The Giving Up Smoking Thread - Part 3

determined_new_ms

Kiwisaver wrote: »

I do hope you're all okay and especially Sue, hope you're on the mend and will be back with us soon.



You and me both, not sure when my clock will click over to 3 months, maybe tomorrow, but by crikey I have been putting away the food and put on approximately 4 to 5 pounds. I had spare capacity for a couple of pounds extra, but it's getting noticeable now.

It's just the time between leaving work and dinner and then later in the evenings before bedtime that gets me on the munchies and I keep eating more for lunch and dinner in the hope that I'll be less tempted to eat rubbish afterwards. The past couple of days I have added a banana as a mid afternoon snack and it actually seems to have staved off the worst of it.

My vital statistics are:

Smober Time: Two months, four weeks, two days, 14 hours, 0 minutes and 50 seconds.
1343 cigarettes not smoked, saving $929.88.
Life saved: 4 days, 15 hours, 55 minutes.

I have gone up 2 dress sizes I'm trying to loose some but clearly not hard enough.. It has made me feel fed up but not enough to think about smoking :T

kiwi :eek: omg the amount of money you would have spent! and checking out ur frugal living challenge - pretty impressive :A

Kiwisaver_2

determined_new_ms wrote: »

kiwi :eek: omg the amount of money you would have spent! and checking out ur frugal living challenge - pretty impressive :A

My amount spent wasn't as up to date as it should be, but fixed now. The savings do quickly mount up, eh? When you consider it'll be three months tomorrow and in that time I HAVEN'T smoked 67 packets of cigs. :eek: That's pretty HUGE!!!

I was similarly intrigued by your Day Zero Fund and tried to search for it a while back but returned no results, is it a debt-free challenge like the 'Olympic' that I am on?

determined_new_ms

Kiwisaver wrote: »

I was similarly intrigued by your Day Zero Fund and tried to search for it a while back but returned no results, is it a debt-free challenge like the 'Olympic' that I am on?

http://dayzeroproject.com/user/DNM

its a list of things I want to do in 1001 days - each time I tick one off I put £2 into my savings account

I haven't even looked at it for a while so now I think I will poodle off & see what I can achieve in the next month...

slugger09

I wonder could I ask some advice? Its in or around 5 weeks since I quit, I am planning to have a few beers tonight, How can I make sure I don't end up smoking again? I really don't want to have to give up the drink aswell but the 2 go together so well, like salt and pepper, laurel and hardy, Morecambe and Wise, I don't think 1 would be the same without the other.

Erme

DNMS If you're wondering why I haven't been on the small things thread it's cos Mon/Tues's jobs never got done. Had conference yesterday and now am decorating and shall be for most of next week. Praise God the budget (out of savings and PAD monies) was £45 for all the paint etc and I got about £15 off at the hardware store through various offers (like 3 for 2 on the paint for example and 10% off for spending more than £30) so it came in @ £36....Only downside was that I had to get a refund cos I did this all wrong (should have got discount before the till but the queue was so huge I went to the self service) so had to put the £36 on OD monies but that should be sorted soon...

So yeah...I will see the small things thread when my house looks like normal again (instead of a glorified bombsite as it does right now)...and right now I'm on for 2 mins then off to a BBQ @ one of my student friend's houses....(don't exactly know where I'm going though LOL)

E

determined_new_ms

slugger09 wrote: »

I wonder could I ask some advice? Its in or around 5 weeks since I quit, I am planning to have a few beers tonight, How can I make sure I don't end up smoking again? I really don't want to have to give up the drink aswell but the 2 go together so well, like salt and pepper, laurel and hardy, Morecambe and Wise, I don't think 1 would be the same without the other.

hey slugger I'm confident you'ill be grand. Just because you have a drink doesn't mean you will want a cig. I haven't found going out for a drink a problem. Good luck!

Good luck with the decorating Erme!

Triciaxx

:hello: everybody. Still doing fine and prepared to promise anyone struggling that it does get easier and it is possible!

I put on a jacket I hadn't worn since last year the other day and guess what was in the pocket? A lighter :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I think that may be the last one in the house.

According to my quit meter, I have 'not smoked' 3,661 cigs and have now saved over £1k :money:

One weird side effect is that I knew I was wasting a lot of money and that held me back from doing other money saving things. We had a water meter installed this morning and I've done all manner of little things to improve our finances.

Keep going everyone. If I can do it, anyone can. :T:T

Kiwisaver_2

My non-smoking buddies seem to have gone very quiet of late, I hope it's due to y'all being busy and enjoying the Spring weather or that everyone's staying off the cigs and not needing any moral support.

I now go some whole days without even thinking of smoking BUT I still have my moments, usually when something BIG has happened, or I have needed some courage to say or do something. Weird is't it, how we always ended everything with a smoke? It was like the reward for good behaviour or the full stop at the end of every sentence; you knew it was over when you had achieved the goal and had your smoke and stubbed out the dog end to seal the deal before moving onto the next job or task.


Have a lovely long weekend ahead, but sadly we've only gloomy, wet and windy weather to look forward to, so I hope your Easter has a better outlook than mine.

Happy Easter!!
:EasterBun

Triciaxx

Kiwisaver wrote: »

My non-smoking buddies seem to have gone very quiet of late, I hope it's due to y'all being busy and enjoying the Spring weather or that everyone's staying off the cigs and not needing any moral support.

I now go some whole days without even thinking of smoking BUT I still have my moments, usually when something BIG has happened, or I have needed some courage to say or do something. Weird is't it, how we always ended everything with a smoke? It was like the reward for good behaviour or the full stop at the end of every sentence; you knew it was over when you had achieved the goal and had your smoke and stubbed out the dog end to seal the deal before moving onto the next job or task.

Happy Easter!!
:EasterBun

:wave: Kiwi!

I found it way down the pages yesterday. I love the phrase I've bolded. :T:T That's exactly how it is. I still get the odd moment and it's still the 'first time' things. I started a project and realised my hand was trying to find my cigs - I wasn't even conscious of doing it till it couldn't find them. Good job they weren't there.

Catherine25

Hi everyone, sorry I havnt been here in a while! Hope you are all keeping well.
My stats from the silk quit meter are
Five months, one week, 9 hours, 45 minutes and 4 seconds.
3168 cigarettes not smoked, saving £886.84.
Life saved: 1 week, 4 days, 0 minutes.

I cant believe I have saved nearly £900 :eek: I just wish I had saved it in a jar so I could treat myself!
To everyone who is in early stages of quitting, it does get easier I promise. I hardly think about smoking now and Im so glad I quit! Best thing I have ever done! Hope you all have a great easter xxx