June 21, 2008

Changes you will feel after quiting

Here's some of the changes you will feel immediately withing the first few weeks of stopping smoking.


You blood pressure will adjust itself and return toward normal.


You nicotine and carbon monoxide levels will drop to 50% after a day and disappear several weeks later.  Your body will starts its own journey of cleansing your system. 


Oxygen levels in you body will return to normal after 8 hours.


The first few days will see you go through the withdrawal phase. This is nothing more than your body telling you that all is as should be and I am just cleaning and making a lot of sound.  It will not all be cumfortable so perservere and put up with the shit that comes with it. Hey, you've started it! So says the body in its own body language. :)


Your body talks to you in symptoms.  So, just listen to it and let it do its job.  Don't stand in its way nor feed it with any more crap.


Your mind will tell you otherwise.  The mind is the culprit here. Your mind is so easy to trick and it brings itself down, "dragging" the body along with it to the pits of the earth.  Don't pay any attention to your mind in the first week at all. Tell it to get a sock in it.  You will have a constant dialog between yourself all throughout the time during this phase. Don't give into the mind.  Treating the body in kindness by looking after it in the best way possible will keep you in the right track.


After a week or two the world starts to open up to you because your body has regained the faculties of taste and smell that was clogged up for many years since you started smoking.


Your health improves and you're in a better mood and in self control.  Your self confidence jumps back in as well.


Few months later the breathing problems will have improved. You lungs will be better and cleaner but not out of the woods yet. More work required. It's not an overnight process. You've stuff crap into your body and that stuff takes a toll out of your body's functions. So, give it time. You will feel better.


To speed up even further regaining your health back then what you need is to change how you eat food. Food is important to us but like everything else we need to feed the right foods at the right levels of each nutrient to stay healthy and functional.


Food wise you should eat more fruits and vegetables. Almost 80% of your food intake should be fresh fruits and vegetables.  Limit processed foods only if you are unable to get the fresh stuff.


Limit your meat intake too.  As an adult we don't require a lot of protein from animal flesh - we can get them from non-meat products. Besides, cultivated animails contribute to the pollution factor on this planet and make global warming worse.


Don't worry, if you eat correctly you will not gain any weight.  You body will require more food to remove the rubbish that is in your system.  If you find that you are gaining many kilograms or pounds then you need to make sure your food intake has a good distribution of nutrients. Go here to read more about why your body is fat and how to loose it. Reasons behind Fat loss.


How to achieve a better life stopping smoking

Any life is better then a smokers life full stop. Ok, maybe not all life - but certainly health wise, a non-smoker is in a better condition to talk about this.  Right? Yes.


Life becomes more colorful and full of life when you remove the smoke from ones life.


I cannot emphasize enough the importance of the above statement.  Smoking dulls ones life, it introduces burden of frustration and misery to ones life.  It robs you of your light and creative faculties. It robs you of your wealth!


Trying to quit smoking can be a hard task for many.  Not many people will be ready to just quit yet.  Quiting first starts within ones mind. The mind is the faculty that controls out earthly behaviours.  The mind is a like the river that flows.  If you don't direct the river it will flow anywhere where the ground slopes. Control your inner river and you will control your habits - and in turn control your smoking addiction or whatever the addiction may be.


Introduce the notion of quiting to your mind today and make it the start of the end of your smoking career.


You see smoking is not only a health problem but, you as an individual,  subside companies to stay in business to create smoking products for you that are draining the vital energy from you - either through your money or through your health. Regardlesss of what you loose the end result is that the dreams that are part of your life are slowly taken away from you. When you consider in money terms that is a large sum of money and over a decade of smoking that is absolutely a ridiculous sum that just brings tears to my eyes. Smoking robs you of your life - fullstop!  Even after you stop smoking you are still paying the price.  The buck does not stop there.  It is now the established medical world that will start to suck you dry until you've become are living chemical junk box reduced to sub-human form - with every day dimishing light in your eyes.


Maybe not! Perhaps, I was too harsh here. Just maybe you'll decide to quit smoking before your life deteriates far enough for you to make a comeback and start a fresh.


My friend, you see there is "NEVER" a too late thing in Life.   Even a heavy smoker can come back into full health.  Most things in life can be repaired and turned back!


It all starts with you and the way you think. 


Pregnancy and Smoking and First Trimester Dangers by Shalene Chamings



Pregnancy and Smoking and First Trimester Dangers

Did you know that if women quit smoking when they were pregnant that infant deaths could be reduced by up to 10 percent? Pregnancy and smoking and first trimester are not words that go together. The good news is that no can report that a woman who has smoked prior to her pregnancy is putting her baby at risk. However, smoking during pregnancy is very hazardous to an unborn baby.

Pregnancy and smoking and first trimester have been linked to 100,000+ miscarriages and 5,500+ infant deaths per year. Smoking also puts an expectant mother at risk for complications such as vaginal bleeding, premature rupture of the membranes, early delivery and more. Evidence is showing that a pregnant mother who smokes may have a baby who has a low birth weight. Low birth weight and being born too small is a major cause of infant illness and perinatal death.

If you are pregnant and a smoker you should know that the best time to quit is during the first trimester. Pregnancy and smoking and first trimester are not words that go together. Here are some tips that will help you get started on breaking the smoking habit.

Find out what motivates you to smoke. Is it the stimulation? Maybe you do it to relax? Do you use smoking as a way to relieve tension and stress? Maybe you smoke simply out of habit? Are you even aware of when you light up a cigarette or do you find yourself smoking out of habit? If you are able to find out what motivates you to smoke you can find a substitute to replace the smoking.

