smoking??

Hello! just wanted to say hello! and say a word or two about smoking. since i dont eat alot. I smoke like a roof stack.Has anyone else have this same bad habbit?? thanks for sharing and if not what have you replaced over eating with? Lisa

With as hard as you have been working to regain your physical fitness, smoking oughta be one of those things you kick to the curb. I replaced the eating problem with walking or going to the gym [the scenery there can be quite entertaining.....]. I attempt to be careful in my grocery shopping so that "junk" is not readily accessible. Can't have old habits creeping in............ have a wonderful day!

I guess the most important thing is that you realize exactly WHAT you are doing and WHY. Secondly, don't beat yourself up about it -- because I did the same thing until last month I had to have a tumor removed from one of my breasts and there is a problem with the other. PLEASE, don't put yourself in my situation of having to wonder if you had only stopped smoking when you had the surgery, this really bad thing wouldn't be happening. Get whatever help you need and we're always here for you.

I quit smoking two years and one month ago. Nine months before my surgery. I feel alot better since I did quit, but honestly not a day goes by when I don't think about having a cigarette. Especially in the past few months since I have found myself eating more I sometime think that if I substituted smoking instead of snacking I can get over that oral fixation and start losing my last twenty pounds. Of course, if I started exercising more and trying harder to make wiser food choices I might have a chance of dropping that twenty pounds too! lol Bottom line is that smoking isn't healthy. Most enjoyable things aren't! I smoked for thirty years and finally decided that I really wanted to quit. When you are ready, you will too. When I did quit, I used the patch, sucked on sugar-free candies, and chewed on toothpicks and cinnamon sticks.

Hello, After not smoking for 4.5 years I began again in Nov. of 2004 - a very stupid thing to do, and now in Apr. of 2005, am still smoking. I am now up to about 1/2 a pack a day. I have to say I really do enjoy it!! and at the same time I really do want ot stop, especially since I sing in my church choir and it really does make a diiference. Any sugestions would be most welcome!!