Probably a mistake but I started dry January straight after xmas day so as to prevent last minute binges. So this is day 4 and I thought I'd have masses of energy and feel much better by now. Just how long does it take before you notice any positive change?
Probably a mistake but I started dry January straight after xmas day so as to prevent last minute binges. So this is day 4 and I thought I'd have masses of energy and feel much better by now. Just how long does it take before you notice any positive change?
My sleep massively improved after about week 1 after I did it in November which really made me happy as i do struggle with sleep.
Probably a mistake but I started dry January straight after xmas day so as to prevent last minute binges. So this is day 4 and I thought I'd have masses of energy and feel much better by now. Just how long does it take before you notice any positive change?
My sleep massively improved after about week 1 after I did it in November which really made me happy as i do struggle with sleep.
That's good to hear. I'm guessing you drink again now?! What made you go back to it and have you noticed any change now?
Probably a mistake but I started dry January straight after xmas day so as to prevent last minute binges. So this is day 4 and I thought I'd have masses of energy and feel much better by now. Just how long does it take before you notice any positive change?
My sleep massively improved after about week 1 after I did it in November which really made me happy as i do struggle with sleep.
That's good to hear. I'm guessing you drink again now?! What made you go back to it and have you noticed any change now?
She falls over a lot more now than she did in November.
One thing I noticed was that normally I'd have a drink or three in the evening (not every evening, but maybe 4 out of 7) before bed, but when cutting out completely I'd have a sore throat and be dehydrated after a week. I take to having a decaf tea in the evening which helps
Probably a mistake but I started dry January straight after xmas day so as to prevent last minute binges. So this is day 4 and I thought I'd have masses of energy and feel much better by now. Just how long does it take before you notice any positive change?
Keep at it. I've done dry Jan the last two years. I'm quite a heavy drinker - wine mostly, and most nights. I find the first week the worst - crap sleep and usual withdrawal effects but once you're over that you'll start to feel the benefit. Aiming to do it again, and cut back on carbs. Good luck!
Thank you. I'd not really taken into account withdrawal effects - will give it longer!
Out of interest, at the end of each dry Jan you've done, what makes you restart the wine? Do you drink less afterwards?
I guess it's habit. I always have good intentions not to drink as much but consumption easily creeps up!
Probably a mistake but I started dry January straight after xmas day so as to prevent last minute binges. So this is day 4 and I thought I'd have masses of energy and feel much better by now. Just how long does it take before you notice any positive change?
My sleep massively improved after about week 1 after I did it in November which really made me happy as i do struggle with sleep.
That's good to hear. I'm guessing you drink again now?! What made you go back to it and have you noticed any change now?
Only stopped for a month in November while pubs were shut so I could enjoy myself in January when the pubs were reopen...it wasn’t permanent.
This January is going to be a very tough month so I won’t make it more miserable. Got to have something to look forward to on a Friday night.
I feel like that guy in Airplane who picked the wrong day to give up glue sniffing. Still, no booze, on a diet, homeschooling the kids whilst trying to work. I'm having so much fun right now!
If I haven't lost weight at the end of the month I will be displeased
Just gone 4 days without smoking. The longest I haven’t smoked in 10 years.
Finding it easy so far, but big test tomorrow as I’ll be drinking for the first time since I decided to stop.
I downloaded an app to keep track of time since quitting/money saving/cigarettes not smoked and that is helping as I’m competitive and will hate to have to reset the numbers.
Clearly too early for any massive physical benefits but it’s making me feel better mentally to be on the way to achieving something. Have felt very stagnated this year and struggling to progress with many things so this is good.
Just gone 4 days without smoking. The longest I haven’t smoked in 10 years.
Finding it easy so far, but big test tomorrow as I’ll be drinking for the first time since I decided to stop.
I downloaded an app to keep track of time since quitting/money saving/cigarettes not smoked and that is helping as I’m competitive and will hate to have to reset the numbers.
Clearly too early for any massive physical benefits but it’s making me feel better mentally to be on the way to achieving something. Have felt very stagnated this year and struggling to progress with many things so this is good.
We’ve been vegan now for a week or so. Not as hard to do as I had feared. Decided to give this a go at Xmas and after consuming all our non vegan stuff after the New Year settled into it.
stick with it mate, mentally tell yourself that every day the nicotine levels are lower than the previous dat, so every day is physically easier than the day before.
Giving up smoking is undoubtedly my best achievement in life tempered with anger I had not done it many years earlier.
stick with it mate, mentally tell yourself that every day the nicotine levels are lower than the previous dat, so every day is physically easier than the day before.
