the next time.
* One cigarette does not make you a smoker again. One cigarette didn't make you a smoker in the first place, and one slip now doesn't mean you have to go back to smoking again.
* Slips are learning opportunities, not excuses.


Put them down...flush them......grind them up and throw them away...do whatever it takes if you really want to quit.

[mischa]

Brenda..you have not failed. You had a slip..so pick yourself up and go on :)

Congrats to all quitters...keep those stats growing!

[301]

Would have to concur with Mischa and Poyna- you have not failed you have had a sudden short circuit to your overall plan - now straighten out the wires and stop believing that cigs are the answer to any problem :agree: :agree: :agree: and go back to the first day and read - slips can happen you have the power to straighten them out

[Demi]

(((((((((((( Brenda )))))))))))))) ~ you have not failed ~ as everyone has said, it was just a slip - BUT don't let it become anything more! Kick that nicotine out of touch!

If I can do it, then you can! (ex-40+ a day smoker here!)

... and today is my 888th smoke free :lol:


I have been quit for 2 Years, 5 Months, 6 Days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 7 seconds (888 days). I have saved $8,532.93 by not smoking 35,553 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Months, 3 Days, 10 hours and 45 minutes of my life.

[301]

I have been quit for 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 4 hours, 22 minutes and 37 seconds (45 days). I have saved $239.45 by not smoking 903 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Days, 3 hours and 15 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM :) :) :) :)

[Ponya]

Great job!!!!
:lol: :lol: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :lol: :lol:

24 days, 7 hours, 36 minutes and 39 seconds smoke free.
608 cigarettes not smoked.
$90.00 and 4 days, 15 hours of my life saved.
My quit date: 5/16/2005

[301]

Ponya your coming up on one month - way to go :thup: :thup: :thup: :agree:

[Ponya]

Yeah I am pretty excited about that!!! I cant wait to have one month under my belt :thup:

[MoNoCarb]

This is day 2 of my recommittment to quitting smoking. Apologies to those, like 301 and Fab by Fifty, who came around to encourage me in my last renewed attempt a couple of weeks ago.

I don't expect anyone to take the girl who cried wolf very seriously.

But anyway - I just wanted to let the group know that I'm on day 2 and it's fine. I don't get cravings during the day usually.

I'm trying to keep humble and cautious and not be overconfident.

[FabByFifty]

MoNoCarbs
Just hang in there!!! No One is going to turn their backs!! Good for coming back to let us know that you are following through again!!
Quiting is not easy! I know this, we all know this!! But, you apparently want to, so put in your mind now, that I DO NOT SMOKE!!! I AM NOT A SMOKER!!!
you need the mindset and the determination to do this, and you will succeed!
So, hang in there and post when you are having problems. Do not try to do this alone, that is what this thread is for, and that is what we are here for, to help you though this!!! :)

YOU CAN GO TO MY JOURNAL IF YOU NEED HELP ON A ONE ON ONE BASIC, OR PM ME! I WILL HELP YOU!!

HERE IS THE SITE THAT TIM (301), GAVE ME.
GO TO IT AND READ IT DAILY, AND RE READ IT IF YOU HAVE TO DAILY!!!

http://www.quitsmokingonline.com

THIS REALLY HELPED ME, IT WILL HELP YOU!
DON'T HIDE, LET US KNOW DAILY WHAT AND HOW YOU ARE DOING!
GOOD LUCK GIRL!
BRENDA

[301]

I have been quit for 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 hours, 52 minutes and 16 seconds (50 days). I have saved $268.27 by not smoking 1,012 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Days, 12 hours and 20 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[BlitzedAng]

389 days, 22 hours, 14 minutes and 26 seconds smoke free.
14427 cigarettes not smoked.
$3,152.95 and 3 months, 20 days, 4 hours of your life saved.
Your quit date: 5/21/2004

I just love watching them numbers stack up :)

Angel

[mischa]

Congratulations to all.

in 2 days I am at 2 years and 6 month :yay:

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 5 Months 4 Weeks 1 Day 11 Minutes 16 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 13665
Money saved: C$4,953.61
Life saved: 3 Mos 2 Days 21 Hrs 31 Mins 10 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[Bers840]

My Stats:

Quit Date: 5/1/2005

Time Smoke-Free: 46 days, 16 hours, 16 minutes and 55 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 700

Lifetime Saved: 5 days, 8 hours

Money Saved: $120.75

[mischa]

Bers840 Congratulations to you...keep those stats growing

:yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer:

[301]

Congratulations to all.

in 2 days I am at 2 years and 6 month :yay:

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

Not sure if I will get crazy and go somewhere again this weekend so wanted to stop in and say - Outstanding Mischa you are an inspiration.

To everyone else keep trying and you can do this believe me... To the one's that have congrats keep it up...

Tim


I have been quit for 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 1 Day, 19 hours, 2 minutes and 26 seconds (53 days). I have saved $285.09 by not smoking 1,075 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Days, 17 hours and 35 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[Ponya]

33 days, 8 hours, 7 minutes and 12 seconds smoke free.
833 cigarettes not smoked.
$123.75 and 6 days, 8 hours of my life saved

for those of you who were wondering...I'm still a non-smoker

[301]

33 days, 8 hours, 7 minutes and 12 seconds smoke free.
833 cigarettes not smoked.
$123.75 and 6 days, 8 hours of my life saved

for those of you who were wondering...I'm still a non-smoker


Now that is great, great news - keep it up :) :) :)

[Demi]

900 days smoke free for me today! :yay:


I have been quit for 2 Years, 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 8 hours, 54 minutes and 5 seconds (900 days). I have saved $8,643.56 by not smoking 36,014 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Months, 5 Days, 1 hour and 10 minutes of my life.


Noticed yesterday that the cigarettes I used to smoke are £5.50 a pack (US$10, CAN$12) :eek: ~ very glad that I don't smoke any more!

[BlitzedAng]

A huge {{{{CONGRATS}}}} to you Demi... How wonderful that must feel.. And I noticed too how much they cost. WOW, that's insane.

Angel

[mischa]

wohoooooooo All..Demi super Stats there :)

I reached my 2.5 Year mark yesterday :yay:

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 6 Months 21 Hours 5 Minutes 42 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 13708
Money saved: C$4,969.22
Life saved: 3 Mos 3 Days 4 Hrs 41 Mins 50 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[CindySue48]

OK for me it's now 5 months 19 days smoke free.

For those of you who have "failed" again.....it's only failure if yu stop trying!

I'm 51 yrs old and I've been smoking since I was 13 yrs old. I've tried so many times....and even succeeded for short periods. But each time I tried that was a success in itself.

The surgeon general once said that cigaretts were as addictive as heroin. In many ways it's even worse than heroin....I mean, when was the last time you saw an ad for heroin on a billboard? or in a store?

Keep at it....eventually it will stick and you'll be smoke free for life.

Cindy

[mischa]

CindySue Congratulations to you :yay:

[301]

Another milestone down - gotta luv it

I have been quit for 2 Month, , 1 hours, 12 minutes and 42 seconds (60 days). I have saved $323.48 by not smoking 1,1204 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Days, 3 hours and 30 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM :) :) :) :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree: :thup: :thup: :thup: :thup: :thup: :thup:

[mischa]

Congratulations Tim :yay: you are doing great!

[BlitzedAng]

Just having one of those weeks where ya feel like your being tested from every angle.. There is strength in numbers so here I am with all you quitters. :)

You've been Quit 398 days. $3,217.63 and 3 months, 22 days, 15 hours of your life saved....

Angel

[allatonce]

Quit March 1 2003. To be honest I can,t believe It really happened. Hang in there everyone.. It is so worth it.. My lungs still get an occasional funny taste like they are still healing. 30 years of abuse , I,m just lucky they didn't give up on me.. (yahoo) :wave:

[Sloane]

I have been smoke free since 02/10/2004 I smoked from age 13-28. That is a lot of years. At the end I smoked almost 2 packs of Camel Lights a day.

I am happy to say I have NEVER cheated and NEVER looked back. My husband quit on 02/21/2004 also!

