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Weight , an excuse not to quit

Maki
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‎10-05-2020 11:26 AM

@Is weight your excuse not to quit ? Are you afraid to gain weight . Do you tell yourself you can't afford to gain more weight . Do you tell yourself you can't afford to smoke . 

I think weight and smoking are not talked about enough on sites .  There is this "idea " that we have to be a perfect size , although we are all made uniquely different hair , different colour of eyes , different shoe size , different height , different skin tones , yet weight should be perfect . 1 point over you are overweight .. 1 point over your obese 1 point under your underweight , one point under your anorexic . @

Weight is something that is judged and talked about more than anything else in the world I think .

Big T picked up on that fast and their team of advertising writers ( some with pyscology backgrounds ) knew the right words to use to target overweight and obese people . Teens especially . Women especially .  

Men , they targeted you with imagery of being that perfect macho man women would swoon over if you smoked . 

Many continue to smoke today stating it is for weight management but is that the truth or is it just another excuse not to quit . Really how can we believe such a thing that smoking is another way to manage weight , something we do to ourselves and something we can change without smoking to manage it . 

Do you really think you or other people started smoking to lose weight or manage weight or was it a self image problem , a self esteem problem , or the need to be perfect or other reasons ? 

This opens up the door to another question that I've always pondered over . Could addiction be a disease primary or secondary to something else like other diseases ? Or is it a disease at all ? Do you follow what I'm saying ?  I don't need an answer , just I think it's something to think about for you . 

I wonder if we were to look at the root of why smoking became an addiction for us personally and individually  "quitting smoking " might be easier . Denial is what keeps us trapped .  

Do we have to confess openly , I don't think that is necessary but I do think we have to be honest with ourselves whole heartedly flaws and all . 

Maki 

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Smoker of 28 years . COPD recipient . My biggest help to quit was to read other successful quitters testimony . I’ll have a thirteen years quit June 30 , 2024 . Biggest lesson learned : I learned the “Just one” lesson . You can never have just one .It is the the key to everyone’s quit . Having “ none” is the easy way to quit smoking . Quit tools : Made use of my strengths and improved upon my weaknesses . Quit benefits , more time with my family , better quality of life , better self image . How I kept the quit : one day at a time , one step at a time . I told myself like a broken record : “ Don’t smoke ; Do something different “ then literally went and did something different other than smoking “ . Quitting is not complicated , nope is it , however it will be the process of self discovery for you to find that out for yourself . How long will that be ? Up to you . We are all different and we come from different backgrounds and smoked for different reasons so no one can really tell you when it will get easier for you only that it will . Be patient with yourself . Who cares how long it takes anyway because we all came to quit forever . This quit is for life , your life , so embrace it , welcome it , it’s the best thing you will ever do for yourself . The money you save get a bucket list of little rewards and big ones and do them . Change the things you can . Life is worth living . This gets easier , oh my gosh , so much much easier . Give it a season , give it two and you’ll never want to let go of your quit I promise you that . It’s wonderful , absolutely wonderful to be free . Quitting btw was the hardest thing I’ve ever done just like everyone here . I shed buckets of tears for weeks , yelled into a pillow , stuck my head into a cold bucket of water and paced aimlessly in head fog . Was it worth it , every bit of it ! Biggest improvement : , my health , the relationship with my family ( all non smokers thank goodness ) and finances . When I started 2011. I was walking three blocks with the use of inhalers for copd . Latest accomplishment : still on the inhalers no further advancement of copd . June 1 2023. Did my first 10 k . Next goal is my second 10k by the end of 2024 . I’m 68 years years young and I’m an Ex smoker . I was able to take three trips ( out of country ) with my family because I quit smoking . Time I never would have had had I not quit . Money from quitting paid for them . I want to say you are in control , take your power back from cigarettes from vaping or any addiction you might have . Life awaits you , don’t let it pass you by . Make the decision to stop and one day that light will shine upon you and make you a whole new you . Thank you to Quitnet members and Ex members for the support and encouragement to quit and stay quit . That along with my desire never to smoke again has given me a life long successful quit . No turning back , ever .