Giving up smoking is undoubtedly my best achievement in life tempered with anger I had not done it many years earlier.
Cheers mate.
Will do my best - feeing very confident about it though. However I can’t say I have had a proper craving yet if I’m honest.
I think I was so ready to give up that maybe it won’t be so difficult. Think I would have struggled if I’d forced myself if that makes sense.
Thankfully age is on my side, if I kick it now then smoking throughout my teens and early twenties wasn’t the end of the world.
stick with it mate, mentally tell yourself that every day the nicotine levels are lower than the previous dat, so every day is physically easier than the day before.
Giving up smoking is undoubtedly my best achievement in life tempered with anger I had not done it many years earlier.
Cheers mate.
Will do my best - feeing very confident about it though. However I can’t say I have had a proper craving yet if I’m honest.
I think I was so ready to give up that maybe it won’t be so difficult. Think I would have struggled if I’d forced myself if that makes sense.
Thankfully age is on my side, if I kick it now then smoking throughout my teens and early twenties wasn’t the end of the world.
I think this is the key thing to successfully stopping smoking - actually really wanting to do it. I stopped last year and am now over one year smoke free. By the end of 2019 I had had enough of being ill all the time and felt like a pariah going outside for a smoke when on a night out. Smoking actually made me feel bad physically and mentally.
Well done for stopping and stick with it.
(I am now the worst kind of ex-smoker, I hate the smell of it and am constantly preaching to my Mum about giving up!)
stick with it mate, mentally tell yourself that every day the nicotine levels are lower than the previous dat, so every day is physically easier than the day before.
Giving up smoking is undoubtedly my best achievement in life tempered with anger I had not done it many years earlier.
Cheers mate.
Will do my best - feeing very confident about it though. However I can’t say I have had a proper craving yet if I’m honest.
I think I was so ready to give up that maybe it won’t be so difficult. Think I would have struggled if I’d forced myself if that makes sense.
Thankfully age is on my side, if I kick it now then smoking throughout my teens and early twenties wasn’t the end of the world.
I think this is the key thing to successfully stopping smoking - actually really wanting to do it. I stopped last year and am now over one year smoke free. By the end of 2019 I had had enough of being ill all the time and felt like a pariah going outside for a smoke when on a night out. Smoking actually made me feel bad physically and mentally.
Well done for stopping and stick with it.
(I am now the worst kind of ex-smoker, I hate the smell of it and am constantly preaching to my Mum about giving up!)
I don't preach but do find I hate the smell of it now, and find I can't believe people still do it.
Great work giving up, you're right that being ready to is the key, I found thinking I really should or trying to force myself to never worked.
Try to remember the drink thing is just habit, this is the bit I was most nervous of, but once I got through the first night, I felt really good about myself, then it gets easier.
We’ve been vegan now for a week or so. Not as hard to do as I had feared. Decided to give this a go at Xmas and after consuming all our non vegan stuff after the New Year settled into it.
Well done, Veganuary for me too. Been vegetarian since last May so bit easier for me but thought I'd really miss cream and cheese. Actually finding it easier than I thought. Lots of vegan stuff in the supermarkets and having almond or coconut or even soya milk in coffee is actual better! Plenty of non-dairy cream and butter alternatives that are really good. Supplementing diet with vitamin B12 as thats a vitamin thats mainly provided from meat and fish. Only thing I haven't found is a decent non-dairy blue cheese equivalent. Can see me staying with it...
stick with it mate, mentally tell yourself that every day the nicotine levels are lower than the previous dat, so every day is physically easier than the day before.
Giving up smoking is undoubtedly my best achievement in life tempered with anger I had not done it many years earlier.
Cheers mate.
Will do my best - feeing very confident about it though. However I can’t say I have had a proper craving yet if I’m honest.
I think I was so ready to give up that maybe it won’t be so difficult. Think I would have struggled if I’d forced myself if that makes sense.
Thankfully age is on my side, if I kick it now then smoking throughout my teens and early twenties wasn’t the end of the world.
I think this is the key thing to successfully stopping smoking - actually really wanting to do it. I stopped last year and am now over one year smoke free. By the end of 2019 I had had enough of being ill all the time and felt like a pariah going outside for a smoke when on a night out. Smoking actually made me feel bad physically and mentally.
Well done for stopping and stick with it.
(I am now the worst kind of ex-smoker, I hate the smell of it and am constantly preaching to my Mum about giving up!)
I don't preach but do find I hate the smell of it now, and find I can't believe people still do it.
Great work giving up, you're right that being ready to is the key, I found thinking I really should or trying to force myself to never worked.
