1/1/04 - QUIT SMOKING CHALLENGE

[Bren]

ok.......here it is in black and white!!!!!!!!!!!!! January 1, 2004......I am FINALLY going to quit this filthy habit!!! Anyone care to join me?????

Come on Jules!!!!!!!!

Tommy you are our official overseer???????

And I am so proud of you for making it and setting such a great example!!!!!

[Elleth Faewen]

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[Tommy]

Re: 1/1/04 - QUIT SMOKING CHALLANGE

Tommy you are our official overseer???????

Sure, count me in!

The only thing I can say from me quitting while on Atkins, is I stuffed my face on the second night I don't know if it was the food cravings or I just jumped on an excuse to cheat on the diet but I admit it I binged. Put 5 lbs right back on because of it too...

Not sure what you should do about the above but my suggestion is plan ahead your food. Even if it is stuffing yourself on Atkins snacks, that would have been better then what I did.

Also the epsom salt baths really seemed to help. First just soaking in the bath is relaxing and the salts help remove the nictiones from the body.

Side effects were all gone by the begining of the 3 day.

Good luck to everyone

[Tommy]

C'mon where all the smokers at.... I'm sure Bren's not the only one that is thinking about quitting for a New Years Resolution.

[the man in blue]

This I think is harder than losing weight but COUNT ME IN.....New Years Eve will be my last cigarrete! Its a long time coming!

[the man in blue]

I guess no one else wants to join us!

[Tommy]

Announce it in the other sections, they may just be not reading the challanges section.

[Bren]

welp........you and me "man in blue", and with Tommy's support this is just one more great thing we can do for yourselves.

[Tommy]

Are you two smokers, puffing away trying to get enough in to last the rest of your lives? LOL (Just Kidding)

Anyway I figured if were not taking on anymore challangers, its time to open the gambling ring in here and place some bets....

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[Bren]

oh dam......I just do not know if I am psyched enough yet? Shoooooot, need to get real busy here!!!! Tommy, when you decided to quit, did it take you days to get psyched or did you just do it?

[Tommy]

oh dam......I just do not know if I am psyched enough yet? Shoooooot, need to get real busy here!!!! Tommy, when you decided to quit, did it take you days to get psyched or did you just do it?

Psyched enough.... Its like dieting, theres nothing exciting about it but ya get what ya put into it. The dates set and be confident that you can live without them.

[the man in blue]

Bren,

You can't quit on me now....I need your support!!!!!

[Bren]

I am not quitting! We will do this!!!!!!!! How are you making out these last few days thou? I find myself smoking more! Hopefully I will make myself sick of em.

[the man in blue]

Yea, I'm smoking like a chimney. It would be a lie if I said that I won't miss some aspects of smoking, but the pros strongly outweigh the cons.

[Bren]

I think I will miss maybe 5 of the cigarettes I smoke a day. The first one in the morning, and of course the one after every meal. And the last one I smoke at night. One good thing is we do not smoke in the house and it is getting darn inconvenient and COLD here in WNY to go out on the porch. We can do this Man in Blue!