Nicole Diver

It's tough Wendy! I feel like I have struggled with my weight since I quit. Then I remember I was constantly on a diet before, too. In my opinion, it is something that one has to monitor. But! It's a heck of a lot easier to monitor than all the thousand horrible things that go along with smoking. About a year and a half in, I'm 7-8 pounds more. Not thrilled about it, but I fall off the diet wagon on a very reg basis. Point is: do not start worrying about your weight until you are ready to. The quit is the most important thing of all. So if you have to eat bigger dinners (I do) to stay quit, so be it. I think a comment was made by someone not thinking it through, and thank goodness your child could not possible understand what you are going through. If you gain a ton of weight to stay quit, it's not best case scenario, but really, you can deal with that when you're ready. So it's not really a big deal if that happens. Because yipppppppeeeee you quit smoking and are a rockstar! My father in law made a comment to me 13 years ago that I could stand to lose some weight, and I've never forgotten it. A smoking friend spent a weekend here last spring and we had breakfast (I don't skip breakfast on weekends anymore as a non smoker, so sorry!) and she had like 1 piece of toast and an egg and said, "oh! Couldn't possibly eat any more!" While I was just tucking into mine, and I had had no intention of only eating half. She then went out to smoke, and I stayed inside feeling like a real glutton. It's a subject I think that will always be a work in progress for a lot of people. That's ok!! It's manageable. I eat a lot popcorn mini bags and fruits and veggies. They are not "fun" but you get a lot of food for lower cals. Helps with the whole oral fixation thing.

No scoop yet?

I carried around a post it note in my wallet the first few months that said, "get to smoke vs. have to smoke." I looked at it several times/day for a long time to remind myself that no one else is "getting to smoke" they are "having to." For me, it was critical to understand the difference so I would stop feeling deprived.

Oh gosh no, my bro belongs, literally, in the cracker factory. The person below me likes to workout at night instead of am.

Uh oh DD we answered at same time

5 min ago. Jk. Do you wait in line or cut?

Pink or red! I just had mine colored yesterday again - I can give you my stylist's #...

Sonic, she is drawing this out on purpose :on_the_quiet2:

Can anyone find the youtube link to the "if it's not cancer I'll give up smoking clip"? (It's not called that) I posted it here a while back. Really hit home.

Spill it!!

Last time I quit I was so isolated I just said to heck with it and gave up. Not this time!

Me too Sonic

And what a smooth dancer he was!

What a great quote :p

Unfortunately I've had 2 family members die that were addicted to pain meds in a big way. Scares the crap out of me, destroyed both their lives.

I don't even understand this game, therefore, it's stupid!

:yes3: I concur

Oh yeah! Canadian Thanksgiving. And I didn't even hear from the in laws after they had too much wine.

Really? I thought it was a shot in the dark. True - I just had a cheese sandwich. TPBM is super excited "The Dead Files" is on Netflix

False - I think I was too young to get it. TPBM loves Sam's Choice Dt. Dr. Thunder

Her hair is gorg, and Elton John is the bestest. So this is a great thread after all!

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Welcome! So good to have you join! I have had to pay for the coffee ... I see how it is..

I don't get it :/

I will be here for it Sonic!