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-18 The Triumphant Chicks have been busy today !

Here's something from our friend, Joel Spitzer, A Postcard From a Smokers Cilia* Miss you, wish I were there. Just a little cilia message from Joel. *In case you don't know what cilia are, they are little hairlike projections that line your respiratory tract. The sweep over 600 times a minute, trying to clean out foreign material and particulate matters inhaled into the lungs. Things like dust, bacteria, viruses, etc. Cilia works generally well in all people, except cigarette smokers. The day you take your first puff, you slow them down. Smoke longer and longer, you will eventually paralyze them. Smoke long enough, cilia are destroyed. The good news is of you stop smoking, usually within three days cilia start to regenerate. Many smokers will actually increase coughing when first quitting. This is partially due to the cilia restarting the cleansing process. The more you cough up then, the cleaner your lungs will become, the better you will breathe the rest of your life. Usually within 6 months cilia will totally regenerate. One thing to keep in mind though, if a heavy smoker with destroyed cilia were to try to stop smoking but continue to smoke the equivalent of one cigarette a day, destroyed cilia will not be able to regenerate. More reasons to Never Take Another Puff! Resources on Cilia

I know quitting unlocked a whole new me. No question.

What a great post, @notsmokinjo ! I am so glad you quit smoking and are beginning to appreciate yourself. You are an incredible being. This is one of the great gifts of quitting smoking, the ability to change. The ability to make truthful assessments of ourselves and choose to accept things or change them. The inner power, the self-confidence, the profound trust in ourselves that we can now nurture instead of the focus being on poisoning ourselves, it is an incredible metamorphosis and every person who has quit smoking knows exactly what I mean, what Jo means. p.s. I know well the rabbit holes of our archives, I have a sort of fetish to link everything together. lol.

Here are some more resources How To Prevent A Relapse and Red Flags

I think dried are far superior to canned, as long as they haven't been sitting on the shelf since The Dark Ages. That is why I make purchases at ethnic food shops, people that consider dried beans staples will have the freshest dried products.

I am still on Rat Patrol and my good friend just sent this to cheer me up.

I just want you to be really careful and vigilant, @Tylers1027 so you can build yourself a sturdy and successful quit. Resources related to Words That Translate To Relapse

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Congratulations on 49 days of not smoking. I am sure you have stirred up your smoking patterns and dealt with some triggers. Thank you for checking in, it is good to hear you are still with us. You won't be 'messing up' or 'slipping up' if you smoke. These word are far too innocuous when stark truth is needed. If you smoke, you will have willfully relapsed and failed yourself. Don't do it. This quitting is serious business. You will stop the damage from nicotine and end your suffering when you stop administering nicotine. It takes three days for most of nicotine to be eliminated from your body.

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I also recommend sourcing the freshest beans possible. This makes a huge difference. I go to my Latin markets for Black and Pinto Beans. Mid Eastern markets for Chick Peas, lentils. Italian markets for White Beans, Chick Peas too. Red Beans and Black-eyes are popular here so, the 'normal' market's supplies tend to be fresh. You can also sprout all these beans for salads etc.

-11 heya Big D

-9 hello darling smoke free creatures

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

Congratulations to you and Quita, Jimmy ! Seven Years of Freedom. Beautiful. What's going on with your ticker ?

I'll use your formula for making the balls and just substitute Za'atar spice to the mix instead of Ital and use yogurt instead of a tomato sauce. I want to recommend making your own beans from dried. It is easy in a slow cooker or easy/quick/superior texture in an instant cooker. The citric acid and other preservatives in canned beans tastes awful to me and rinsing doesn't quite remove it. Plus, I want to keep as many chemical preservatives out of my bod as I can. I love the line in the movie clip from @BAT, "People say I am strong as a bull. Never seen a bull eat meat"

thanks, @catlover. May not do them Italian, may do more Middle Eastern and have with a raita. I make hummus so often, these shapes will be nice for a change. I don't buy plant based meat products.

-4 page turned @despair not, here is the link A Grand Day

Ooh, would love the recipe for chick pea balls...like falafel ? or with cooked chickpea ? I make nut balls often, chopped fine nuts of choice, caramelized onion/garlic, parmesean or aseago or ? egg, bread crumbs if needed, also makes a fine nut loaf. Do try those black 'caviar' lentils, they are incredible. White beans are my fav lately. I love my newish instant cooker/pressure cooker. Raw beans come out incredibly creamy in short time.

I left you a link earlier in this thread but, here it is again, it's from the BBC A Grand Day -2

-3 Hey, @despair not did you listen to the BBC I linked for you about Wallace & Gromit ? hi G