Well still none for me and feeling FAB now, cant believe how food tastes
Watch out ill be at the FAT club soon watching my weight
Keep it up kate, knock one off every day and you'll soon be there
Souv i feel for you, could they not give you something to help?? maybe the news has scared you into it

Kate will check them bears out for you, little one wants to know if you want him to bring it back (hes not kidding either, he wants that bear :curse: )

Can we start a thread now, im addicted to mints and chewing gum

gill

tell him a photo will dogod I loved that bear and tell him to make sure its still waving and to feed it lots cos it wont go away untill the food is all gone

Hi Mate - sounds worse than it is I'm sure, but it will only do you good to quit, and motivation is the key, and your Doc has surely given you some.
Best of luck for tomorrow.
Rob.

Sorry missed this thread. OH delayed quit day by a couple of days as we still had 80 fags left due to smoking less. I've had none whilst he's been at work but when he walks in puffing.....:curse:. He's got none left now and waved bye bye to cigs when he put his last one out, so fingers crossed.

I AM NOW A NON SMOKER (again).

Been ok with the champix, but on last and final increase discovered the vomiting side effect and have been a bit fluey, but thats easing off now and feeling sick stops you eating instead, I'll be gutted if I put on weight it took 4 years to loose the stones I put on last time I quit .
The other thing I have noticed with champix is I don't want a drink either, gonna make sure I force myself though I need at least one vice.

Souvenir

I hope the tests go ok today, keep up the good work.

Sharon

1 WEEK TODAY

Sorry I had to shout about it, just the one slip up when I had a couple of drags with a bottle of wine on Sunday.

Sharon

Way to go Sharon, you're allowed a slip up in your first week nearly a month now for me.

How's everybody else doing ?

Rosie

Hi We have a lot to do really before we actually go. We (being my OH and two boys aged 4 and 2) plan to go over end of March 08. Reason, need to sell the house, sort out financial stuff, one last christmas with all family. It also gives time for family to get used to the idea - suprisingly they have taken it really well.

Must admitt it is getting hard in work, everything that happens that is annoying makes me that more determined and happy to move to Canada. In reality I love my job and leaving family and finishing work has probably been the reasons why the decision to go to Canada has been so difficult. At present I manage a Care Home for adults with Physical and Learning Disabilities which can be very stressful, hence the few minutes timeout with a ciggy. However I still haven't had a ciggy at work and have cut down to 6 a day.

Well done Sharon. 4 weeks today for me!

That's great Rosie, we are just about the same then. Great not to be smoking now isn't it? Mind you, there are times when I miss it still, daft really!

Wow Jenna, Sounds like you've got out of the habit of smoking at work now, just have to crack the at home ciggies now!

Ditto - we are still smoke free

I darent smoke, one the kids would kill me and second he will cancel our trip :curse:

The deal was that if we gave up we could afford another recci trip, so flights etc booked for the 10th august
House up for sale, but no takers as yet!!!!!!
but hopefully whilst we are away we may get an offer
Glad to hear that everyone else is sticking to it

(its just my O MY GOD ciggie im missing when the kids stress me out :curse: and i went outside on my own )

gill

Congrats to you all, your all doing great, im 7 months in now and I feel fantastic!! its taken me that long to shift the wieght but im getting there! you will not believe how great you feel for not smoking and trust me it gets so much easier!

I'm still doing fine but I do just want to mention a side affect of Zyban that I am having that I don't like.

It has been obvious to me, and no doubt my family too, that I cope far less well with domestic stress whilst on these pills, than I do in my normal laid back fashion.

In some circumstances I cry for hours and hours with barely a break , and in others I get extremely angry :curse:, more angry than I ever am when not on the pills. Life seems really, really awful, even though I know that I am just over-reacting because of the Zyban. I don't want to come off them early and I don't want to smoke but these extreme emotions are not at all helpful and are making me miserable and my family suffer . Only a couple more weeks to go fortunately......

Is anyone else reacting in this way?

I had mood swings whilst on it, thats why I didn't go for that this time. Can you not reduce them? Think your well past the danger point

How is everyone doing? Thought it was about time to resurrect this thread to have an update on everyone's progress

I've stopped counting in days and I've stopped counting in weeks.......now I can say that I have been smoke free for over 2 months.

I stopped taking Zyban during week 5 out of 7 whilst we were on holiday, just forgot to take one one day and decided that I could cope without them.

I still miss smoking, I miss the occupation of smoking and the social smoking circle outside at work. I missed being able to smoke during our holiday, in the evenings outside the tent when we were having a glass of wine and mixing with friends. I wish I could have the occasional one now but I know that a slippery slope would follow.

Instead I have put on loads of weight, not disciplined enough about staying on the healthy snacks and now am struggling to put myself on a diet to lose it all, keep saying......one issue at a time!

My dentist is hoping to get £350 out of me by suggesting that I bleach my teeth. Says that a mold is made for my teeth into which I inject a special bleach at night and wear it only at night for 3 weeks. My teeth are stained so I might treat myself.......There again I might just save some money for another Canada trip and say sod the teeth!

I've not had any since my quit day. Still on Champix, am meant to be on it for another 2 weeks, but to be honest I've only been taking half the dose for the last 3 weeks.

Not really put any weight on, but that might change now we're on reccee. Every now and again I fancy one, but do I miss it..........No.

HI! Hope there's someone out there still checking in on this thread. The thing is, I'm on week 7 no cigs (week 9 of Champix) and wondering what to expect when I finish the course. I read the statistics which say 24 weeks on Champix is best to stay non-smoker but NH only funding 12 weeks. And that only 50% max of people on 24week courses stayed non-smoking after a year. How/what happens when you stop taking Champix? I've had some really black days but think due to circumstances rather than pills or not smoking. I've been amazed at results - nothing, but nothing, worked in the past. But, bit concerned now as struggling with this weird on/off depression, that it might worsen when I stop taking the Champix. Anyone? xx