Find something that will motivate you to quit smoking. This is very easy for a pregnant woman. Your motivation is to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

Find a method that will help you to quit smoking. Talk with your OB/GYN and find a way that you can quit together. Many expectant mothers chose to quit smoking cold turkey. Others wean themselves off of cigarettes during the first trimester simply because smoking makes them feel ill.

If you like smoking because it keeps your hands busy, try to do something else with your hands. You can suck on a lollipop, play with a pencil, knit, play a musical instrument, paint your fingernails and more.

If you smoke for the oral gratification, find something to replace it. This can include chewing on gum, veggies, popcorn, or simply placing a toothpick in your mouth.

If you smoke because it stimulates you, why not walk instead? Walking can give you an energy boost and help clear your head when you are feeling tired.

If you simply smoke because it is a habit, try to develop a new habit to take its place. Every time you feel like smoking you can go brush your teeth or go to a certain area in your home to relax and listen to music. If you smoke in certain situations or when you eat or drink certain foods, avoid those situations, foods and drinks for a while.

Pregnancy and smoking and first trimester are simply words that do not fit together. Not only do they sound strange on paper, but they are dangerous words to put together in life. Remember, if you can get past the first few days of withdrawal they will be worth it. Not only will your baby be healthier, but you will be healthier
http://www.anewbornbaby.com/blog/

June 03, 2008

What is a safe way to quit smoking during pregnancy?

Safe way to quit smoking during pregnancy.



My response to pregnant woman who insist on using patches or other gadgets to replace cigarettes during pregnancy.

Here is goes.

The best thing for everyone in your life is to start thinking healthy. That is the only way to quiting smoking. All these patches and gums, and other crap are not helping your body at all. They may assist you but they are not your friends for the long haul.

Start wising up and start treating the bodies we have like royalty. We as humans not only polute our planet but we also poison ourselves everyday with unhealthy foods, media, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, cigarette abuse and the list goes on and on.

Here's something simple you can do, it's not hard and it's cheaper than your packs of smokes would cost you.


Feed your husband with vitamin B supplements to keep him cool and tamed. :) I don't recommend you go on any vitamins, read below.

As for the 2 year old get someone to help you out - they are growing and hormones are playing a havoc in their lives and they don't know how to control it so they go into all sorts of weird and wonderful moods.

As for yourself,




  • feed well,


  • lots of fruits and vegs,


  • stay away from processed foods,


  • stay away from fast-food crap,


  • drink regular filtered water,


  • stay away from alcohol, tea, coffee, soda and the other crap they sell it in big stores.


  • Get lots of walking everyday to support your growing body and to assist you during labor.


  • Stay positive and


  • stay away from violent films and news


  • and stop reading the papers - atleast keep it to a minimu.


  • Avoid technology and radio signalled devices like mobile/cell phones while you're pregnant.


The bottom line is, if the whole family ate correctly you would not be wanting help - food has ingredients in that can either make us happy and full or unhappy and dreadful. Eating healthy, healing food will put you into a better happy mood and that in its own way will give you a much brighter outlook in life.

Smoking numbs the brain, damages the lungs and posions the body doing damage just like the frog that got boiled alive.

Sorry to respond harshly, but that is the reality of smoking and living unhealthy.

    June 02, 2008

    Reasons for smoking...

    The reasons for smoking are varied and many, but there is one common underlying factor that causes many people to start smoking and stay smoking and getting addicted in the process: weakness of the mind - a state one is in when smoking.

    When the mind is weak it is when you're less protective of yourself, you're vulnerable and need something to rejuvenate your defenses against an invisible enemy (your own mind).

    During our lifes our minds play an awful lot of games against ourselves.
    Loosing this game makes one end up smoking for a long, long time. Even now, if you're a smoker then you're still playing this illusive game of the lesson that repeats itself over and over.

    How does one win this game? The answers to this type of questions are simply - STOP PLAYING THE STUPID GAME!

    There you have it, you could have done better things with your life instead of spending all that money, time and not to mention your precious health in other things - like - enjoying your life without numbing yourself to the pains you carry between your shoulders. Most smokers have a problem that bothers them and smoking just helps them to shut the problem away for a while (long while).

    Smoker generally, would die rather than have to face their own little pains. So what do they do? They take all sorts of numbing substances to cut the pain out. But, in the process they damage a big part of their health.

    Time to quit now. Your efforts have led you here and your inner child wants a new start in life that it intended to have at the beginning.

    Are Nicotine Patches and Gum Addictive?

    In a way these other products are just replacing smoking in a different way by eliminating the habit component from smoking the actual cigarette.

    Some would say patches and gum don't have the same mental addiction.
    Patching the arm or chewing the gum doesn't have that same feeling one gets when smoking with your circle of friends or out in the street or somewhere where you feel you're out of place to calm or relax yourself.

    It's easier to quit with assistance since quiting using your mind is hard for most people because that is how they started initially smoking.

    Nicotine patches are meant to work and take you off cigarettes and hopefully let the habit go. But, they will not help you completely to quit the nicotine addiction on the spot or in a few days time. It is a gradual thing and the dosage is lessened with each patch. For a while you will still be craving for the cigs but the patches should help you with the craving until you get to a stage where the cravings have diminished to a level and then you decide to make up your mind to either totally quit for good or continue spending more money and heath staying addicted.

    Stying off smoking is more a psychological battle than anything else. Using your mind to quit is really the first thing you should start to do. Without mind control it will be just too difficult to quit for good and in no time you will be back to smoking and puffing those white devils.

    If you need to quit smoking with a third party help then try one of these:

    Ty this if Nicotine Patches and Gum don't work for you.

    Stop Smoking Hypnosis MP3 CDs here.

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