[Demi]

Congrats to everyone ~ some great stats here :)


As of today, I've been smoke free for 2½ years :D


I have been quit for 2 Years, 6 Months, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 43 seconds (912 days). I have saved $8,762.18 by not smoking 36,509 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Months, 6 Days, 18 hours and 25 minutes of my life.

[mischa]

Demi, Congratulations :Party: wow look at your stats :)

[301]

I have been quit for 2 Months, 1 Week, 23 hours, 29 minutes and 49 seconds (68 days). I have saved $365.57 by not smoking 1,379 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Days, 18 hours and 55 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[301]

I have been quit for 2 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 16 hours, 3 minutes and 32 seconds (73 days). I have saved $390.43 by not smoking 1,473 cigarettes. I have saved 5 Days, 2 hours and 45 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

Looking for more new posters - come on you can do it!!!!!

[MyraS]

I read Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Stop Smoking" three times, and it made perfect sense. The only problem was that I couldn't get through more than 20 hours without a panic attack! So, I did what *Carr* did - go to a hypnotist. That was on June 29, 2005. So far:

One week, six days, 3 hours, 31 minutes and 23 seconds. 394 cigarettes not smoked, saving $59.16. Life saved: 1 day, 8 hours, 50 minutes.

No cravings, no weight gain, no problem being around other smokers. It's exactly what I wanted. I feel *free*!

Yay!

Myra

[301]

Congrats MyraS - stay with it the outcome is even better than I imagined....

I have quit smoking for 2 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 44 seconds (79 days). I have saved $422.55 by not smoking 1,594 cigarettes. I have saved 5 Days, 12 hours and 50 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[mischa]

Myra and Tim Congratulations :yay:

here are my stats:
I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 6 Months 3 Weeks 4 Days 2 Hours 9 Minutes 34 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 14071
Money saved: C$5,100.86
Life saved: 3 Mos 6 Days 17 Hrs 13 Mins 29 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[MyraS]

Thank you both! It's getting better every day - like today, when it was about 500 degrees outside, and I stayed in the office all day because I didn't *have* to go outside for a smoke.

Two weeks, 2 hours, 20 minutes and 24 seconds. 422 cigarettes not smoked, saving $63.44. Life saved: 1 day, 11 hours, 10 minutes.

Myra

[mischa]

Myra you are doing good. wohoooo and your lungs are doing a Happy dance. Stay strong :)

[301]

MyraS - hope your still adding to your stats

I have been quit for 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 16 hours, 5 minutes and 21 seconds (86 days). I have saved $459.34 by not smoking 1,733 cigarettes. I have saved 6 Days and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[mischa]

Tim you are doing great ...Congratulations!

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 7 Months 2 Days 7 Hours 44 Minutes 36 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 14179
Money saved: C$5,140.19
Life saved: 3 Mos 1 Wk 11 Hrs 18 Mins 23 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[MyraS]

MyraS - hope your still adding to your stats

Absolutely! Here they are: Three weeks, 4 hours, 57 minutes and 47 seconds. 636 cigarettes not smoked, saving $95.43. :thup:

Myra

[BlitzedAng]

WTG everyone...
Lets remind ourselves of how far we have come... Heres my stats :)
You've been Quit 426 days. $3,444.00 and 4 months, 9 hours of your life saved!

Angel

[mischa]

wohooo Myra and Angel...wonderful :yay:

[301]

Just happened to look at my counter this morning

I have quit smoking for 3 Months, 17 hours, 54 minutes and 48 seconds (91 days). I have saved $486.24 by not smoking 1,834 cigarettes. I have saved 6 Days, 8 hours and 50 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

Three months - very happy!!!! :) :) :)

[MyraS]

Three months - very happy!!!! :) :) :)

Three months - whoo hoo! :clap: :yay: :clap: :yay: :clap:

Myra
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Three weeks, five days, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 19 seconds. 782 cigarettes not smoked, saving $117.43.

[301]

Thanks MyraS and look at you three weeks done with - so cool keep it up I almost never think about them anymore :) :) :)

[BlitzedAng]

WTG 301 and Myra.. Your kickin ash over there !!!

Angel :angel:

[MyraS]

Thanks MyraS and look at you three weeks done with - so cool keep it up I almost never think about them anymore :) :) :)

I don't think that much about it, either, which is very cool. :clap:

Myra

[MyraS]

I passed the one month mark! Yay!

One month, 3 hours, 3 minutes and 22 seconds. 903 cigarettes not smoked, saving $135.57. Life saved: 3 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes.

Myra

[301]

Myra = that is so cool to get the first month down keep at it and congrats :) :) :)

I have been quit for 3 Months, 1 Week, 19 hours, 49 minutes and 32 seconds (99 days). I have saved $529.06 by not smoking 1,996 cigarettes. I have saved 6 Days, 22 hours and 20 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[MyraS]

Just checking in!

One month, one week, one day, 4 hours, 45 minutes and 29 seconds. 1145 cigarettes not smoked, saving $171.89.

[mischa]

Myra you are doing great. I am happy for you :) :) :)

[301]

Keep it up Myra

I have been quit for 3 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 14 hours, 17 minutes and 43 seconds (105 days). I have saved $559.64 by not smoking 2,111 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 7 hours and 55 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[BlitzedAng]

WTG all you quitters... Does the heart good doesnt it. :)

Angel

[BlitzedAng]

Your Quit Date is: 5/21/2004 10:00:00 AM
Time Smoke-Free: 445 days, 1 hour, 35 minutes and 17 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 16467
Lifetime Saved: 4 months, 5 days, 18 hours
Money Saved: $3,597.60
I just love watching that number grow :)

[CindySue48]

Your Quit Date is: 5/21/2004 10:00:00 AM
Time Smoke-Free: 445 days, 1 hour, 35 minutes and 17 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 16467
Lifetime Saved: 4 months, 5 days, 18 hours
Money Saved: $3,597.60
I just love watching that number grow :)
Where do you get the calculations? Just figure how much you smoked and multiply by # of days? or is there an equation to plug things in and get a calculation.

I quit Jan 3, 2005. Hearing about Peter Jennings and Dana Reeve really makes me glad I finally did it.

[mischa]

CindySue you can download them here for free.

http://groups.msn.com/FreedomFromTobaccoQuitSmokingNow/freequitmeters.msnw

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 7 Months 3 Weeks 1 Day 10 Hours 29 Minutes 43 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 14481
Money saved: C$5,249.57
Life saved: 3 Mos 1 Wk 1 Day 13 Hrs 35 Mins 35 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)



















Congrats to all quitters :)

[BlitzedAng]

I had signed up with quitnet.com and they have a ticker gadget there,chat,forum etc.. It really came in handy during those rough times.

Angel

[MyraS]

It's Friday, so I'm checking in!

One month, three weeks, 4 minutes and 42 seconds. 1530 cigarettes not smoked, saving $229.51.

Closing in on two months now. Wow.

Myra

[301]

Way to keep going MyraS

I have been quit for 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 19 hours, 34 minutes and 51 seconds (119 days). I have saved $635.01 by not smoking 2,396 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 1 Day, 7 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[mischa]

Congratulations to all :yay: Keep up the great job :)

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 8 Months 4 Days 22 Hours 5 Minutes 40 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 14683
Money saved: C$5,322.88
Life saved: 3 Mos 1 Wk 2 Days 23 Hrs 18 Mins 5 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[MyraS]

Thanks 301! This coming Monday will be two months since I quit, and it’s been good so far. No cravings or urges at all. And, best of all, I started going out with a really terrific man who never would have been interested in a smoker. Yay!

[SadieElvis]

I am new and this is my first post!

Two months, five days, 12 hours, 6 minutes and 12 seconds. 1995 cigarettes not smoked, saving $299.27. Life saved: 6 days, 22 hours, 15 minutes. :agree:

[301]

Terrific SadieElvis - keep it going

I have been quit for 4 Months, 4 Days, 18 hours, 38 minutes and 17 seconds (126 days). I have saved $671.90 by not smoking 2,535 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 1 Day, 19 hours and 15 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[MyraS]

I am new and this is my first post!

