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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1693

MistyMoonlight,

Thanks for the post! Very informative, and inspirational!

You are doing such a great job, keep it up!

Breanne, Bilingual Health Educator

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Wow - look at what my spell checker did to my post? LOL

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/17/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 726
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 54,450
Amount Saved: $13,612.50
Life Gained:
Days: 64 Hrs: 18 Mins: 58 Seconds: 43

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

I never coughed. And I recently had a chest X-Ray and my lungs are all clear! I dunno how it got out of there, but it did.

As far as rewards goes - it's very very important.. it's not just something to do with the money you're saving... the money I saved just got absorbed into our budget because we were overextending ourselves by buying cigarettes.

The process of rewarding yourself helps to open up the serotonin receptors in your brain, and you need to re-open them because they closed when you were smoking because smoking makes your brain overproduce serotonin. Serotonin keeps your mental health well, so by all means - Reward reward and Reward. Every time you make it through stress at work, or a traffic jam, or a visit from mom, or whatever it is that used to inspire you to smoke.. reward yourself! Cook gourmet food, or comfort food, or take a trip to a chocolate store, or to a perfume store, or take a long bath.. buy some essential oils and really stink up your space! See a movie, sit in a jacuzzi, make a long distance phone call, have a pajama day, join a gym!

Just take really really good care of yourself! You're doing the biggest and best thing you've ever done in your life... behave accordingly.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/17/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 726
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 54,450
Amount Saved: $13,612.50
Life Gained:
Days: 64 Hrs: 18 Mins: 58 Seconds: 39

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 672

I'm doing things i wouldn't have normally done like getting a motorcycle licence & a Motorcycle, i'm just peeved i never done this stuff sooner, but i'm shure making up for lost time !

I guess it just goes to shows how Smoking cigarettes just makes you complacent & lazy & that you just accept the way things have turned out in your life & i spose .... that fate has been handed to you in the form of a nicotine stick.

As a smoker I remember trying avoiding those thoughts of dying a premature death by lung cancer through smoking ....everytime i lit one up i thought " this could be the one" !

fyi i didn't cough at all when i quit

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2005
Smoke-Free Days: 1287
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 45,045
Amount Saved: $8,365.50
Life Gained:
Days: 189 Hrs: 3 Mins: 42 Seconds: 28

Quit Meter

$14,098.32

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 702 Hours: 6

Minutes: 54 Seconds: 0

Life Gained
Quit Meter

3852

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

57,780

Cigarettes Not Smoked

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 101

Thank you for the wonderful suggestions. I've decided to take my $30 (that I saved not smoking) and taking my two boys to the Colorado Irish Festival near me. I've always wanted to but, shhhh, no smoking there, and well, I was a smoker back then. NOW I can finally go and see Celtic dancing, food, etc. Cant wait. Still grumpy tonight but trying to switch that around.

Kasi

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/3/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 7
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 140
Amount Saved: $29.75
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 17 Mins: 8 Seconds: 8

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 567

Hey Kasi,

Watching old movies is a fun one for me...going out on the town for dinner and a few cocktails...

Nice long baths with candles and new lotion for afterward have all kept me feeling rewarded for all my efforts....

I'm proud of your progess--keep up the great work!

Deb

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 131
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,930
Amount Saved: $884.25
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 23 Mins: 29 Seconds: 10

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1209

Congrats at the end of my first week I bought a book and a cute refillable water bottle (should hve at least 2 so you can have one getting cold while you are using one.)

One of our members buys plants.

one evening I cooked one of my favorite meals.

A dark chocolate bar.. I took pieces off.. and it lasted almost a week.

Bigger milestones.. bigger rewards. and for one of my milesones we adopted an older cat from a shelter..

Have fun

Bonnie

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 151
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,567
Amount Saved: $513.40
Life Gained:
Days: 21 Hrs: 16 Mins: 55 Seconds: 9

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 967

I joined a couple of different book clubs. One that only has inspirational books, and the other has all of my mystery books. So I have about 15 books to read now, only its summer, and there isn't the time like there was in the winter when I first quit. I have also bought things as little as hand and body lotion that smells really good, or a pretty candle. Anything that is something you enjoy or like is all that matters. I think a vacations sounds great.

Kelly

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/6/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 217
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,510
Amount Saved: $813.75
Life Gained:
Days: 17 Hrs: 16 Mins: 49 Seconds: 51

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1288

Members,

All very great rewards!

Lets us know what you like best and what keeps you on track.

Sylvie, Bilingual Health Educator

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 235

Kasi major congrats on making it through hell week now it gets easier honest you can do this Teresa
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/30/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 102
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 4,080
Amount Saved: $510.00
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 11 Mins: 23 Seconds: 28

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