1 Year Today
Hi everyone, Today I am 1 year without a smoke. It has been an interesting journey filled with grief, depression, fatigue and just downright miserableness!! hahaha I have replaced my smoking with obesity so the journey will be never ending!!!! Not sure what I will try and swap my obesity for!!! I am certainly glad that I have quit after 46 years of smoking. I was pleased recently when no tobacco day came along as it was the first one I had ever experienced. For everyone here starting their journey just read all the posts and have patience waiting for the good times to arrive. Stay strong everyone and embrace the ride.
Congratulations on being a year smoke free. You have every right to celebrate and spoil yourself with the money now saved. Well done on a great effort. You will address the extra weight when you are ready it will fall off if you use the same determination you used to stop smoking. Stay strong.
Hi Dugahole. Weight gain is by far the lesser of two evils. Congratulations on making the rest of your life better! With our breathing greatly restored, we have more energy and ability to do things which will eventually lead to weight loss without too much more effort. Nothing worthwhile comes easy, and when we have to work for it, we tend to take more pleasure and pride from it. Again, congratulations on your one year as a happy non-smoker. You keep reading posts as well and keep your prize. It never hurts to have reinforcement.
I hope you treated yourself to something very nice for yourself as a reward. You are so deserving of it!
Hi Dugahole, First congratulations! what a great milestone. Me too with the weight problem, yo-yo-ing my way through the maze. Less portion amount and slightly more exercise and I cut down on carbs helped me enormously. I was supported eventually by a dietician and have learned what suits me. This took about a year before I lost one dress size. (I don't expect you need to loose a dress size), but you might find you are spending your money on different clothes (thin ones). Great result!
Hi Dugahole. Firstly congratulations on reaching the first epic milestone. I called my craving "Margaret Thatcher" and found it powerful on my quit trail to tell her where to go with a few expletives added to my response to her when she tried to get me to light up. I guess I used food as a distraction or a reward or a replacement for cigs. Anyhow, 18kgs and 2 1/2 years later I had a new project. You guessed it. Get rid of all that weight. Figured if I could beat the addiction then food shouldn't be a huge problem. My "diet" required me to think and follow my rule. "Avoid 50 shades of beige. Eat bright, live light." 18 kgs later I can say it worked. Took 9 months at about 1/2 kg a week. No rapid loss. Slow and steady, one day at a time, no rush. Anyhow, whatever works for you.