You are fantastic Haley! Keep up the good work. This support groups sounds like a good thing. It makes it fun. WW is like that. You get prizes, and other people are doing the same thing.

The coughing and so on is very common when you stop smoking. My Dad had bronchitis after he stopped! I didn't have too much of a reaction like that. Hopefully, yours wont last long.,

I bet Micah is having fun. It is so important for them to learn and do things, rather than just sit in front of a TV. Has he made you a picture yet to be hung on the fridge?

Thanks Judy, i'm hanging in there, its such a crappy day outside, raining all day so far, bringing me down.....
But they say you'll get worse before you get better, its just my chest feels like an ashtray, but again i did smoke two plus packs a day.. were allowed to smoke at work.. so i puffed all day long.. home was harder cause i went outside or down in the basement, cause of Micah...
but i just reward myself everyday with a nice long bubble bath... and think about how nice i smell... been bleching my teeth too there finally getting whiter :D

Be careful with the bleach. Jessie did it too many times and now her teeth are sensitive to hot and cold.

i don't think it matters with me Judy, my teeth were always sensitive i have to brush them in hot water, the cold water kills me, and my gum line is so messed up from smoking, my dentist told me years ago to stop, but i chose not to listen.. so there already screwed up from me! bleching them is just making them look better.. i have another dentist apt thursday again!!!!! oh boy!!

Sorry I haven't been here much....Haley, I'm so proud of you. What you are doing by quitting the smokes is one of the best ways to love yourself and show your family how much you love them. It will get easier...

Thanks Janet, its stressful at times, i just keep Micah in my head, i don't want to smell like smoke around him anymore... and my nice bubble bath a night, and sometimes a glass of red wine also helps :) that's how i reward myself everynight... i made it almost thru day 7.. joined the YMCA so i'll be working out again.. can't wait... just hope this weather gets better what a crappy week, been raining almost everyday... I want to get outside with Micah again.... we got some bubble guns i want to test out ... LOL

Just checking in real fast, its been 15 days for me, smoke free,,,, feeling good...
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Keep it up Haley.....so proud of you!!!

Aww Thanks Janet... i'm trying... seems like its getting harder... should be getting easier.. but i'm trying to get my frustration out at the gym.. i can tell already that im gaining weight.. but i'll work it off.... i just got to stop muching on things. and go back to one meal a day... been chewing so much gum it feels like my jaw is going to fall off !!! LOL

Keep up the good work, Haley!!! You're doing great!!!! Fifteen days is quite an accomplishment!!!! Remember, you're doing this for a good reason!!!

Congratulations Haley!!!

Keep up the good work!!!

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Thank you Judy,,,, 21 days now.. and if i didn't smoke the last couple with micah crying for 8 hours straight cause he had double ear infections and strip throat and had an reaction to the antibiotics with diaherra and a red ass ! i think i could keep it up but boy did i want one a couple days ago, i even searched mikes truck, if they were there i was smoking them, but i didn't find any...

yep girl i got my 3 dots, one more week and i get a star on my smoking website... its strange you get so excited for things like this, but its a big accomplishment for me, its almost a month already, boy does time fly.... i already saved $ 462.00 yahooooooo !!!!! can't believe i was wasting all that money !!!!!

yep girl, i'm doing it for Micah!!!