Mind over matter

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Registered: 08-31-2004
Mind over matter
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Mon, 09-13-2004 - 8:48pm
Well today looks like it was a slow day so I thought I would share something with you guys. Tomorrow morning...I will be one week smoke-free :) Do you know how many times I have talked about quitting and how many times I have tried? The longest I was successful was maybe 5 hours. Sad eh? But honestly, I dont think I was ready and I wasnt mentally strong enough.

For a while now, I have thought that although eating can be an addiction, in the end I think it really revolves around how strong you are mentally. Your mind and heart has to be strong enough to acheive what you want done. I know that I am more successful when I have siked myself up and told myself that I can do it. That is what I did with smoking this time. It took me a few weeks to convince myself that I was ready and that I COULD DO IT. For once, I didnt allow myself any negative thinking and for once, I was successful. I even managed to lose a pound earlier in the week but I gained that back lol

So remember guys...just because overeating is an addiction, that doesnt mean that you dont have some control. I seriously hope that I am forever a nonsmoker and forver below the 200 pound mark, but no one's fate is sealed. So dont tell yourself that you cant do....you CAN do it and you need to know you can do it :)

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Tue, 09-14-2004 - 3:34pm




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Tue, 09-14-2004 - 3:59pm
Thanks!

At the rate I smoked cigarettes, quitting saved me from smoking 213 cigarettes this week and saved me 40 dollars.

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Wed, 09-15-2004 - 9:16am
I have been smoke free for 1108 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours and 1 min 19 seconds. 155,259 cigs not smoked. And saved 7,762.95 dollars. LOL, is that with or without the cost of raising prices or just a $1.00 a pack. Pretty good, :-) Stephanie
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Wed, 09-15-2004 - 9:51am
You go, Girl!

Shawna, I've been there, so know exactly how you feel. What seemed to help me was that whenever I got a craving, I told myself it was just that -- a craving -- and NOT a command I had to act on. Seemed to help me day after day. After 40 cigarettes for almost 30 years, retraining takes some getting used to! I had my bank make a monthly automatic withdrawal to a new "Cigarette Money" account, and with $280 a month, you'd be surprised how quickly it adds up! (They cost between $7 & $8 a pack up here). So I'm pullin' for ya, hun!

Congrats again,

Debbie

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