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You’ll have 400 bucks a month. Just think about that part.
i think about that all the time, but something prevents me from doing anything about it. how is it that i let myself get to total brokitude and the reason for it is cigarettes? there’s some sort of mental block im dealing with, that unless, addressed isnt really to fix itself.
let’s see i could have bought boots, a winter coat, and new contact lenses this month had i not been lighting up. but instead i smoke cigarettes, freeze to death, can’t walk around in the snow, and wearing for weeks what are supposed to be daily disposable contacts. what is wrong with that picture?
Rob, I quit smoking and didn’t gain 50 lbs. I didn’t gain any weight. This was when I was about your age. I just went to the gym and got more active. You don’t need a gym though. Just some strenuous activity — aerobic…walking really fast with your dog instead of just strolling, for example.
You are worth it. And you get a bonus of 400 bucks. That is a plane ticket to anywhere in the US. Actually to Europe soon. Think about it. You are worth it.
Rob, I quit by halving the number of cigarettes I smoked every two days. I also used nicotine gum (there were no patches then), and then had to quit the gum the same way. I surprised myself–I never thought I’d be able to do it, but I did.
im sure trying to lose weight tho is still much better than smoking related diseases. and im sure having a few extra pounds is better than pushing around an oxygen tank. if only cigarettes didnt taste so good and weren’t such nervous energy and stress reducers. grrrrr.
Denton, NVO does have a beautiful chart.
I guess everytime an American eats a twinkie it’s like shipping a dollar to Denmark.
I don’t think anybody ever got diabetes by eating to much picled herring.
Rob, nobody can tell you to quit smoking. I feel frustrated with my cousin for example because the reasons for quitting are so incredibly powerful. He is 64.
You are in your 30s. Why not just decide to do that for yourself? Just quit cold turkey. You’ll have 400 bucks a month. Just think about that part. And forget about the cancer part.
Dona: my grandfather died of cancer, my grandmother had some kind of bouts with it but still smokes, my biological father died of AIDS, and my biological mother died of cancer as well (pancreatic i think?). i have nothing in my favor genetically to continue smoking but if i gained 50 pounds i would probably just shoot myself in the face.
quote:
You’ll have 400 bucks a month. Just think about that part.
i think about that all the time, but something prevents me from doing anything about it. how is it that i let myself get to total brokitude and the reason for it is cigarettes? there’s some sort of mental block im dealing with, that unless, addressed isnt really to fix itself.
let’s see i could have bought boots, a winter coat, and new contact lenses this month had i not been lighting up. but instead i smoke cigarettes, freeze to death, can’t walk around in the snow, and wearing for weeks what are supposed to be daily disposable contacts. what is wrong with that picture?
*rob*
Rob, I quit smoking and didn’t gain 50 lbs. I didn’t gain any weight. This was when I was about your age. I just went to the gym and got more active. You don’t need a gym though. Just some strenuous activity — aerobic…walking really fast with your dog instead of just strolling, for example.
You are worth it. And you get a bonus of 400 bucks. That is a plane ticket to anywhere in the US. Actually to Europe soon. Think about it. You are worth it.
Rob, I quit by halving the number of cigarettes I smoked every two days. I also used nicotine gum (there were no patches then), and then had to quit the gum the same way. I surprised myself–I never thought I’d be able to do it, but I did.
im sure trying to lose weight tho is still much better than smoking related diseases. and im sure having a few extra pounds is better than pushing around an oxygen tank. if only cigarettes didnt taste so good and weren’t such nervous energy and stress reducers. grrrrr.
*rob*
Denton, NVO does have a beautiful chart.
I guess everytime an American eats a twinkie it’s like shipping a dollar to Denmark.
I don’t think anybody ever got diabetes by eating to much picled herring.
Rob, nobody can tell you to quit smoking. I feel frustrated with my cousin for example because the reasons for quitting are so incredibly powerful. He is 64.
You are in your 30s. Why not just decide to do that for yourself? Just quit cold turkey. You’ll have 400 bucks a month. Just think about that part. And forget about the cancer part.
Arkady, if I weighed any less, I’d have to carry dumbbells in my pockets to prevent floating off the ground.
(yeah, right!)
Dona: my grandfather died of cancer, my grandmother had some kind of bouts with it but still smokes, my biological father died of AIDS, and my biological mother died of cancer as well (pancreatic i think?). i have nothing in my favor genetically to continue smoking but if i gained 50 pounds i would probably just shoot myself in the face.
*rob*
And I’m sure rf is exaggerating – she doesn’t weigh that much over 50 lbs to begin w/.