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Just checking in to say hello and let you all know I am still going strong with my quit. It has been 68 days since my last cigarette. I have been keeping busy working lots to pay for Christmas and doing lots of baking.... I love baking. And now for your food porn fix of the day...... Chocolate chip muffins with a peanut butter crumb topping and vanilla and milk chocolate drizzle Lemon raspberry muffins with a raspberry cream drizzle Homemade cinnamon pull a part buns with cream cheese frosting

G’day NOPE pledge ....the only way to start the day C

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Oops, was trying to make an airline reservation, it got late, and I ran out the door to work this morning without eating breakfast or pledging. Didn't smoke, won't smoke today. Tomorrow is another day. But no smoking today. Edit: double - oops. Today is still Monday where I am, and I just made a late Monday's pledge on the new Tuesday pledge. Sigh. I pledge not to smoke on Tuesday, either.

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Doesn't matter what day it is when you pledge your nope as long as you do pledge then keep that pledge. That's all that counts. Do that once every day and you can't fail

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G’day NOPE and HOPE..... don’t you like how they rhyme C

I was fat and sedentary when I smoked. Took an act of God to get my ass off the couch. 3 years later, I'm active, fit, and enjoying an energetic life. Here's a recent desert hike.

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Who first coined the H.A.L.T. acronym? In the past three days, I've gained a whole new respect for using it to rescue sanity from the clutch of addictive thinking. If I have it right, when a person feels s/he is in the grips of longing for nicotine, it may not be nicotine, but something else. Wires get crossed. It could be Hunger, Anger/Annoyance, Loneliness, or Tired. I don't know how many times in the past few days I've "HALTed." Each time, well most of the time, I reached a satisfactory conclusion that I needed something else, not a nicotine fix. Although the nicotine fix would have been nice, too, were it not destructive, expensive, and pointless. I used to reach for a cigarette when I was hungry. When I've HALTed, the solution I come up with most often is to eat a piece of fruit because I sense my blood sugar is low. Once, identifying lonely, I reached out to my son (a young man with a family of his own). He and I are close. He doesn't know I smoke, so I didn't talk about smoking, just used a brief interaction to supplant nicotine craving. HALT is so simple, yet so powerful. Stressor --> few deep breaths to gain calm --> ask the H.A.L.T. questions and be open to the answers --> focus on the best response and take action Anyone else have success using this method? Do you use it often?

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I quit 11 years ago and I still occasionally find myself wanting a cigarette. Here's the difference between a quitter and a smoker. A quitter doesn't smoke. A quitter realizes that the craving they are experiencing is the sign of something else that needs to be attended to. A smoker smokes- then wonders why they can't quit. ~~~~SMOKING ISN'T THE ANSWER, IT NEVER WAS~~~~

Post one, post ten....but has to be a real selfie.... Call this one Copcicle

The nicotine addiction is in the part of your brain that would normally give you rewards for taking care of yourself. Eat some food - reward for taking care of hungry. In from the rain - reward for not being wet. Get some sleep - reward for not being tired. Nicotine hijacks this part of your brain so it mostly functions like: Smoke cigarette - reward no panic inducing adrenaline dump. You are retraining your brain to work properly. It's a healing process, so it takes time and effort. You'll see plenty of posts that discuss rewarding yourself often early in a quit to correct what nicotine has messed up.

NOPE Again!! This getting to be a habit!!?

OMG IGT.... so super happy to see you are still with us.... thought we had lost you.... hmmm... definately think there were missed woohoo drinks, so very sorry.

Great to hear from you IGT ... Well done on your fabulous quit ...your doing great....and ............look at this glorious s food you have baked...YUM..... My mouth is Watering.....

I use this often - maybe that is why I gained so much weight when I quit...always went for a piece of dark chocolate! Been trying to just drink water lately!! It does work well when you are doing battle with a crave because you need to think and it gets your mind off the crave.....

I call this one "me and my stick"

Thanks, Doreen, Your comment about watching the days clock up...I was thinking about what 110 cigarettes in a pile would look like, and imagining having smoked that many. That's what's showing on my ticker right now. Then I look at your 39,169 not smoked!!!! Wicked! And saving more than $17k from enriching tobacco tycoons. When I grow up I want my numbers to look just like yours.

Looked at my face in the mirror this evening after work, and I had to look more closely....my complexion is a tad lighter or brighter, or something. It used to have a grayish tone that was really unattractive. Cosmetics didn't help much. Guessing that improved circulation is having something to do with better coloration. Is this common?

I gained 5 lbs just looking at that stuff! Nice one. Becomes part of your family's Christmas tradition which is cool

Ola born te ver novamente ...stewpot !!!...

Congratulations Kdad! Keep up the great work!

Congratulations Kdad on your THREE months of Freedom ! LOVE your NOPE's and v. glad you have built a great quit.

Congrats on one year! Welcome to the Lido!!