I need to quit smoking. I am worried about my health, I have children, and it’s not fair to them. What has been effective for people? The biggest things that keep me from quitting is that I don’t want to be irritable with my kids and I don’t want to gain weight. Please help!
Mike_T says:
I know exactly how you feel, I was in a very similar situation. I remember that I was so nervous at that time and I took it out on everyone around me. I didnt know what could I do until, thanks god, I found Smoke Deter. Now I can look back and laugh on myself and in the same time I remember how helpless I was. I hope that I'll never be in the same situation again
The # 1 thing is that you must be totally serious about quiting. 99% of it is in your head and the 1% is really the addiction. It’s really tough to beat but as long as you truely want to then you can do it. The physical part is over in just a week or 2. The mental part is the tough part.
umm the best way to stop smoking is to buy the patch or just chew gum
you can stop smoking only if you put your mind to it. It’s all in your mind. If you think you can stop , if you have the will power you definitely will.
Besides you could consiously try not to smoke by buying fewer and fewer packs. you could tell your kids to tell you to stop if they ever spot you smoking.
Since you already know it’s consequences it’s all up to you now to stop the habit.
Habits like smoking, drinking etc., are difficult to get rid off. Better consult a psychologist. Practicing Yoga (ancient Indian technique to control your body and mind) would also help you in solving your problem.
you hv to make up ur mind & determine urself when u r quitting cos somehow u will still think of it…u can take mints sweets whenever u feel like puffing…
i wish u can QUIT smoking cos its really bad for ur health not only bcos u r a mom of 2…
GOOD LUCK & TAKE CARE…
Initially, it is difficult but if you have the will power , you can do it. Plan a schedule for proper exercise and eat healthier . After some regular exercises , you’ll feel more energetic and happy. Keep that feeling in your mind and whenever you feel like you want to smoke, try jogging instead(20 minutes a day is enough). You might want to cut down on protein, carbohydrates and fats as you get older because your body does not need any growth but only maintainance. Take more fibres in your diet too.
That way you won’t grow fat.
The rest is up to your will power. I can only wish you good luck and hope that you succeed. May God bless you.
just STOP I did, haven’t had a cigarette in 12 years…
Eat only when hungry and that too not more than 3 times a day. Nothing in between other than water. Include plenty of uncooked vegetables and fruits in ur diet. Chew each morsel at least 32 times to activate ur body system to generate hunger/fullness signals and obey such signals.
Take regulary, preferably twice a day, light exercises and brisk walks.
U will achieve what u never even dreamt.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Guide_for_Quitting_Smoking.asp
http://www.philipmorrisusa.com/en/health_issues/default.asp
I want to give you an idea on how secondhand smoke is downright offensive. This morning I was at the laundry mat. I was standing there folding clothes. I picked up the fowl scent of a cigarette, it made my throat itch so bad. I started coughing,I was not feeling good. I saw the smoker standing right outside the door. I wanted to go over and ask him to move further away from the door, but I didn’t want to sound like a nag or something. That happens often when I go do my laundry. Once I was working as a guard at a grocery store. At this grocery store one of my duties was to stand at the entrance to the door and keep an eye on the people coming and going. That night I was standing at the entrance and I saw this young woman walking twards the door. She stopped right outside because she was finishing off a cigarette. She had been standing there for a couple of minutes smoking. I politly explained to her that I have a severe reaction to cigarette smoke and that I would apprciate it if she could move a little further down wind. She was OK with that. She moved. I really wish I could make more people aware of how bad secondhand smoke can be. You may be reading this and saying to yourself, this guy dosen’t know how difficult it is to go with out a smoke, or smokers have rights. I am a former smoker. I started by stealing smokes from my dad when I was nine. I was just curiouse, I would take a cigarette here and there. In high school I bought my first pack of Marlboro Reds at a 7/11. At first I would just smoke after school. Then by about tenth grade I started going in to "the corral" this was a spot behind the cafateria where alot oh kids would light ‘em up. It was easy to smoke back there because no one could see you. It was behind where all of the lines were for snacks. One day I got caught, I guess I smelled strongly of cigarettes and one of the school "narcs" got me. I was taken to the Vice Principals office where they called my parents and I had to think of a way to tell my mom I was caught smoking. I was pretty embaressed. That is when I stopped smoking at school and I started smoking a whole lot more on weekends. I was a full fledged smoker by age 17. I had a job where all I did was serve fancy coffee and icecream, and on my frequent breaks I would sit and pound coffee and smoke. When I was 18 I went on a trip to Europe which was chaperoned by my track coaches. It was wierd the first time they confronted me about smoking cigarettes.I felt a little ashamed. When we got back to the Sates I quit smoking for the first time. I was smoke free for a while, then I joined the US Navy. I started again, at first I just smoked at the bars and night clubs. I turned back to fitness after a while. I did not want to smoke anymore. I reported to my first ship and within a week I was smoking more than ever before . You see there are alot of smokers on a ship and misery loves company. That and it’s easyer to bum smokes off of people if more people smoke, so some of the guys that had been on the ship longer encouraged the new guys to smoke. Throughout my four years in the Navy I must have stopped smoking about at least ten times. I would stop and go on a health kick for a couple of weeks to a few months. I would always get around the drinking scene and start up again. Well I have been off and on again I don’t know how many times in the past 15 years. I am happy to say that this month I have been one year without any alcohol, and it has been over two years sence I’ve smoked a cigarette. It is so hard to quit, but it is worth it. I am in excellent physical shape and I plan on running a 10K race in october. I have a five year old daughter who I am already teaching the evils of cigarette smoking. Good luck with quitting. Stick with it. Be open with your children about the quitting process, I’m sure they want to see you succeed.