Try to remember the drink thing is just habit, this is the bit I was most nervous of, but once I got through the first night, I felt really good about myself, then it gets easier.
I gave up after 20odd years of smoking and it just sort of happened, I hadn't smoked for 48 hours and was on my way for a fag when it came to me that if I hadn't smoked for two days I didn't really need it. I ended up staying in the lift and going back up to the office and haven't had a cigarette for nearly 3 years.
We’ve been vegan now for a week or so. Not as hard to do as I had feared. Decided to give this a go at Xmas and after consuming all our non vegan stuff after the New Year settled into it.
Well done, Veganuary for me too. Been vegetarian since last May so bit easier for me but thought I'd really miss cream and cheese. Actually finding it easier than I thought. Lots of vegan stuff in the supermarkets and having almond or coconut or even soya milk in coffee is actual better! Plenty of non-dairy cream and butter alternatives that are really good. Supplementing diet with vitamin B12 as thats a vitamin thats mainly provided from meat and fish. Only thing I haven't found is a decent non-dairy blue cheese equivalent. Can see me staying with it...
Well done to you too! We have been dithering about doing this for some time. We went vegetarian about 8 years ago and probably thought we should go vegan about 5 years ago.
has everyone that is doing a vegan January going full blown, changing their make up and hair products etc or just doing the food side for the time being?
I'd never really considered that things like hair gel is a non vegan product until the Mrs. got me a different one and I noticed on the back that its vegan
has everyone that is doing a vegan January going full blown, changing their make up and hair products etc or just doing the food side for the time being?
I'd never really considered that things like hair gel is a non vegan product until the Mrs. got me a different one and I noticed on the back that its vegan
Of course. Watch out for beers and wines too. Some are vegan some (most) are not.
I have thought “I could do with one” a couple of times but haven’t come remotely close to caving and the thoughts leave my head after a minute. This was mainly last night to be fair!!
Stopping smoking has made me change a few other things for the better too.
Have been feeling very unfit so went for a run for the first time in absolutely ages. 5k in 27 minutes. Not lightning but when you’ve been a couch potato throughout 2020 whilst smoking and drinking it’s a start. Got a right buzz out of it and will keep going with that for sure.
Pretty much the only exercise I’ve done all year is play cricket (involves smoking and drinking) and playing golf (involves smoking and drinking)!
My diet has improved too, and it was never that bad to start with. It’s things like eating fruit instead of a packet of crisps that I’ve changed.
Feeling really good for it. Still early days though.
When you’re jobless it’s nice to have some goals 👍🏻.
Not drink for 20 days and not really missing it. About half a stone lighter since new year as well. The hard thing will not be going off the rails in February! Maybe try and drag it out for lockdown, gives me the best chance of losing the spare tyre
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This January is going to be a very tough month so I won’t make it more miserable. Got to have something to look forward to on a Friday night.
If I haven't lost weight at the end of the month I will be displeased
I downloaded an app to keep track of time since quitting/money saving/cigarettes not smoked and that is helping as I’m competitive and will hate to have to reset the numbers.
Anyway, early days yet...
stick with it mate, mentally tell yourself that every day the nicotine levels are lower than the previous dat, so every day is physically easier than the day before.
Giving up smoking is undoubtedly my best achievement in life tempered with anger I had not done it many years earlier.
I think I was so ready to give up that maybe it won’t be so difficult. Think I would have struggled if I’d forced myself if that makes sense.
Thankfully age is on my side, if I kick it now then smoking throughout my teens and early twenties wasn’t the end of the world.
Well done for stopping and stick with it.
(I am now the worst kind of ex-smoker, I hate the smell of it and am constantly preaching to my Mum about giving up!)
Great work giving up, you're right that being ready to is the key, I found thinking I really should or trying to force myself to never worked.
Try to remember the drink thing is just habit, this is the bit I was most nervous of, but once I got through the first night, I felt really good about myself, then it gets easier.
We have been dithering about doing this for some time. We went vegetarian about 8 years ago and probably thought we should go vegan about 5 years ago.
I'd never really considered that things like hair gel is a non vegan product until the Mrs. got me a different one and I noticed on the back that its vegan
Stopping smoking has made me change a few other things for the better too.
Have been feeling very unfit so went for a run for the first time in absolutely ages. 5k in 27 minutes. Not lightning but when you’ve been a couch potato throughout 2020 whilst smoking and drinking it’s a start. Got a right buzz out of it and will keep going with that for sure.
My diet has improved too, and it was never that bad to start with. It’s things like eating fruit instead of a packet of crisps that I’ve changed.
Feeling really good for it. Still early days though.