| Re: omg the urge is SO BAD!
Pumpkin, you are doing so good!!! That urge is a mental one now. The nicotine is out of your system. It is really mental from this point forward and every day gets a little easier.
Try not to think long term. Just today. Get through today. I KNOW you can make it one day without a smoke. Deal with tomorrow tomorrow.
I was pretty scared of gaining weight, too, until I saw a video floating around on the net of a woman dying of lung cancer. Her son put it together over the last eight months or so of her life. She was young, in her 50s. Her son weeping over her dead body is a LOT more terrifying than putting on a few pounds.
And think about what it is you're scared of about the weight. Is it vanity? Is it the expense of having to buy a new wardrobe? Is it the social stigma that's now associated with being overweight? Is it the fear that overeating might become an addiction for you?
If any of these strike a chord for you, ask yourself if smoking would be better for yourself. Do you think smoking makes a woman attractive? Do you think you smell good and feel good after a cigarette? Do you envision yourself being an older woman, embarking on your "golden years" with a smoke hanging out of your mouth? How about wrinkles, puffy eyes and yellow fingernails?
Okay ... we got vanity down. I know I'll personally take weight. Plus, after quitting smoking, dieting is a cake walk.
Expense of gaining weight -- look at it as shopping with the money you're saving from not smoking.
Social stigma of putting on a few pounds ... not sure how it is up in Canada, but here in FL, smokers are not welcome anywhere. Smoking sections are now outside, away from where it's "cool" to be. Our favorite trendy French bistro, upscale, in the s****y part of town put its smoking section outside, behind the restaurant, by the dumpsters. Overweight folks are invited inside to enjoy the air-conditioning and the atmosphere.
Again, the majority of folks believe smoking is disgusting. And the majority of folks are overweight.
You're going to need to play some mind games with yourself here. The physical addiction is over, and the Chantix will help with the severity of the urges. But you will still have urges. You really need to focus on what your motivations were to make you go get that prescription, fill it and make it through the worst part of your quit.
Another thing that helped me not run up to the store and buy a pack: I don't ever EVER want to have to go through those first three days again. Ever. If I never take another puff, I won't have to do that. So don't do it! It sounds like you hated these past few days. Every day will get a little better (take it one day at a time).
Hope something here helped. Sometimes we need a rah-rah cheerleader; sometimes we need some "tough love;" sometimes we need over-rationalization. I tried to include a bit of everything here, a "sampler," if you will, lol.
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