Two months, five days, 12 hours, 6 minutes and 12 seconds. 1995 cigarettes not smoked, saving $299.27. Life saved: 6 days, 22 hours, 15 minutes. :agree:

Great to see you here! :wave: I just hit the two-month mark myself as of yesterday, and tomorrow will be 9 weeks.

Want to know what the best part has been so far? I met a really great guy a few weeks ago - and he never would have asked me out if I was a smoker. Whoo hoo!

Myra

(Inserting obligatory stats from obnoxious stop-smoking software here: Two months, one day, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 16 seconds. 1863 cigarettes not smoked, saving $279.52. Life saved: 6 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes.)

[BlitzedAng]

When times get stressful it's good to post our stats and see how far weve come..
WTG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All you quitters.

467 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes and 40 seconds smoke free.
17312 cigarettes not smoked.
$3,783.55 and 4 months, 12 days, 5 hours of your life saved.
Your quit date: 5/21/2004 10:00:00 AM


Angel :angel:

[301]

I have been quit for 4 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 16 minutes and 55 seconds (135 days). I have saved $715.55 by not smoking 2,700 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 2 Days and 9 hours of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM :agree: :agree: :agree:

[MyraS]

Whoo hoo 301 and Angel!

Myra

(Inserting obligatory stats from obnoxious smoke-free software: Two months, one week, one day, 3 hours, 22 minutes and 20 seconds. 2074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $311.13. Life saved: 1 week, 4 hours, 50 minutes.)

[BlitzedAng]

I am very proud of all you quitters...WTG!!!!!!!!!

Angel

[mischa]

Congratulations to you all :yay:

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 8 Months 2 Weeks 6 Days 7 Hours 11 Minutes 13 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 14914
Money saved: C$5,406.50
Life saved: 3 Mos 1 Wk 4 Days 13 Hrs 44 Mins 55 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[mischa]

wohoooo 1000 days for me smoke free and in 2 hours it will be 15,000 cigs not smoked :yay:

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 8 Months 3 Weeks 4 Days 21 Hours 35 Minutes 21 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 14998
Money saved: C$5,436.95
Life saved: 3 Mos 1 Wk 5 Days 3 Hrs 44 Mins 55 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[301]

Mishca great job - !!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

I have been quit for 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 16 hours and 59 minutes (143 days). I have saved $761.64 by not smoking 2,874 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 2 Days, 23 hours and 30 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[CindySue48]

Still smoke free....so far it's 8 months and 13 days.

I guess my savings would be around $680.00 WOW! That's the first time I've calculated it.

[mischa]

CindySue Congratulations :yay:

[BlitzedAng]

492 days, 8 hours, 59 minutes and 33 seconds smoke free.

18218 cigarettes not smoked.
$3,977.57 and 4 months, 19 days, 3 hours of your life saved.

Your quit date: 5/21/2004

Angel

[mischa]

Angel wonderful Stats :) It is neat to look at them..I check mine out often and I am always happy to see things growing :)

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 9 Months 1 Week 9 Hours 22 Minutes 41 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 15185
Money saved: C$5,504.87
Life saved: 3 Mos 1 Wk 6 Days 10 Hrs 58 Mins 36 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[BlitzedAng]

That's awesome Mischa.. Keep slammin those numbers.

Angel

[BetyLouWho]

I quit smoking 70 lbs ago....er, almost 5 years now.

I quit on my Dad's birthday since I couldn't think of anything to buy for him.

[mischa]

I quit on my Dad's birthday since I couldn't think of anything to buy for him.

what a wonderful gift to him and yourself :) Congratulations :)

[Lasha]

LOL... i hate math. so i'll just chime in here with my story.
i started smoking when i was 14. yes, i was a bad girl back then. at that time a pack of cigs cost 35 cents!!! we bought them out of a machine... boy i'm old!
got pregnant with my daughter at 20, quit IMMEDIATELY, no lie. after she was born i picked it up again slowly, first a drag from someone else's, then a whole cigarette, then eventually my own pack and that was it, i was again a smoker. so stupid. the only thing dumber than smoking in the first place is starting again after you've quit!!
got pregnant with my son at 22 and quit yet again, it was a little more difficult this time, but i could never be a pregnant smoker. no matter what, that is just WRONG.
same thing again after his birth. i started up again. and i continued to smoke -i opened a new pack about every other day. right about the time when tax on cigs was going to be increased, my daughter was in 7th grade. it was november national smoke out day or whatever, and her health teacher was giving extra credit to any student who could get their parents to sign a contract to cease smoking for a set amount of time. one week, one month, 48 hours, whatever. for one week i snuck ONE cigarette each night before bed, and then i quit! my daughter is now a junior in college.
the most i ever paid for a pack was $2.10. shortly after i quit they went up over $3 a pack. no idea what they sell for now.
so this november i believe it will be 8 years. (math :daze: ) i would LOVE to know how much money i have saved, but like i said, MATH...
CONGRATS AND GREAT JOB TO ALL YOU QUITTERS, ESP. NEWBIES!! GOOD LUCK AND KEEP IT UP!

[301]

I have been quit for 5 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 15 hours, 11 minutes and 57 seconds (166 days). I have saved $883.14 by not smoking 3,332 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 4 Days, 13 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[BetyLouWho]

Awesome 301! :D How long did you smoke? What made you finally quit? Did you stop "cold turkey" or use some quit-smoking tools?

[BlitzedAng]

WTG all you quitters.. Making a better world 1 quitter at a time. :)
505 days, 2 hours, 2 minutes and 14 seconds smoke free.
18688 cigarettes not smoked.
$4,082.67 and 4 months, 22 days, 18 hours of your life saved.
Your quit date: 5/21/2004
Angel

[MyraS]

Just checking in!

Three months, one week, four days, 5 hours, 54 minutes and 43 seconds. 3097 cigarettes not smoked, saving $464.61.

Oh, and will be with boyfriend for two months on Wednesday. Never would have met him if I still smoked.

Myra

[301]

MyraS = way to go

To answer the question on me - 24 years of smoking and yep quit cold turkey after reading a supportive web site - do you want the link :)

[BlitzedAng]

Those stats are growing Myra and 301.. Wonderful to read.

Angel

[ausm]

I smoked for 20 years between 1-2 packs/day

I quit 1 year 7 months ago
Cigarettes not smoked:17325
Money Saved:$2815
Life Saved:Not sure but I bet it is alot :)

You can kick the habit! I am not going to lie to you I think about smoking once in a while and I even dream about too. I loved to smoke but it was slowly killing me. I also hated being treated like a 3rd class citizen.

Ausm

[bugsey]

I quit 4 days ago. I am not affirming that I am a non-smoker. I am still having cravings but the worst is over. I know there may always be cravings for a time but I love myself too much to ever want to smoke again. I have a clean body at last.... now, I am BACK to low carbing... has anyone been through this?

[301]

I quit 4 days ago. I am not affirming that I am a non-smoker. I am still having cravings but the worst is over. I know there may always be cravings for a time but I love myself too much to ever want to smoke again. I have a clean body at last.... now, I am BACK to low carbing... has anyone been through this?

Way to go bugsey..... your right and you can do this and you don't have to gain weight. I did this a couple of months ago - cold turkey and I enjoy this more now than ever before. Keep it going!!!

I have been quit for 5 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 19 hours, 49 minutes and 57 seconds (179 days). I have saved $953.07 by not smoking 3,596 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 5 Days, 11 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/24/2005 4:40 PM

[bugsey]

Thanks 301. I am still quit at almost one week ... cravings are THERE still but not as bad as the first three days. Staying quit AND still low carbing... pray for me... thanks for yer help and God bless you richly.

[BlitzedAng]

WTG bugsey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish you all the best during those craving moments.. Your doing great. :)

Angel

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[mischa]

congratulations everyone..keep those stats growing :)

I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 10 Months 3 Days 20 Hours 36 Minutes 53 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 15582
Money saved: C$5,648.80
Life saved: 3 Mos 2 Wks 2 Days 5 Hrs 8 Mins 50 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[bubu]

gosh those cigis weren't expensive enough....my savings are gonna be as slow as my pds coming off.

