Craven and Bi-Polar Bear have inspired OCCOM BILL to finally

Here we are five days into 2005 and not a single New Year's resolution to stop smoking? Or stop something?

I have to go back on a stricter diet or step up time on the treadmill to shed the pounds I put on over the holidays. I absolutely HATE that. I envy those of you who are quitting smoking or quitting drinking or quitting something you can stay away from.

How does one stay away from food? Okay, I can stay away from Twinkies and Ho Ho's, but stay away from everything? Hard to do.

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I made one Foxy, but on another thread. Since that thread died on the vine, I'll grab it and put it here. This one seems to be the power thread that breeds success!

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I generally don't make any myself, mostly because I don't have the patience to wait for New Years Eve. However, since I'm still high off my recent success on Friday, June 11th 2004 (quit smoking), and I haven't successfully made a single self-improvement since, I'm going to try this year! This will be my second attempt in 6 months to institute a policy of daily exercise. I haven't stuck to any kind of a program since school, and that was a very long time ago. My health is perfect, so I have absolutely no excuse for my deplorable behavior nor any conceivable excuse for failure.

So far, I've been lame. I've dropped and did pushups just so I didn't violate 3 days of 4 and have yet to do anything today. To tell you how bad I need the exercise, 30 pushups seems like a lot. Shocked

I must do better. Okay, tonight I'll use the gym downstairs and tomorrow I'll swim. I swear!

How about you Foxy? What are you doing?

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You'll make it Bill. You're obviously a man of resolve when you choose to be. Smile

I do 20-30 minutes at 3+ miles per hour on the treadmill except that really fell off over the holidays and with definite detrimental effects. This year I plan to add 8-10 minutes daily of conditioning isometics, squats, and (ugh) crunches. I HATE this.

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Damn, sounds like you've already got it down. What was that stuff about staying away from food?

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Try skipping rope, O'Bill. Seriously. I've just been told by a couple of different fitness freaks lately that it's the best way to go.

Apparently, as little as 5 minutes of high-speed skipping can be great for cardio as well as legs, arms and upper back. I was amazed to hear what a multi-purpose goodie it is.

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Skipping rope is definitely a good conditioner and calorie burner BUT it is also a high impact activity. Low impact aerobics are less likely to aggravate arthritic conditions, bum knees, and such as that. I prefer the treadmill, those new fangled eliptical thingees, cycling that get the heartrate up and sustain it for 20 or more minutes but are also low impact over the long haul.

And Bill, no matter what anybody says, exercise needs to accompany a sensible healthy diet to achieve optimum healthy and fitness. The unsensible, unhealthy stuff is so damn attractive though. I need help with resolve to resist a lot of that attractive.

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My husband says he is quitting smoking after his pack is gone. Rolling Eyes

We'll see.

I smoked on New Years and got sick as a dog. Lesson learned. Embarrassed

Other than that, no resolutions except to be less of a worrier and be a more self-involved person. I know that sounds bad but I spend too much time worrying about other people sometimes and forget myself. I need more "me" time.

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I recommend aroma therapy candles, a small glass of good wine (or similarly soothing non alcoholic beverage), some good music on the radio or stereo, and a hot bubble bath all the way up to the neck at least once a week Kristie. I can't persuade the guys of this, but women understand how it can be sooooo good for the body, spirit, and soul.

And then you gotta do the damn 20+ minutes aerobics several times a week too.

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I haven't had a cigarette in 8 days (not much to some but to me it is alot) and all I do now is cough, but that will go away soon, but I am glad I am quitting

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WTG Crazielady!!! May I award you a gold star for your first successful week? Please check in here frequently. And yes, the cough is common along with a lot of other less-than-pleasant systems for the two to four weeks it takes for the nicotine to clear your system, but all is temporary. And the rewards for endurance are enormous!

