Giving up smoking!!!

[Luna]

Thats really good!

Will deff go to the docs then

Yeah its well worth it. She also mentioned there was a clinic i could go to if i was finding it really hard and they run a support group.

Got a really bad cough this morning and my chest is really sore

[Jade]

Thats really good!

Will deff go to the docs then

Yeah its well worth it. She also mentioned there was a clinic i could go to if i was finding it really hard and they run a support group.

Got a really bad cough this morning and my chest is really sore

Yea I've started to feel like that! Infact I feel worse now I've given up for nearly two weeks than I did when I was smoking. I've been told that gets better though

[Luna]

thats me on week 6 of giving up and still not had one!!! and im off the patches!!!

How are you getting on jade?

[CrazyLea]

Someone told me this today and I wondered if it was at all true haha, if anyone knows that is..

When you cut down a lot, or give up completely.. your body gets rid of stuff or something, and thus you get a cough ?? Cause I have a cough and have cut down a lot these past few weeks.. (down from10/15 a day to 2-5 a day/week) so was wondering if that might be why? Or maybe I just have a smokers cough and am looking for another reason .

Alsooooo another friend told me the other day.. that if you give up smoking cold turkey, you gain a lot of weight????? Is that true???????

[Siobhan]

Yes you get a cough when you first quit but it is good.. it is just your body getting rid of all the build up.. you do gain weight but only cause you get your taste buds back but you can easily get rid of the extra weight.. the first 4 days is suppose to be the hardest.. I have tried to quit.. I was off them for 8 weeks and was told to go back on them cause I had the biggest mood swings on the planet... (and I can't use the patches as they burn me)... Good luck with giving up.. I wish you the best as I know it is something I am not ready for yet

[Abigail]

Alsooooo another friend told me the other day.. that if you give up smoking cold turkey, you gain a lot of weight????? Is that true???????

Nicotine speeds up your metabolism. Reducing or removing it will cause your metabolic rate to drop and you may gain weight if you continue with the same diet and exercise regime.

[Abi]

With the weight thing, you might find yourself trying to replace smoking with something else, and that might be food. That's why a lot of people put on weight. Maybe take up a sport, so when you get a craving you have something constructive to vent your anger into. Even if its just skipping in the back garden

[Abbie]

Apart from your concerns, how have you been getting on with quitting?

[CrazyLea]

Ermmmmmmm let's see. I had about 7 yesterday .
3 Sunday
3 Saturday
4 Friday
4 Thursday

Not tooooo bad. Getting there ;-).

[Abbie]

Well its better than you were before