Post by judyb on Apr 6, 2018 22:11:05 GMT -5
DAY 22
If you're still having strong impulses to smoke (or worse, succumbing to The impulses), keep track of
what brings up the urge. Parties are hard for a lot of people. It may help if you break the ice when
you arrive at a party by announcing immediately to somebody that you've quit smoking. After that,
most people find it too humiliating to be seen with a cigarette. If that doesn't work, lay off parties for
awhile. Not smoking is more important. The liquor at parties adds to an ex-smoker's vulnerability. If
drinking makes
you smoke, then drinking may have to go. And if you can't stop drinking, you have a drinking
problem. Call Alcoholics Anonymous or the National Council on Alcoholism.
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DAY 23
The American obsession with thinness has the tragic effect of keeping many people hooked on
cigarettes. It's all very well for doctors to say that you could gain 100 pounds and still be healthier
than if you smoked. Given the choice, you'd rather be dead.
There is a fair chance that you are going to end up weighing more than you did while you smoked,
but probably not by much. It appears that smoking lowers your natural weight--setpoint--and so
when you stop, the body perceives itself as underweight. Consequently, you may suddenly find
yourself eating like a horse. The important thing is not to panic and imagine that you're gong to go on
eating like a horse indefinitely. Once the body reaches its new chosen weight, your appetite will drop
off. A few people do add considerable poundage, which can take a few years to deal with, but a fair
number of people do not gain weight at all. Exercise, like smoking, seems to lower the body's
setpoint, as well as transforming belly fat to muscle.
From: www.amazon.com/Meditations-Surviving-Without-Cigarettes-Wanning/dp/0380769166
If you're still having strong impulses to smoke (or worse, succumbing to The impulses), keep track of
what brings up the urge. Parties are hard for a lot of people. It may help if you break the ice when
you arrive at a party by announcing immediately to somebody that you've quit smoking. After that,
most people find it too humiliating to be seen with a cigarette. If that doesn't work, lay off parties for
awhile. Not smoking is more important. The liquor at parties adds to an ex-smoker's vulnerability. If
drinking makes
you smoke, then drinking may have to go. And if you can't stop drinking, you have a drinking
problem. Call Alcoholics Anonymous or the National Council on Alcoholism.
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DAY 23
The American obsession with thinness has the tragic effect of keeping many people hooked on
cigarettes. It's all very well for doctors to say that you could gain 100 pounds and still be healthier
than if you smoked. Given the choice, you'd rather be dead.
There is a fair chance that you are going to end up weighing more than you did while you smoked,
but probably not by much. It appears that smoking lowers your natural weight--setpoint--and so
when you stop, the body perceives itself as underweight. Consequently, you may suddenly find
yourself eating like a horse. The important thing is not to panic and imagine that you're gong to go on
eating like a horse indefinitely. Once the body reaches its new chosen weight, your appetite will drop
off. A few people do add considerable poundage, which can take a few years to deal with, but a fair
number of people do not gain weight at all. Exercise, like smoking, seems to lower the body's
setpoint, as well as transforming belly fat to muscle.
From: www.amazon.com/Meditations-Surviving-Without-Cigarettes-Wanning/dp/0380769166