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Two plus weeks since I quit smoking

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Well it’s been just a little more than two weeks since I quit smoking! Yeah for me!

I smoked for more than 25 years so it was a big deal to quit.

Actually … it was a big deal to work up to quitting – once I actually did it I just had to keep myself from lighting up and getting through the first few days. I took a medication to help me quit – Zyban and it helped a lot.

I quit cold turkey in the past and all I can remember is being in a blind rage the whole time .. this time I get a little anxious here and there, but for the most part I’m feeling pretty good.

One of the things that I did shortly after quitting was to join an online forum – just for support. It’s helped a lot. Oh and on that forum a lot of people swear by this book written by allen carr that helped them quit smoking. Obviously I did it without the book – but the forum helps.

Anyone else quit smoking recently? How did you do in the first couple of weeks?

Sensitive skin and skin care products

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I’m trying to find a new skin care treatment. I don’t know why, but over the last year, I’ve had a lot of problems with my skin.

I’ve had a lot more breakouts and blemishes than I ever have. My main problem is that I have very sensitive skin so I can’t use harsh skin treatments to cure any blemishes so I need to find the best natural acne treatment that’s also mild or easy on sensitive skin.

I was wondering if any of you also have sensitive skin and blemishes? What kind of products do you use to treat your skin and or prevent break outs? Any suggestions?

Found a great Vitamin and Bulk food store

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My husband and I were shopping on the weekend and we happened to visit a very interesting store while we were in a shopping mall.

The store was called Healthy Planet. It’s mainly a vitamin store, but it also sells health foods, organics and some bulk items.

We were amazed by how large their selection was, and their prices were great as well. Vitamins that we normally buy in other stores were about two or three dollars cheaper per bottle at Healthy Planet.

My husband, who’s hair is getting a little thin at the top, even found some information about a website called www.stressandhairloss.net. He plans to visit the site this weekend to get some information. Who knows, maybe he can stop or slow his hair loss.

We didn’t have a lot of time to look around the store, but I’d like to go back soon and take a better look at their bulk foods. I don’t know why, but I love buying bulk foods. LOL

I lost a little bit more weight

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I think I’m getting closer to my clothing shopping spree. I saw my doctor earlier this week and as usual she weighed me during the appointment. Why she weighs me at every single appointment I don’t know … I’ve been seeing her since 2006 and I see her almost every single month – do you know how many times that means she’s weighed me?

LOL It’s not like there’s been a lot of changes in my weight either – until recently.

Ever since I started taking that migraine medication at the end of August I’ve been losing weight. It’s probably because it has a side effect of making some foods taste different or awful. By this I mean I can’t drink carbonated drinks anymore and anything really sweet tastes salty. So it’s no wonder I’m losing weight. LOL

I’ve lost 3 more pounds in the last three weeks. Not a lot. It’s slowing down because I’m trying to eat more even if I don’t feel hungry. I’ve lost more than 15 pounds now though. Hmmm if this keeps up I might be looking for some kind of stretch mark cure ’cause I’m sure that stretch marks are going to start showing if I keep losing weight like this.

I quit smoking a couple of days ago!

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I was just saying in my last post that I quit smoking this week.

I’ve wanted to quit smoking for a long time, but when a neurologist told me last March that with my migraines and strange prolonged auras that I’d been having that my chances of having a stroke had just increased, and on top of that I was a smoker which increased my chance of stroke even more I knew I had to quit.

Unfortunately, even though I knew I needed to quit smoking the timing wasn’t good. April through early September is pretty busy for my husband and I. We have lots of family members and friends that drop by our house or end up staying over at our house and then there’s the entertaining and so on. I just knew I could successfully give up smoking in the spring or summer with all that going on. I had to do it as a quieter time.

So … I picked October. It’s perfect. Hopefully no house guests, no traveling, no invites to places where others will be smoking and drinking … the perfect time to give up this awful habit.

I’m using Zyban to help me quit. I started taking the medicine on October 1st and by the 3rd or 4th of the month the cigarettes I was smoking began to taste just like hot air. Still … it took until this past Tuesday, October 12th for me to finally stop smoking. I only had two cigarettes that day and the last one was at about 2:30 pm that afternoon.

I’ve had none since and my cravings aren’t too bad. I’m managing. I think the Zyban is really helping with the nicotine withdrawal although I’m dizzy and my stomach is a bit achy.

I keep telling myself how much better I’m going to be feeling soon and how much extra money my husband and I will have soon. I figure our bad habit costs us about $400 a month. Now we can save that money, or put it towards or bills or our car payments or hey … maybe treat ourselves to a holiday, perhaps a week on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship or something like that? Yeah, that sounds good to me.






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