rft63

Hi all,
I don't post a whole lot, but I had to tell someone. It's been one month since I have had any tobacco. This is after 29 years of smokeless tobacco use. I told myself when I started my weight loss last June that I would quit when I reached a fifty pound loss. Started at 280 and am now at 225 this morning. The weight loss seems to have slowed a little with no tobacco, but maybe that is due to not riding as much during the winter. I really enjoy this forum and have learned a great deal from all here.

Richard

jyossarian

Congratulations! Quitting smoking is great for your health and wallet and terrible for your peace of mind. The cravings just won't go away!!!

v1k1ng1001

Glad to have on board Richard.

CastIron

Congrats. As someone who's been there, I'll offer two things:

The hard part is over.
Never ever touch anything with tobacco again.

jakereed

That's fantastic!
I plan to join the ranks of the non smokers this weekend. I have been smoking about the same length of time as you.

Again, congratulations. Very inspirational to read success stories like yours.

EasyEd

Hi Richard, good job man! My boss and I both gave up chewing tobacco on December 31st. Both of us still clean. I have gained about ten pounds though. I will never go back. Twenty plus years of that garbage is enough. Hang in there man. I still struggle some, but my attitude is starting to improve. Riding helps.

Mazama

Skoal Brother or Copenhagen Cowboy?

At any rate, nice work. It isn't easy kickin' cowboy crack.

Barabus

Good for you. Stick with it one day at a time.

rft63

You're sure right, it makes think back to when I started, Walt Garrison and a pinch between the cheek and gum. Copenhagen was the flavor of choice for the last twenty years.

rft63

You are right about riding helping, that seems to be the only time I don't think about it.

Mazama

Coffee and Beer tend to bring on cravings too. There is a beef jerky alternative, but I'm sure you've seen that.

jaxgtr

good for you.

v1k1ng1001

why does everyone who's serious about smokeless tobacco chew Copenhagen?

is it because the fiberglass additive delivers a better kick?

wayne pattee

Good job. Its been 2 years since my wife decided it was time I quit the chew after using it for 18 years. But she's just doing her job.

lubers

Nice job I have been tobacco free since 1996, with my savings the first year I bought a new set of golf clubs. Never had the desire to go back.

natebrr

I hope to join in on this one really soon. I need to get my eating under control, first. I have quit before, but I gained 15 lbs in the process. I don't want to do that right now. I am finally headed in the right direction with my weight. I like your idea of a goal weight to start quiting on. I think I am going to borrow that idea.
Good job.

slorick

Good for you way to go. Just turn one month into two and the next thing you know a year will have been past. I have been smoke free for over 5 years now and sometimes I still get the cravings but now it is easy to get past the cravings. Good luck to you.

haenous

Quit over a year ago after a 30 year 2 can a day habit.....it gets way easier....and congrats.....

Spartan112

There is no fiberglass in chew...there's a lot of other crap...but no fiberglass.

https://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/menthol.asp

v1k1ng1001

So it just that Copenhagen is so fine ground? I chewed it once in high school and it felt like I had smoked 37 cigarettes simultaneously.

neilfein

Not bad! Keep it up, and keep in mind that weight loss often slows down in the winter, from my intensive research into myself.

Daveyboy

Way to go. I'm sure it was hard so keep it up!

Trucker_JDub

+1
I quit a 15 year smoking/chewing habit on 11/10/06 and its a tough road to take but as time passes you will be so much happier and feel so much better. The one thing that I hate is that me and a select group of close friends liked to go camping at a cabin we have in the middle of nowhere and close out the night by smoking cigars around the pot belly stove. I don't smoke one on the trips now because I know thats all it would take to get me back to smoking regularly again. Just fight the urge and don't let your self have 'just one'.

Congratulations and keep fighting the good fight.

smilin buddha

Congrats. I am working towards that. I realized how bad I have become with weight and smoking. WHen I spent 6 hours ripping up tile. I thought I would collapse several times. I quit before. But like an addict I keep coming back for more. I have started to work on the diet. Dinner is now chicken and salad. I appreciate all you guys you give me strength and hope.

Wogster

This probably has a lot to do with chewing, when your used to chewing all the time for years, you want to substitute something else, and food would be a natural. Smokers also get this problem, but in that case it's due to cigarettes making your taste buds, not work well, so when you quit stuff starts tasting better, that could be part of the problem with smokeless as well.

I had an uncle that chewed, and I have only one comment, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeach! I think it's much more common in the US, then here in Canada. I have met only two chewers in my 46 years during which I have met a lot of people.