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Crazielady420 wrote:

I haven't had a cigarette in 8 days (not much to some but to me it is alot) and all I do now is cough, but that will go away soon, but I am glad I am quitting

It will pass! And you will feel SOOOOOOO good!!! Congrats!!!! 8 days is a long time to a reformed smoker!!!! Just a few more days.... :wink:

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Crazielady420 wrote:

I haven't had a cigarette in 8 days (not much to some but to me it is alot) and all I do now is cough, but that will go away soon, but I am glad I am quitting

It will pass! And you will feel SOOOOOOO good!!! Congrats!!!! 8 days is a long time to a reformed smoker!!!! Just a few more days.... :wink:

Also, my doctor told me that for the first few months you may experience coughing, phlegm, stuffy nose, drainage, etc.....because your body is FINALLY beginning to function properly and all those things it couldn't get rid of before, it is fending off.

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Foxfyre wrote:

WTG Crazielady!!! May I award you a gold star for your first successful week? Please check in here frequently. And yes, the cough is common along with a lot of other less-than-pleasant systems for the two to four weeks it takes for the nicotine to clear your system, but all is temporary. And the rewards for endurance are enormous!

Thank you very much!! I have been smoking for four years now and I never realized how much of a habit it was until I tried quitting before. I don't know what to do with my hands anymore or after I eat, etc. I will be happy at the end of the month and I will have more money too!!

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You'd be surpised at how quickly your hands find something better to do. Just hang in there! :wink:

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I know I've said this before, but knitting really helped me when I quit. Kept my hands busy AND I couldn't eat at the same time.

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ehBeth wrote:

Try skipping rope, O'Bill. Seriously.

I've heard that too... I'll do it! Thanks for the advice!

The diet thing is easy enough for me Foxy. I've been thinking about opening a Pizza Restaurant, for a spell now, so I'm making tons of pizza, which means a LOT of white flour but my body's forgiving enough. At this stage in my aging process, I'll lose the extra 10 or 12 pounds as soon as resume my normal diet. The exercise is to improve fitness, not weight loss.

Go Crazielady420! And, welcome to A2K! You've just joined the successful quitters thread. I'm coming up on my 7 month anniversary already! Time flies and as soon as you realize it's not that hard, it's not. :wink: Just remember that all of the discomfort you are feeling is because you smoked, NOT because you quit.

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Obill writes

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The diet thing is easy enough for me Foxy. I've been thinking about opening a Pizza Restaurant, for a spell now, so I'm making tons of pizza, which means a LOT of white flour but my body's forgiving enough. At this stage in my aging process, I'll lose the extra 10 or 12 pounds as soon as resume my normal diet. The exercise is to improve fitness, not weight loss.

Okay, you rascal, but remember that you are still in your 30's aren't you? At your age I didn't have any serious problem with extra poundage either. A bit later as our natural metabolism starts slowing down, it isn't always as easy. For me its a matter of fitness AND extra poundage that doesn't come off as easily as it used to. But that's no excuse not to do it.

ehBath is right. Knitting, crochet, needlepoint, anything that keeps one's hands busy, is great. If guys think that is just too....too.....well you know....whittling, erector sets, typing a novel, just about anything can be substituted for the sensual pleasure of holding a cigarette.

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a neighbour of mine made a LOT of bird houses when he quit smoking. The one for my immediate neighbour is a replica of the church she goes to. Very nice gift for all of us - we love Miss R's bird house - and we're glad G quit smoking.

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Hey Foxy, what does age have to do with anything?:wink: This is my dad's hero and his favorite quote of him.

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I hate to work out," said LaLanne, the host of the long-running "Jack LaLanne Show." " I'd rather take a beating. "

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Good point Obill. The fact is though, that once most of us pass that invisible line, usually somewhere in our 40's, our metabolism is no longer our friend and the DISCIPLINE becomes ever so much more important. Nevertheless I resolve harder in 2005 to get those Results, Results, Results.

Recently I got a question in my e-mail that I've been pondering ever since.

If you did not know your age and had no way of finding out, how old would you be?

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