Time Smoke-Free: 2 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes and 46 seconds


Cigarettes NOT smoked: 76

Lifetime Saved: 13 hours

Money Saved: $12.82

[mischa]

Pia..wohoooooooooooooo meinen Glueckwunsch!!!!!!

[SylviaUK]

Good going all you new non-smokers :D

After over 20 years addicted to the weed, I have been a happy non-smoker for over three and a half years :thup:. I don't keep statistics of the exact days and hours as frankly that doesn't seem important to me anymore :yay:. The great thing is that I have no desire to smoke ever again, in fact I wish I'd taken the plunge years ago :D. Life is so much more enjoyable as a non-smoker, honest :Party: Welcome to freedom :thup:

[BlitzedAng]

WTG Bubu... I am so excited for you.

Angel

[bubu]

HI,

I'll be back...I had 3 puffs off a cigi last night and 3 puffs today...Sooooooooooo after I redo my stats and stay the entire day clean I will be back....dang.
Wasn't prepared for stress....so I am having a lecture today with moi.
Laters bu

[mischa]

don't be so hard on yourself..you can do it. No more puffing!

[MiaHope]

Hello! I have been smoke free for 5 weeks and 4 days! This was the second time I quit and I really did not have such a hard time. Now if I can just get a grip on my weight!

[bubu]

Your Quit Date is:Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 7:00:00 AM
Time Smoke-Free:4 days, 57 minutes and 48 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked:121
Lifetime Saved:22 hours
Money Saved:$17.10

[mischa]

wohoooooo Pia...wonderful..keep em growing :)

:yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer: :yay: :cheer:

[bugsey]

2 weeks and 2 days and 11 hrs and I feel great. The cravings still come but NOT as difficult as before. The only thing is that I now seem addicted to melon seeds, pumpkin seeds any kind of seeds. GREAT that we are trying to quit and STAY quit....the thing I did REALLY notice is that I can actually BREATHE better!!!!! I also have better taste buds.... which actually make me wanna eat, but I TRY and eat just a little (plus de melon seeds) and go LCing along. I think that this is the best way we can show ourselves that "i love me". God bless us all!!!!

[bubu]

My Stats:
Your Quit Date is: 10/26/2005 7:00:00 AM

Time Smoke-Free: 6 days, 7 hours, 53 minutes and 10 seconds


Cigarettes NOT smoked: 190

Lifetime Saved: 1 day, 10 hours

Money Saved: $25.65


Well I need to get my shit together as far as foods. I start out ok then slide to just keeping from feeling so rotten. Which is paradox because if I would stop that, maybe my guts wouldn't hurt so bad.
I don't have the mental withdrawl games, just the physical not feeling good. Bloating, indigestion and did I mention, bloating.
But I am telling myself, my body has to learn to function without the poison, so no wonder.
I will not puff again.

[surfer376]

Wtg Bugsey I saw you over the Gi thread!
I could smell so much better!
I did gain 15 pounds in three weeks or so then found the GI diet.
Hope you come back!
Chari - Free and Healing for Two Months, Twenty Five Days, 22 Hours and 15 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 6 Days, by avoiding the use of 1739 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $348.96.

[mischa]

150 weeks smoke free for me today :yay:

Congratulations to all quitters :wave:

[BlitzedAng]

That is awesome Mischa..... Im holding my quit ever so tight during the stressful times... Looking at others stats like yours helps..

Angel

[bubu]

Your Quit Date is: 10/26/2005 7:00:00 AM

Time Smoke-Free: 7 days, 10 hours, 33 minutes and 51 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 223

Lifetime Saved: 1 day, 16 hours

Money Saved: $29.92

That makes a week off demon. wow...seems like its been a month though. Gut is still hurting and bothering me. Haven't gone back to LC yet...dang need to get a grip there. I feel like I am gaining, sponging out. But I'll be there eventually.

Had an old customer come into the store today. I hadn't seen him in quite a while and he had quit for a year. I asked ...he said..."just one...thats all I wanted...just one. And the demon wanted more and more and am back to the usual amount of smokes".

[ShayKNJ]

December 16, 2005 I will be smoke-free for two years!!!!

Best thing I ever did! Next best thing was LC'ing.

[belueiris]

March 15th will be 2 years with out a ciggie!!!

[bubu]

Congratulations ShayKNJ and Belueiris.!!!!

2 years is so great, I will follow with my 2 weeks, but eventually I will be where you are now.
I am too excited about the quit to not make it there....


Thanks for posting you inspiration.

[Lisa N]

Coming up on 2 weeks here as well. The longest I've quit so far has been 5 months. Yeah...stupid to pick it up again at that point, but addict think convinced me that I could handle just one puff (yeah, right!) off my friend's cigarette. This time around, I have hopefully learned from my mistake and I have to remind myself daily that I'm one puff away from a pack a day. :p

[bubu]

Hi Lisa,

So glad to have someone so close in the quit as I am.

Don't feel bad, I had a 3 month quit as well once a few years back....BUT it wasn't really MY quit, it was for everyone around me....except me. I wasn't ready and didn't want to give them up. So for 3 months it was hell every single day, every second of the day...until one day when all presures around me allowed me to say I can't deal with this and started back up. REally I just needed an excuse.

This time its so different...I am so happy to not be fighting it mentally every day like that. It just amazes me what difference it made. Too bad I wasn't ready sooner.

And yeah, I agree one puff may be all it takes, but I feel like I won't want to take even that one anymore. Then again I don't want to set myself up either :)

[MyraS]

Haven't checked in in a while, but I'm still not smoking.

From my obnoxious stop-smoking software:

Four months, one week, three days, 4 hours, 20 minutes and 6 seconds. 3965 cigarettes not smoked, saving $594.81.

Myra

[MyraS]

To answer the question on me - 24 years of smoking and yep quit cold turkey after reading a supportive web site - do you want the link :)

For me, I started smoking in 1975, when I was 15 - so 30 years as a smoker. For quitting, I used Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking (read it three times) and one session with a hypnotist.

Have stopped seeing the new boyfriend, but still not smoking. LOL!

Myra

[ShayKNJ]

I had quit before and went back after two years of being smoke free. This time it is different. I had used the seven day smoke away program. Besides really wanting it this time more so then the last few times, I never have had the desire at all in these two years. I smoked for 25+ years. It is so nice to smell nice again. Especially since I work in a company that manufacturers perfume.

[bubu]

Yup 30 years here as well.
First time tried the patch, this time I stepped down to 3/ day 2 puffs each, then quit over about a month.
I also had some hypnosis stuff to listen to. It was really relaxing but if it had anything to do with the quit, I don't know. I didn't listen to it as much as I was supposed to.

[Lisa N]

I had a 3 month quit as well once a few years back....BUT it wasn't really MY quit, it was for everyone around me....except me. I wasn't ready and didn't want to give them up.

