New Year's Resolutions ... How Are We Doing So Far?

[caseysmom]

It's expensive. I paid $95 for the first month. However ... at $40 a carton, cigarettes cost more than that, at least for me.

Hypnotism didn't help me either, not at all.

There is no nicotine craving with Chantix, that's the beauty of it. It chemically binds to the nicotine receptors in your brain, and blocks them. It's physically impossible to have a physical craving while using it. Of course, the psychological portion of the addiction remains, the habit. But that's a lot easier to ignore, if you aren't feeling sick and murderous.

Good job Twisterdog, I am really rooting for you. My 50 year neighbor has been hospitalized and in an induced coma for 10 days due to complications from smoking.

[Twisterdog]

Mine is to get back to eating healthy. I've gained 15 pounds thanks to the holidays and stress eating. I did SO GOOD today at work... until I got home. Then in a matter of 5 minutes of getting home and hearing the latest Ashley drama, I ate 6 Pringles, a bowl of Ice cream, a chicken sandwich, and last night's leftover doggie-bagged fried shrimp and fries.

I understand this completely. I am a terrible emotional eater. Bored? Try ice cream! Stressed? Have some chips! Unhappy? Eat half the contents of the pantry! One could look back at photographs of me throughout my life and tell exactly how happy I was at any given stage, simply by how much I weighed.

[CathyBogart]

So far so good. Jasper got a long walk today.

As far as cooking one or more nutritious meals per week....tomato-ginger chicken is simmering on the stove right now.

As far as my spending...I haven't bought anything frivolous yet, though I did get an $80 blood test done on Jasper today that probably wasn't really necessary.

[Karen]

So far so good. Jasper got a long walk today.

As far as cooking one or more nutritious meals per week....tomato-ginger chicken is simmering on the stove right now.

As far as my spending...I haven't bought anything frivolous yet, though I did get an $80 blood test done on Jasper today that probably wasn't really necessary.

Hey tomato-ginger chicken sounds yummy! Wanna share the recipe over in the Recipe thread?