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Great American Smokeout 2009: Measuring Success

I read a very interesting thing on the American Cancer Society website about quitting smoking and how you measure success. Many people look at the success rates of a particular quitting smoking program before they decide whether or not to try it. But the ACS points out a few problems with that. For one thing: not all programs define success in the same way. Some may measure a “success” as a person not smoking for six months, while another may call reaching the one year mark a “success”. So before you even start, you need to figure out how YOU … Continue reading →

It’s Time to Quit: Let’s Get Together

Are you a smoker? Do you want to quit? I know that may sound like a stupid question because I don’t know many smokers who don’t want to quit, but they avoid it because honestly it seems impossible. Who wants to go through the jitters, the frustration and the pacing? I’ve tried quitting before, in fact, just a couple of months ago, I made another attempt at quitting and actually made it a few weeks, but that’s not enough – what I need to do is to quit all together. I need to be a non-smoker. Not a former smoker. … Continue reading →

Great Myths: Smokers Like to Smoke

You know one of the greatest myths and fallacies about smoking that are labeled on smokers is that we like to smoke. I’ve even espoused this belief myself. But the truth is – I don’t like to smoke, sometimes I wonder why I even bother and then I reach for the cigarette and I just light it. Am I doomed? Sometimes I think so. There are other myths out there, myths that we are told or that we believe or that we have accepted as true because we’ve not found another way to look at it or to think about. … Continue reading →

Smoke Break – Back in the Saddle

Many of you were here a few weeks ago when I made an attempt to stop smoking. I lasted only a few weeks and then fell promptly off the wagon. I can attribute the cause to a number of things including my husband’s hospitalization, but the truth is – I didn’t make it. Well, don’t let it be said that I’m giving up. In an effort to quit smoking again – I’ve gone back to the drawing board and I’ve started researching stop smoking methods, inspirations and more. One of the first places I found with tons of information is … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review: November 11-17

Welcome to the end of an eventful week, as I described in last week’s Fitness Blog Week in Review, I’ve been trying to quit smoking. I slipped this week and you’ll see more on that in Day 11: Falling off the Horse later on today, but in the meanwhile, here is our Fitness Blog: Week in Review. Sunday, November 12 In Day 5: My Throat Hurts and My Sinuses Hate Me I described how I was doing in the cravings department, although Saturday I was miserable ill. We thought it might be the detoxifying, but as it turns out it … 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 →

Absolutely The Best Frugal Uses For Vinegar

Still trying to find uses for all that stockpiled Vinegar? Even if you don’t have it stockpiled, it’s an inexpensive product that can be used all over the house. Vinegar is truly our frugal friend! There have been several other articles written on using Vinegar around your home for different things. Vinegar and Water: The Perfect Frugal Combination is an article showing how to use the two to clean around the house. Top Six Uses For Vinegar That Will Save You Money is an article filled with six amazing tips for using Vinegar around your home for the not so … Continue reading →