I understand what you're saying, bubu. I think that played a part in my relapses as well (and there have been several over my 25 years of smoking); that knowing you need to quit and being pressured by people around you to quit and even wanting to quit yourself, but at the same time not really wanting to quit. I kept telling myself, "but I like smoking" and had myself convinced that I was depriving myself of something that I enjoyed doing.
I think what got me over that was a website I ran across that challenged me to really think about whether I actually liked smoking itself or whether what I really liked was avoiding withdrawal. There was an exercise that convinced me beyond a doubt which it really was: the challenge was to smoke one cigarette (this assumes you are still smoking, of course) and actively focus on the smoking itself and all pleasurable feelings, emotions and sensations I got from the actual act of smoking from the act of lighting and the first inhale to the time I stamped out the butt and write them down as they occur during the process. I started out thinking that I'd have at least one or two things that I could say I enjoyed but to my surprise, at the end of the cigarette, my page was blank and that was a very freeing moment for me because it allowed me to get past the idea that I was giving up something that I liked and enjoyed, even if it was for better health and a longer life. There wasn't a single thing that I could write down that I really enjoyed about the act of smoking; not one. That was my last cigarette.
Once I realized that I was hurting my body doing something that I didn't even really enjoy after all, it became a lot easier to quit...cold turkey. And you know what? Withdrawal was hardly noticible this time and was completely over in 3 days. I still have occasional thoughts of smoking but usually I just remind myself how I didn't enjoy anything at all about my last cigarette and shrug it off.
You know what's really funny? My DH and kids didn't even notice that I wasn't smoking until yesterday. :lol:

[bugsey]

Okie... quit for almost a month... saw a friend today with the smokes in her mouth and BY SOME WEIRD "passion", I suddently grabbed it from her mouth. OK? See how a nicotine addiction makes one "irrational". And guess what? I smoked a whole cigarette (the one I mugged from my smoking frined!!! ) It didn't taste as GOOD as I thought it woul ddo... in fact, I felt kinda dizzy ... REALLY!!!
Will contnue to quit and stop doing anything criminal like grabbing cigarettes on another's mouth.....

[GinaLeanne]

smoke free since feb 20, 2005

[mischa]

Congratulations to all the new quitters and the not so new ones :) Keep the stats growing :)
I am a non-smoker for: 2 Years 10 Months 3 Weeks 1 Day 20 Hours 12 Minutes 57 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 15867
Money saved: C$5,752.02
Life saved: 3 Mos 2 Wks 4 Days 4 Hrs 36 Mins 20 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

I am approaching my 3 year mark very soon :yay:

[bugsey]

HELP!!!! Had a RELAPE after 3 weeks of not smoking saw someone and grabbed the cigarette. I need prayers !!! Tomorrow, I will repeat the whole process of non smoking again and will wait 4 days -- the detox period - will do it no matter how many times it takes. I love myself too much NOT to. I may fail but I will go OM and NOT look back.

[bugsey]

[B]OOOppps crazy... I posted on the wrong thread! I am so sorry!!!

[Lisa N]

Never stop quitting, bugsy! Keep at it until you make it all the way.

[bubu]

Hey all,
congrats to everyone...Bugsey......Wishing you strength and resolve in getting your QUIT back. !!! You can beat the deamon. :)

Lisa,
Dang- do I hear what you are saying with your last cig. There really isn't anything except that first hit to the brain. After that first hit its already dulled, that all subsequent ones are just feeders to the first one. And nothing then is enjoyable about an entire cigarette.
And you are totally right. Its the fear of the withdrawl not the enjoyment. Its just wanting to stay or feel normal. And normal for us has been with nicotine for so long that our bodys literally have to re-learn what normal actually is. AND THAT is where I have the biggest problem. My brain is fine, its bodily functions that are totally messed up.

At the moment I have to learn how to deal with stress in a way that also isn't painful to me otherwise.
Since I have quit 15 days ago a stess factor has emerged at work (about a week ago) and I am having a tough time keeping my anger. So, rather than smoke I chew gum before exploding over the issue....the gum makes me hungry and gives me gas so then I eat or drink something instead. and with the wrong foods of course more stomach probs... its a circle that I need to end as it has always ended in lots of pain and is driving me crazy.


Its like am I headed for a food addiction instead...I really don't need that. Feel totally miserable guys. But I will not smoke.
I can't seem to sub in water, I feel like I am going to toss it right back up.
So anyway...I am working on it....some days are better than others and am sure I'll figure it out.

In the meantime........Anyone with a Veteran out there.....

HAPPY VETERANS DAY ........I thank those who serve ....FOR US

[mischa]

Pia you need to find a way to handle the cravings without replacing the addiction. I did have a big glass of water every time I wanted a smoke and if the urge was strong I walked around my block. This helped me keeping the food cravings in line. I only stopped smoking once before this one almost 3 years ago and the first time I replaced my smoking with food and gained 60 pounds...well 3 years ago I was aware of the danger and found other ways to battle ALL cravings. You can do it Pia..just keep on fighting :)

and to all others too :)

hugs :wave:

[Wolfiesask]

I celebrated 7 years smoke-free on October 31, 2005.

If anyone needs suggestions, tips, etc. please don't hesitate to ask!

Just keep trying...........

[BlitzedAng]

541 days, 9 hours, 12 minutes and 36 seconds smoke free.

20031 cigarettes not smoked.
$4,373.71 and 5 months, 3 days of your life saved.

Your quit date: 5/21/2004

[bubu]

Hi guys...gonna say good bye til day 3.....
I caved Friday nite had a half one then....then 3 halfs on Saturday...and no less than 5 halfs today.

I got very upset when our sirens went off, my youngest had just left and the trucks went to an intersection that is terrible for wrecks...son # 2 had also gone that way, and I just caved with nerves.
Anyway my mistake was to have that sealed pack that was supposed to keep me from going insane, that if I 'really wanted one, it was there. It worked for 15 days.
Today I threw them away, after number 5 of course and after losing face.
So until I have at least those 15 days back I won't post in here again.
I will be LC and watering starting tonight.
Please wish me luck.... I know I can do this. I will be strong.
I want this chain and log to stop dragging me down.
Besides we ordered new furniture today....I need money !! :)

[mischa]

Good Luck Pia..you will do it :) Kopf hoch..Brust raus :D

[ShayKNJ]

Good luck to everyone and you CAN do it! They say you do need to replace smoking with something else in order to be successful. I replaced smoking with exercise. Never replace smoking with food!

[MyraS]

Hit the 5-month mark today - woo hoo!

Five months, 5 hours, 44 minutes and 41 seconds. 4597 cigarettes not smoked, saving $689.76.

[ShayKNJ]

Bubu how are you doing? We haven't heard from you?

[potatofree]

It'll be three years for me on New Year's Day.

[surfer376]

Chari - Free and Healing for Four Months, Twenty Three Days, 22 Hours and 21 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 10 Days and 3 Hours, by avoiding the use of 2919 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $587.24.

Wow that's alot of money..I had no idea!
Chari

[Lisa N]

9 weeks, 1 day Nicotine free today. :)

[Demi]

As of today, I have been smoke-free for 3 years :D

Time Smoke-Free: 1096 days, 6 hours, 28 minutes and 6 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 43851 :eek:
Lifetime Saved: 11 months, 4 days, 23 hours
Money Saved: £10,236.64 (US$17,611.12)





Congratulations too to all the other losers in this thread - just remember, if I can do it, then so can you! :thup:

[mischa]

Congratulations all :yay:

Demi Wow...I was looking forward to see your 3 year stats..impressive!

I am a non-smoker for: 3 Years 1 Week 6 Days 20 Hours 31 Minutes 54 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 16647
Money saved: C$6,034.84
Life saved: 3 Mos 3 Wks 3 Days 14 Hrs 38 Mins 19 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[PitViper19]

Not a smoker, but quit chewing tobacco Friday night, 35 hours so far. Been using nicorette gum 4 mg, also bought and have been listening every night to a self-hypnosis cd to quit chewing. So far so good, the gum seems to help with needing something in my mouth after meals.

[Ponya]

Yeah, I'm trying again...not a New Years resolution, but a christmas present to my kids.

7 days, 18 hours, 53 minutes and 11 seconds smoke free.

311 cigarettes not smoked.

$56.00 and 2 days, 9 hours of your life saved.

Your quit date: 12/25/2005 5:00:00 AM

[PitViper19]

Yay Ponya!!

2 days, 10 hours, 21 minutes tobacco free
2 1/2 cans of chew not chewed
$12.50 saved
Your quit date: 12/30/2005 11:00 pm

[PitViper19]

2 days, 12 hours, 2 minutes tobacco free

[301]

Way to go Poyna and Pitv :) iper

[MyraS]

Haven't been here in a while, but I passed the six-month mark on the 29th - whoo hoo!

Six months, four days, 6 hours, 32 minutes and 24 seconds. 5618 cigarettes not smoked, saving $842.91.

Myra

[ShayKNJ]

Congrats to everyone!!!! I was two years on Dec. 18th.

