Ricky it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo great what you are doing for yourself! It is sooooooooooooo worth it. I have had two close friends have lung cancer in the last 2 yrs. Both were smokers. My dad had Kidney cancer last yr and he too was a smoker...may not be any relation there but he had terrible lung probs until he quit. It had improved sooo much! I cannot think of anything els other than maybe suppliments. They help with carb cravings, maybe there is somthing for smoking cravings.?!
KEEP GOING IT GETS BETTER

Ricky - I wish you great success on your no smoking challenge. That's my last vice and I envy your courage to face it head on and do it.

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome.

Pre3 - Biking would be great. I have one at my mom's house, maybe it's time to blow off the cobwebs. I'll have to give that some thought.

Have a wonderful Monday everyone.

Hi Wicky! Welcome to the club!

Keep up the good work, Ricky! You can do it! We went up for fil's 70th birthday this weekend (12 hour drive Friday, party Sat., 11 hr. drive Sunday! Whew!). He used to be a huge smoker, back when the kids were young, but he kicked the habit.

Also, I was surrounded by temptations---birthday cake, kid's snacks in the car, girl scout cookies, pasta---but I wasn't even tempted. The point is, you CAN get to a point where it becomes a lifestyle. I may not keep my carbs low enough all the time, but I've reached a point where I'm not interested in the bad stuff anymore. And that will happen with smoking too, just take it one day at a time and you'll do it!

I have a bike--that I never ride! I love bikes, but there are so many hills around here that it is a killer! And dh doesn't have one, so to go where it is flat, I'd have to go alone, or with the kids and I don't want to do that. Dh rides it sometimes for a change of pace. He makes me sick--he's still as thin as he was in high school!