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January 5, 2006, 10:54 am PST
helpful tips
Quote From: akaaraI am turning 40 in April!
YIKES
At my last doctors visit (just an annual check-up) she told me I really needed to stop smoking. In fact she never said much in my 20's or my 30's except to stop smoking but this time she was adament about it, she said you're almost 40 and you WILL start having problems if you continue to smoke. She also told me that smoking has NO redeeming qualities what-so-ever.
Now I can stop smoking for a few days but I start again, mostly out of boredom with my job and my life. I was thinking I really need to hit the gym and that might solve my boredom and my fear of gaining weight when I quit smoking.
The problem is getting started... and sticking with it. How can discipline myself enough to follow through on stopping altogether and going to the gym? Right now boredom is my worst enemy. It is winter here in NH and I am not bored in the summer (I do agility, and go to powwows and gatherings), its these long winter months that make feel ho-hum and slightly withdrawn.
My news years resolution was to get a backbone and self discipline... neither are happening yet. LOL
Any ideas for staying motivated to do the right thing?
almost 40... and not looking forward to it. My advice to you and to anyone that is trying to quit smoking is this: the first thing you need to do is sit down and make a list of reasons why you want to quit smoking. Things like health, the smell and such. I rolled my own cigarettes for a long time because the price of tobacco went up so high. I usually only smoked half or less and saved the rest for later. One day I was outside playing with my 2 year old and he found my half and put it in his mouth and was trying to pretend to smoke it. Whenever I want to pick up a cigarette that is definetly one thing I think about. Another thing that help my mother quit smoking was she figured out how much money she spent every day to smoke. And at the end of each day that she went without smoking she put that exact amount of money in a jar. When she aquired enough to get something that she wanted, she went out and bought it. It works out well because if you were still smoking you would have spent the money anyways. Oh and if you make a list, put it somewhere you will see it if you try to have a cigarette. Even make extra copies to put on your refigerator, table, whereever you will see it most.
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