[Jgirl]

Newbie here, 16 days now after 30 years of smoking and about 2 dozen previous quit attempts (none nearly this long, I am a non-smoker now!).

Question: I want to start low carb due to 5-10 pound weight gain, but I'm not yet ready to give up my sugarless Bubble Yum (20 or so pieces a day).
I just need the oral input from the chewing and blowing bubbles, it helps me stay calm and focused. Can I still do low carb while I'm chewing it if I restrict severely with all other foods?

[Lisa N]

jgirl, there's a lot of low carb plans out there (although none of them I'm aware of would encouarge a 20 piece a day gum habit ;) ) and since you have relatively little to lose, I'd say that the gum probably won't get in the way of you losing those 10 pounds, nor is it necessary for you to go very low carb.
Since your body is recovering from a long-term nicotine addiction, now is not the time to be treating it harshly and restricting things that are good for it (like veggies, for instance). Eating lots of veggies and adequate amounts of proteins and healthy fats can only help speed the healing process (don't forget the water to help flush all those toxins out of your system!).
IMO, it might be a good idea to start cutting back on the gum; chewing that much gum every day is very hard on a specific jaw joint called the TMJ and it would suck to rid yourself of the nicotine addiction and give yourself chronic jaw pain in the process. :p

[PitViper19]

4 days, 0 hours, and 8 minutes tobacco free!!! I'm getting there!!

[Jgirl]

Thanks Lisa. You're right about the gum, I just didn't want to mess around with my still pretty new success yet!

[sunni198]

2 weeks, 2 days so far for me!

I started with zyban, and switched to the gum. Which reminds me...does anyone know if there are any carbs in the mint nicorette gum???

[PitViper19]

sunni,

Here are the ingredients for the mint nicorette 4 mg:
Mint 4 mg Inactive Ingredients: gum base, magnesium oxide, menthol, peppermint oil, sodium carbonate, xylitol, D&C yellow #10. Al. Lake

XYLITOL is the sweetener - here's what I found on it:
Xylitol has 40% fewer calories and 75% fewer carbohydrates than sugar and is slowly absorbed and metabolised, resulting in very negligible changes in insulin. About one-third of the xylitol that is consumed is absorbed in the liver. The other two-thirds travels to the intestinal tract, where it is broken down by gut bacteria into short-chain fatty acids.

[PitViper19]

I'm using the mint 4 mg nicorette too, also on induction - haven't noticed any adverse effects to weight loss (I've lost 5 lbs so far in 5 days).

[PitViper19]

4 days, 12 hours and 35 minutes tobacco free!!

[browniz30]

18 days smoke free!!!! :Party: :Party: I smoked about a pack a day....so I am saving about $125 a month....not to mention I dont have that annoying cough anymore!!!! ALREADY gone.....cant believe it!!!!

I AM SO GLAD I QUIT :agree:

[sunni198]

Thank you for your research!! I can stop worrying now...and be a NON smoker!! :)

[PitViper19]

5 days, 12 hours and 0 minutes tobacco free!!

[Ponya]

11 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes and 39 seconds smoke free.

463 cigarettes not smoked.

[BlitzedAng]

Oh that is wonderful Ponya... WTG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up girl.... I just love watching the stats .:)


Angel

[BlitzedAng]

Oh my, and pitviper and browniz.. Welcome to the quitters club.. I wish you all the strength in keeping the quit..


Angel

[Ponya]

:thup: Great job Viper and Browniz!!!! :thup:

[FabByFifty]

WAY TO GO STACY!!!!! :thup: I AM PROUD OF YOU, KEEP IT UP GIRL!
Brenda

[Ponya]

12 days, 6 hours, 57 minutes and 58 seconds smoke free.
492 cigarettes not smoked.

[PitViper19]

Great job Ponya - keep it up!!

6 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes tobacco (chew) free
6 cans of Kodiak not chewed - savings $30

[Lisa N]

10 weeks nicotine free today! :thup:

[Ponya]

Congrats to you Lisa....I always look forward to reading your posts, because you always seem to be so well informed. Keep up the good work!!!

[Ponya]

Good job Viper, keep it up!!! We can do this!!

[Ponya]

13 days, 7 hours, 10 minutes and 55 seconds smoke free.
532 cigarettes not smoked.
$104.00 and 4 days, 1 hour of my life saved.

[PitViper19]

7 days, 13 hours and 35 minutes tobacco free!!
7 cans of Kodiak not chewed
$35 savings

[Ponya]

14 days, 10 hours, 43 minutes and 26 seconds smoke free.
578 cigarettes not smoked.
$112.00 and 4 days, 9 hours of my life saved.

[BlitzedAng]

WOOHOO.......WTG all you quitters.....

[PitViper19]

9 days, 8 hours and 45 minutes tobacco free!!! My gums and teeth are thanking me!!
9 Cans of Kodiak not chewed, saving $45.00

Thanks BlitzedAng and way to go Ponya!!!
Gregg

[Ponya]

15 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 50 seconds smoke free.
619 cigarettes not smoked.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the support!!

Viper have you tried the support group over at quitnet? They have helped alot too.

[Ponya]

16 days, 6 hours, 18 minutes and 43 seconds smoke free.
650 cigarettes not smoked.

[PitViper19]

11 days, 8 hours and 7 minutes tobacco free!!!
11 Cans of Kodiak not chewed, saving $55.00

[Ponya]

Way to go Viper!!!

17 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes and 23 seconds smoke free.
687 cigarettes not smoked.

[PitViper19]

12 days, 7 hours and 53 minutes tobacco free!! WooHoo!! Way to go Ponya - we're doin it!!

[Ponya]

Keep it up Viper! We can do this!!

18 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 56 seconds smoke free.
730 cigarettes not smoked.

[Ponya]

19 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes and 40 seconds smoke free.
770 cigarettes not smoked.

[PitViper19]

13 days, 12 hours and 11 minutes tobacco free!!!
13 cans of Kodiak not chewed = $65 saved

[PitViper19]

I made it for 2 full weeks!!
14 days, 0 hours, and 30 minutes tobacco free!!

Note to self - remember to go buy more nicorette tomorrow!!

My older brother came over to help me with framing in my basement. I told him I had quit chewing (Kodiak) and it's been 2 weeks. He said good for you, as he was putting in a dip (he chews the same I did).....didn't phase me - well, except a little while later I went and got a piece of the gum.

Also, it's kinda weird, but, the day after I quit, I got rid of all of my chew, or I thought I did. Then, the day after that I found that I had one full un-opened can left. I'm not quite sure why, but I still haven't thrown that one away. Maybe I'll give it to my brother.... anyway, God Bless all my fellow quiters - especially you Ponya - keep it up!! Gregg

[BlitzedAng]

Big congrats to you PV and Ponya.. You two are doing great... Keep the quit. :)

603 days, 7 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds smoke free.
22322 cigarettes not smoked.
$4,874.95 and 5 months, 20 days, 12 hours of your life saved.
Your quit date: 5/21/2004

Angel

[Ponya]

Thanks for the encouragement Angel and Viper...I really appreciate it :)

20 days, 13 hours, 20 minutes and 24 seconds smoke free.
822 cigarettes not smoked.
$160.00 and 6 days, 6 hours of my life saved.

[Jgirl]

30 days....not quite sure how many cigs not smoked, or habitrol not chewed (yes, I did both, sometimes at the same time) BUT...maybe 10 pounds gained! How are you guys handling this food-wise??? I'm fine all day, go to the gym nightly, it's all good....then, when I sit down to relax at night, watch TV, play on the computer, it all falls apart and I lose control totally. Any tips?

[PitViper19]

15 days, 21 hours and 38 minutes tobacco free!! yippie

Jgirl - I've found that going on induction a few days before I quit has seemed to help (along with the Nicorette!!). It's almost as if, watching the weight fall off, has motivated me to stay tobacco free too!!

As far as the cravings, on induction, most of my cravings go away. Good luck and keep up the good work!

