MarylandQuitter

Very nice truck! Name it Raven.

Count me in! NOPE!

Which truck did you get?

Good to see you! Just figured you got lost in a casino or something. :)

Nancy, one meal is not going to do that. If you see any weight a day or two after a meal, it's from water retention and high sodium from the meal.

Good days, bad days. We all have them. If it wasn't for days rated as a 15, we wouldn't enjoy the 2&3 days as much. :) Very proud of you.

NOPE. I will not be smoking today under any circumstances. Smoking solves nothing, is no freaking reward for a job well done and it besides, it looks so stupid.

Some of the stuff that I read from members here sticks with me and makes me chuckle still long after I've read it. Can be from any thread but it has to have some kind of humor to it, banter between two members etc. My first entry is Paul's reply to me on The Coke Machine Game the other day. MQ: I insert an old fence post. Paul723: And you get an 85 year old pole dancer who is willing to give it a go to restart her career but MQ is afraid of scaring the children and the dog so he gives her a cup of coffee and drives her back to the assisted care facility. lol

Great job and great attitude, Susana! You must not leave this board for any unreasonable length of time. Reading your accomplishments and honesty in your writing is very helpful. Can't wait to see what happens next for you, the new you. :) Keep on kickin' ass and taking names.

You get a basketball court to bounce it on. I insert a box of 10 penny nails.

Wait until you get my age. lol The more active you become, the more your metabolism speeds up. Your body is also using/needing more calories due to the increase in activity. To answer your question, it's probably a combination of both. At first the weight can come off easy but be prepared to hit a plateau. Once you start losing weight, your metabolism will temporarily go into survival mode and slow down until it gets used to the new normal and will speed back up. Keep going and don't stop. If you're seeing that much weight loss in 5 days it's water weight from eating better, less sodium retention etc. A healthy goal is to lose 2 lbs of fat per week. Not muscle, fat. Feed your body well. You'll burn more calories to retain muscle so the more of it you build or retain is going to pay huge dividends in weight loss (fat loss). What are you doing for exercise? I think I saw that you were doing a 30 day shred? Is that the Jillian Michaels program?

:acute: Right there. Sweet, glorious freedom. It's really something how smoking affected us in so many layers of who we are.

You're awesome, Tiffany. You keep holding on to us because we're not letting go. 36 days is awesome!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9EKqQWPjyo&list=UUZwMj-i4JMwzkPMGqD8sZrw&index=25

Oh hell yes.

Bob Dylan is in my top three of all time. Huck's Tune is one of my faves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcYpESn8Ako And this is my anthem for the assholes of the world. "Positively 4th Street" by Dylan. This is Simply Red covering it. Only one I could find with the lyrics. I have Simply Red's version of this song and others they're great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdI1vO9T5A

You wanna know what's pathetic, Tiff? Throwing away a 9 month quit because you're too tough to reach out and ask for help. I was that guy a little over 9 months ago. I thought I had it all figured out but little did I know, I was letting that junkie thinking take root in my mind and set the course for my relapse. You posting an S.O.S. is not pathetic and in fact, it takes more courage to do so than it does to simply do nothing. What's happening is you're winning the battle against the addiction. Your body and mind are getting used to life without poision and the addict in you wants what feels familiar. Hold on because not smoking will be the new familiar feeling for you. This is all part of the healing process, body and mind. You're doing fine and kudos for having the courage to reach out for help!!! I wish I had been strong enough to do so.

lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhKdzF_Qod4

That new apes movie looks good! I've been an ape fan since I saw the original as a kid. Have fun!

Sorry I missed this. Whenever I do a new exercise, I start with little or no weight at all until I learn the proper movement and get used to it. Use just the bar and then if too light just add until you get some slight resistance to get proper form. Slowly add weight as you get used to it.

For me, this is beautiful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjgdMa-eCrw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZzSvDNIG_o

Simply brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlOEw4uCzQ4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2705g5GV0uQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQHQvtIr6w

I know all the answers to your questions. Yes to all 3! Who cares how many attempts you've made at quitting? You know how many times I told my wife I was going to quit and she just rolled her eyes and said "didn't you just say that yesterday?" Then I would come up withe some excuse. I quit for me. I didn't give a damn what anybody thought about my success or failure. Screw everybody else. This is about you. Please stop messing around with your life and quit. Look, this may be hard for you to quit or it might not. Right now your mind is your own worst enemy. Your inner junkie, strung out on nicotine, is telling you that you're going to fail, that you don't have the strength and the truth is that it's telling you that you don't want to quit. You're believing the lies. Smoking is of no benefit to you! All you're doing is chasing temporary relief from withdrawal and torturing yourself, not to mention slowly killing yourself. This is what it's come down to. It's time to quit smoking and stop listening to the lies in your head. Look at your quit buddy, IamDoingIt. He posted a great thread the other day about his relapse and his newfound commitment to quitting.