Still Not Smoking and Other Things

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by Patti

Congratulations to all of you who have successfully quit smoking!

I had my last cig at 7:30am Monday morning, so I've been smoke free for about 58 1/2 hours and I have never felt so lousy in my life. I've coughed more in the last three days than I have in the last three years. I've quit smoking many, many times, but I'm really going to try hard to make it stick this time. I've always gained weight and gotten depressed so I start again. I already exercise a lot, so I just have to be really conscious of my food intake for a while and hope for the best. So, any good thoughts anyone could send my way would be very, very much appreciated!

Yay Patti- you can do this. I wish I could tell you how badly I felt when I first quit. I walked into my doctor's office and when she asked me what was wrong, I said, "I feel like ****!". I feel 150% better now, and you will too.

To answer the other question (I'm too lazy to do the QUOTE thing):

I was a vegetarian for 12 years (see, I'm old too- 39 this year) and what I always told people was to try NOT eating meat for just one day a week. Then, wean yourself off day by day. I went cold turkey (heh) because I read a book called, May All Be Fed : 'a Diet For A New World' (I think this was the book, I thought the title had the word "Gentle" in it, but whatever). Anyway the book that I can't remember the title of changed my life. When I first went vegetarian, I lost a lot of weight. Eventually, I evened out. I would like to go back to eating no meat- I felt so much better about myself then.

Can I just say that I love you guys? Because I do; I am really loving this conversation.