[Ponya]

Jgirl, I haven't noticed any weight gain...I did have a huge increase in appetite..probably trying to compensate for lack of insulin spikes...but I sparingly used sugar free mints, brushed my teeth and increased my water intake. At night after dinner and watching tv I do tend to think about it more, but with deep breathing and playing like I am exhaling I seem to get over it pretty quick. I use the patches so they really help as far as cravings go. I change them at night right before bed. The first few days it was weird not knowing what to do with my hands at the computer, but I played with a pen, chewed on a straw and things like that. I also hang out in a chat room with people who are quitting smoking and that helps tremendously. They all know what I'm going through and are very supportive and helpful....You are doing great!! Keep it up and you will kick it soon.


21 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes and 2 seconds smoke free.
875 cigarettes not smoked.
$176.00 and 6 days, 16 hours of my life saved.
My quit date: 12/25/2005 5:00:00 AM

[Jgirl]

Thank, guys. I am doing it without any nicotine replacment this time, so I think that's part of the reason I'm feeling like I'm starving all the time. I was chewing sugar free bubble gum, which helped, but I stopped when I discovered each piece was 3 carbs. But I guess that's better than binging, so I think I'll go back to chewing it!

[Lisa N]

Thank, guys. I am doing it without any nicotine replacment this time, so I think that's part of the reason I'm feeling like I'm starving all the time. I was chewing sugar free bubble gum, which helped, but I stopped when I discovered each piece was 3 carbs. But I guess that's better than binging, so I think I'll go back to chewing it!

Jgirl, quitting smoking can cause your blood sugars to be unstable for a time which may be why you feel hungry all the time. It may help to make sure that you eat small meals more frequently, say every 3 hours or so, to keep your blood sugar on an even keel for the next three days and then to make sure that you don't skip meals whenever possible after that.
See this link (http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_03_21_blood_sugar.html) for more on that.

[Jgirl]

It's been 4 weeks, though!

[PitViper19]

17 days, 7 hours and 43 minutes tobacco free!!

[Ponya]

23 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes and 8 seconds smoke free.
929 cigarettes not smoked.
$184.00 and 7 days, 2 hours of my life saved.


not craving, but I am in the worst mood today....may not be because of not smoking, it might be just because I woke up in a bad mood........it happens

[Ponya]

24 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes and 37 seconds smoke free.
983 cigarettes not smoked.
$192.00 and 7 days, 12 hours of my life saved.

[PitViper19]

18 days, 21 hours and 27 minutes tobacco free!!

[mischa]

Congratulations all. Stick with it..it is so worth it :)

here are my stats :)

I am a non-smoker for: 3 Years 1 Month 9 Hours 46 Seconds
Cigarettes not smoked: 16910
Money saved: C$6,130.10
Life saved: 3 Mos 3 Wks 5 Days 10 Hrs 26 Mins 19 Secs

I quit smoking Dec. 18. 2002 at 10 AM :)

[jennlee]

I smoked two packs a day for ten years. I have never regretted quitting, and haven’t wanted a cigarette in years.

Non-Smoker For: 10 years
Cigs Not Smoked: Tons
Money Saved: Thousands I’m certain
Life Saved: I’m diabetic, which means I not only gained years on my life, I won’t lose my sight in ten years to eye damage from the cigarette smoke. :D

[mischa]

Jennlee you should calculate out your stats

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/LinksDMeters.html

Congratulations..I am looking forward to my 10 year mark :)

[PitViper19]

19 days, 12 hours, and 35 minutes tobacco free

[BlitzedAng]

Look at those stats mount up... WTG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[MargoP]

I have been quit for 9 Months, 1 Week, 12 hours, 6 minutes and 41 seconds (282 days). I have saved $1,182.97 by not smoking 7,062 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 12 hours and 30 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM

Hi
I'm a quitter too!
I gained 30 pounds since but I am on my way back down. I have been on atkins since 1/8/06 & have lost 5 lbs. I found in the beginning of non- smoking I got a lot of satisfaction drinking out of a straw. It is a fast way to get all you water in and then out :)I added ice and water to diet sodas to make them last longer. (yuk! watered down soda.) It may sound gross but I liked it. fruity diet sodas taste so sweet anyway. best to all.

[Ponya]

25 days, 15 hours, 33 minutes and 24 seconds smoke free.
1026 cigarettes not smoked.
$200.00 and 7 days, 20 hours of my life saved.

[PitViper19]

20 days, 11 hours and 34 minutes tobacco free
20 cans of Kodiak not chewed, savings = $100.00

[Ponya]

Hi Margo and congrats on how well your quit is going! The weight will come off and you will look and feel great! There are alot of really supportive people here and some great recipes and information.

I wish you all the best!

[PitViper19]

I'm really liking the Flax Bread for breakfast, with some 0 carb maple syrup - it's filling, tastes great, and very few carbs

[MargoP]

PONYA

That makes me feel alot better:)
Thanks. Smoke free smells better!
Good luck on your journey :)

[Ponya]

On my way out the door for my first class to be a CPR instructor :)

27 days, 1 hour, 55 minutes and 40 seconds smoke free.
1083 cigarettes not smoked.
$216.00 and 8 days, 6 hours of my life saved.

[Ponya]

28 days, 11 hours, 49 minutes and 11 seconds smoke free.
1140 cigarettes not smoked.
$224.00 and 8 days, 17 hours of my life saved

[PitViper19]

22 days, 22 hours and 16 minutes tobacco free!!

[kevinpa]

Smoke free since January 2003.

a 2 pack a day smoker ~ avg $3 a pack I have saved over $6500

Bottom line though I still crave cigarettes......I will never give in to it.....but it still after 3 years, lingers in the background.

[MargoP]

Kevinpa

I have quit for 9 Months, 1 Week, 4 Days, 7 hours, 2 minutes and 17 seconds (286 days). I have saved $1,198.84 by not smoking 7,157 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 20 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM
NEVER GIVE IN. YOUR LOW CARB PETS NEED YOU :)
CONGRATS ON BEING SMOKE FREE !!!
Smart Kitty.

[GinaLeanne]

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smoke free since, feb 20, 2005!!!!

[Ponya]

29 days, 7 hours, 3 minutes and 22 seconds smoke free.
1172 cigarettes not smoked.
$232.00 and 8 days, 22 hours of my life saved.

Congrats to everyone, we are doing great!

[emily30]

Hi Everyone,

I have nearly completed my first day!

Time Smoke-Free: 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds :D

[Ponya]

Way to go Emily!!! Thats a great start....keep going!!

[MargoP]

welcome Emily!
you can do it. You are on your way. :agree:

I have quit for 9 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 6 hours, 31 minutes and 54 seconds (287 days). I have saved $1,202.94 by not smoking 7,181 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 22 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM

[Ponya]

30 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes and 42 seconds smoke free.
1213 cigarettes not smoked.
$240.00 and 9 days, 6 hours of my life saved.

[Ponya]

31 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes and 6 seconds smoke free.
1252 cigarettes not smoked.
$248.00 and 9 days, 13 hours of my life saved.

ONE MONTH!!! I DID IT!!!

[PitViper19]

25 days, 12 hours and 49 minutes tobacco free!! Great job Ponya!! You can do it Emily!!! Stay the course!!

[MargoP]

:thup: Everyone is doing great!

I have quit for 9 Months, 2 Weeks, 8 hours, 4 minutes and 16 seconds (289 days). I have saved $1,211.58 by not smoking 7,233 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 2 hours and 45 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM :)

[Ponya]

32 days, 6 hours, 44 minutes and 20 seconds smoke free.
1291 cigarettes not smoked.
$256.00 and 9 days, 20 hours of my life saved.


Way to go Viper and Margo!!

[PitViper19]

26 days, 12 hours and 20 minutes tobacco free
26 cans of kodiak not bought/not chewed
savings of $130

[emily30]

Thanks MargoP and Ponya! You both are doing AWESOME!!!!!

I'm still holding strong! :D

Time Smoke-Free: 3 days, 16 hours, 15 minutes and 45 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 110

Lifetime Saved: 20 hours

Money Saved: $29.70

[emily30]

PitViper19 - WOW, you've been smoke-free 25 days! :D

Is it just me or did your first few days smoke-free seem like weeks?

