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Why Yoga Might Help You Quit Smoking

You may have already gone through several cycles of trying to quit smoking just over the past month of forgotten and renewed resolutions of the New Year. Before you resign yourself to just trying again next year, see if anything here gives you motivation to try again. Becoming more aware of how your body feels and of your breathing patterns is one of the most easily experienced side-effects of practicing yoga. A simple, Gentle Yoga class could provide you with enough body awareness to firm your resolve. The focusing exercises, combined with poses and breath, allow you to better feel … Continue reading →

Can You Really Help Someone Who Is Trying to Quit Smoking?

Absolutely you can. In fact, if you know someone who is making the effort to quit – they are going to need your help and your support more than at any other point. It’s important, that you accept even if you can’t understand that quitting is hard for the person who is doing it. It’s not about understanding why they started smoking or even understanding why the continued to smoke in the face of all the information out there that says smoking is bad for them. It’s not about making a person feel guilty for the habit. Trust me, people … Continue reading →

The Fitness Week in Review: November 6-10

It’s been a busy week here in the Fitness blog and we’ve been working hard to bring you as much fitness information as possible: Monday, November 6 We started the week with 10 Reasons to Be Thankful for Fitness including the fact that Daily cardiovascular exercise because it helps me cope with stress and anger, I always had an anger management problem as a child, but daily exercise seems to release a lot of that tension and keeps my anger in check. In Women’s Fitness: The Challenge of Mothers & Daughters discussed the fact that mothers have a dramatic impact … Continue reading →

Friday Fitness Funnies: Stopping Smoking

You had to know this is where my focus would be this week and for me, writing about these things, poking fun at them, sharing the torment and the pride and the success – they are all positive ways for me to channel trying to defeat this addiction. I’ve been winning the battles, but I’m not ready to declare the war won yet. So for now, here are some Friday Fitness Funnies that focus on smoking and stopping smoking. Quotes on Smoking For thy sake, Tobacco, I would do anything but die. — Charles Lamb, 1775-1834 I have every sympathy … Continue reading →

10 Reasons to Be Thankful About Stopping Smoking

It’s been 32 hours since my last cigarette and I’m doing okay. I had the cravings yesterday, at least three times it seemed like I was going to go nuts if I couldn’t get a cigarette, but I did all right – I didn’t give in and I didn’t light one up. Thanks to everyone who sent such kind words of support yesterday. I feel better about it this morning than I did yesterday morning, but I’m also a lot more tired today than I was yesterday and I’m feeling the effects in my sinuses as I’m pretty congested today … Continue reading →

Day 13: Monday, Monday – I Got Nothing

Stopping smoking is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I slipped up and despite being at only 5 cigarettes a day, I’m still not—not smoking. So here we go again, tomorrow morning we start the clock back at zero. I will stop making excuses for myself because when it comes to lighting a cigarette – there is no such thing as a good excuse. Stress? Stress is a great excuse to smoke if I have no other ways of coping with stress, but I do have other ways to cope with stress. I have exercise. I have my … Continue reading →

Day 11: Falling off the Horse

You know, I knew it was a mistake somewhere in the back of my head when I just let myself off the hook for that slip on Day 7. So that one cigarette wasn’t satisfying, I slipped again on the 8th and on the 9th day, I smoked 5 cigarettes during the day. Yesterday, which was day 10, I sat down to re-evaluate my plan for quitting and realized that because I kept saying they didn’t matter, I was still smoking them without paying attention to them. New Beginnings So I guess today is a day of second verse, same … Continue reading →

Day 8: Do You Try To Make Bargains With Yourself?

You know, I had to think about it. Is today Day 8 or Day 9? Or was it really day 7? I’m starting to lose track. I wrote about slipping yesterday and how it made me feel. I was surprised by how much the cigarette did not fill that need. It’s amazing to be so dependent on something for so long – to crave it and to feel irritable and grouchy about it and to finally cave and give into it only to discover, hey – that’s not really what I wanted after all. Makes you wonder what the heck … Continue reading →

Day 7: I Slipped, But I Think It was Good

Okay, bear with me here. I slipped yesterday. I spent the entire day wanting that cigarette in the back of mind, unlike all the previous days, this little voice never shut up and it never went away. So I slipped, after hours of doing everything I could think of to get my mind off of it, I caved and had a cigarette. Do you know what? I didn’t enjoy it. In fact, not only did I not enjoy it – it wasn’t what I wanted at all. It didn’t help me feel better. It didn’t actually comfort the craving I … Continue reading →

Day 6: Smokeless & Going Strong

Yesterday, my daughter I went to the grocery store to get bread and she looked at me and said Mommy, don’t you need to buy cigarettes? I said, nope – I haven’t smoked in five days. She grinned at me and announced “Your heart is going to be happier now, Mommy and so is mine.” Yes, that was my aw shucks moment. Apparently, my five year old saw a video in her physical education class about the need for great cardiovascular health and what can hurt your heart health. After watching it and knowing I smoked, it upset her to … Continue reading →