[PitViper19]

Not smoke free Emily, tobacco free - I was (I like saying that, 'was') a chewer....and yes the first few days seemed like an eternity. However, since I'm orally-fixated, chewing the Nicorette all day, and especially after meals (and sex - no, just kidding), really helped. Keep up the good work. The first few days are the toughest.

[MargoP]

Emily :wave:

yes the first few days are terrible. I used the patch but I still had some horrid cravings. It gets better every day. :D

I have been quit for 9 Months, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 10 hours, 13 minutes and 43 seconds (290 days). I have saved $1,216.14 by not smoking 7,260 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 4 Days and 5 hours of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM


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[PitViper19]

27 days, 11 hours and 41 minutes tobacco free!!!!
my quit date: Dec 30, 2005 ~ 11:00 PM.

[Ponya]

Way to go Emily!!! You are doing great!! Keep going, it only gets easier from here.

Viper, you are doing an awesome job! I am so proud of you!!

33 days, 9 hours, 12 minutes and 32 seconds smoke free.
1335 cigarettes not smoked.
$264.00 and 10 days, 4 hours of my life saved.

[TilaBC]

8 days ! 8 days since I found out I was pregnant and I haven't even considered smoking since. Not once.
My goal is to never go back after having my baby in September.
Tina

[BlitzedAng]

A huge congrats to you TilaBC on both counts... You are giving that bundle of joy a wonderful gift.. Im ashamed but admit to still smoking when I was pregnant years ago.. Good for you hun... :)

Angel

[Ponya]

Congrats to you for both Tila....what a great incentive to quit!!!!

[BetyLouWho]

If I can get through the next ten minutes...it will be five years.

(Oh and, Happy Birthday again,Dad.)

Y'know...... somedays still feel just as hard as day one. I just have to keep saying NO to having the "first" one and I should be ok.;)

[Lisa N]

Y'know...... somedays still feel just as hard as day one. I just have to keep saying NO to having the "first" one and I should be ok.

Good point. Instead of thinking of it as "I'm never going to smoke again", it's much more manageable to think (and do) "I'm not going to smoke right now". :)

[Ponya]

Just spent an entire day at Disney World, with smoking friends and DH and I just stood back away from them...the smell was really disgusting and the thought never crossed my mind to have one. It hit me on the way home what had just happened. That was a pretty good feeling.

34 days, 18 hours, 24 minutes and 11 seconds smoke free.
1391 cigarettes not smoked.
$272.00 and 10 days, 15 hours of my life saved.

[PitViper19]

29 days, 14 hours and 25 minutes tobacco free!!!

GREAT job Ponya!! I'm sooo proud of you!! It's interesting how you now notice the smoke as a non-smoker. Keep it up!! ....and Yay for going to Disney World - can't wait to take the fam back there (we went in 2002).

[Ponya]

Thanks Viper, that made me feel really good!! Now I feel bad for all the people who had to smell me in my smoking days! :blush:

Now I think I am ready to re-start Atkins and go the other direction with this weight thing. :lol:


35 days, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 50 seconds smoke free.
1423 cigarettes not smoked.
$280.00 and 10 days, 20 hours of my life saved.

[hilaryc]

5 years, 29 days

[Ponya]

Wow, hilary, that's great!!! And welcome to the forum....you will find a lot of wonderful, supportive people here. :)

[MyraS]

Seven months, 5 hours, 41 minutes and 47 seconds. 6427 cigarettes not smoked, saving $964.25.

Myra

[GinaLeanne]

smoke free since feb 20 2005 !!!!!

no more heartburn for me!!!!

[MargoP]

:thup: congrats to all. Ponya sure is nice when it no longer bothers you to not smoke around the smokers we love. :agree: Lets all hang in there, smoke free smells better :D

I have quit for 9 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 7 hours, 24 minutes and 17 seconds (293 days). I have saved $1,228.21 by not smoking 7,332 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 4 Days and 11 hours of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM


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[PitViper19]

30 days, 8 hours and 37 minutes tobacco free!!
Quit date: 12-30-05 ~ 11:00 PM

Yay, I'm in the 230's again. 230 was my previous goal I got to, last January. I had lost 60 total. I then put 20 of it back on over the course of the last 7 months. Now, I've lost 11 of that 20, and plus, I've decided to get down to 220. So, 19 pounds to goal.

[BlitzedAng]

That is fantastic Viper.. WTG!!!!!!!!!!!! Wishing you much continued success.


Angel

[PitViper19]

The weather has been so mild here in NE, I grilled steaks for supper last night - temps were in the 50's and 60's last week. Grillin burgers tonight.

[lbahr]

My last cigarette was November 14th (2005) probably around 6:00 p.m. I drank and smoked, they went hand in hand with one another. I decided to quit for good that day. I was losing too much of my life. I figured I was spending around $45 per week on beer and cigarettes. I feel soooo much better now, why didn't I do this long ago? Probably because I wasn't ready. I knew I wanted to quit smoking and if I did, that meant I had to quit drinking too. So they both are gone. I can honestly say I still have cravings but I just tell myself that "i don't do that anymore" and move on. I also went back to LC'ing the next week after I quit. I am determined to make my life better and be thinner, smoke and alcohol free for the summer, heck the rest of my life! :lol:

Linda

[BlitzedAng]

Man we sound like twins Linda.. WTG on giving up both.. I did too.
Keep the quit !

Angel

[Ponya]

Time Smoke-Free: 36 days, 15 hours, 14 minutes and 12 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 1465
Lifetime Saved: 11 days, 4 hours
Money Saved: $288.00

[PitViper19]

31 days, 8 hours and 27 minutes tobacco free!!
Quit date: 12-30-05 at 11:00 PM

[MargoP]

:wave: Linda & Angel, man we sound like triplets :)
I came to that same conclusion. I kept drinking though then I just started LCing on the 1/8/06 and no more beer. I feel absolutely great. Its nice to know that there are others that are going through the same thing I am. Take care and to all I wish the best. We are all on a very important journey. :daizy:


I have quit for 9 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 8 hours, 31 minutes and 6 seconds (294 days). I have saved $1,232.60 by not smoking 7,358 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 13 hours and 10 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM



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[lbahr]

I guess there really are people out there that go through the same thing as I do. I hid in the closet for so long and thought people didn't know, but they probably did. I drank every other day and would drink at least a 12 pack or more. When I drank, I smoked, and boy did I smoke! I would smoke at least a pack and sometimes open another. This went on like that for years. Once in awhile I would go two days off beer/smokes then get right back on. I would wake up in the morning and lay there and think if it was my day to drink/smoke. How bad was that? I finally had enough and decided to quit on November 14th 2005. I feel so much better and am slowly getting my life back. I now concentrate on LC'ing. It keeps me from drinking. I wasted so much money and life on that stuff, something I will never get back. But hey, I have a whole new life to look forward to! ;) I appreciate the support and will post often. Sometimes I live one day at a time and there was times I had to live one hour at a time, but I am making it. Thank God, which I do several times a day.

You all take care and stay in touch...

Linda

[BlitzedAng]

The way I saw it was like this.... Why bother eating lc to get healthy if Im going to keep poisoning my liver and lungs? Many reasons made me quit, but 4 lil angles help me KEEP this quit. (4 great kids)

Your Quit Date is: 5/21/2004 10:00:00 AM

Time Smoke-Free: 620 days, 3 hours, 16 minutes and 45 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 22945
Lifetime Saved: 5 months, 25 days, 6 hours
Money Saved: $5,012.39

Angel

[Ponya]

WTG Viper!!!!! A whole month now.....I am really proud of you :)


Time Smoke-Free: 38 days, 5 hours, 55 minutes and 33 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 1530
Lifetime Saved: 11 days, 16 hours
Money Saved: $304.00

[PitViper19]

32 days, 13 hours and 39 minutes tobacco free.

u2 Ponya!! WTG!! Keep it up girl