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Ryedan

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About the behavioral dimension; I'm not at all sure that it'll be that difficult though. vaping will have taken away much of the dependency, and the hand to mouth habit shouldn't be too difficult to break. Since January I've given up sugar, potato chips, beer, flour, rice, pasta, and pretty much everything else with carbs - and compared to that then breaking the hand to mouth habitat should be easy.

I agree Ken. I weaned myself off nic by the end of 2012 and almost quit vaping about a year ago because I was losing interest in it. I was vaping very little and would go for a couple of days without vaping with no problems. I didn't really have any desire to quit though and bought a Reo Grand to try out squonking. I'm still enjoying that and will probably continue to vape for a while. If there is any hand to mouth dependency in me, it's not enough for me to feel it at all from a day or two of not vaping.

I also really changed the way I eat this year. I did some research in December and decided to start eating unprocessed foods a lot more. I stopped eating bread, pasta, cereals, sugar and anything from a can, box or pouch. I don't exclude these things completely, but I consider them junk food now in the same way I used to think of most fast food. I also limit meat and fish to around 4 ounces a day, changed milk to soy and limit dairy products. In effect, I've taken most of the high calorie foods out of my diet and a lot of chemical preservatives. I actually add salt to my food now to make sure I get enough sodium.

I've found it very easy to lose 28 pounds in three months while still eating enough to satisfy me. As you know, we can change old habits if we want to. It just takes the will and the right attitude to make the change :)
 

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Plan to quit ecigs?

honestly i think ecigs with some willpower paved the way for me in quitting regular cigs.... I was on half a pack to a pack a day.... But now ecigs came into the picture made quitting that much easier, even though i feel healthier vaping than smoking... This thing gota have a side effect sooner or later...

i plan to quit ecigs by vaping less and less... As of now its becoming like my third arm, i have to have it everywhere... When battery is low or when i cant use it... Its like worse than having no battery on my phone...

So main question : when are u planning to quit

I wasn't planning to quit a 30 year pack a day smoking habit when I first picked up my first disposable e-cig from the drugstore to see what the buzz was all about. Four days later my ego starter kit arrived and I've been smoke-free for almost 2 years. Right now, I have no plans to quit vaping, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?
 

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I agree Ken. I weaned myself off nic by the end of 2012 and almost quit vaping about a year ago because I was losing interest in it. I was vaping very little and would go for a couple of days without vaping with no problems. I didn't really have any desire to quit though and bought a Reo Grand to try out squonking. I'm still enjoying that and will probably continue to vape for a while. If there is any hand to mouth dependency in me, it's not enough for me to feel it at all from a day or two of not vaping.

I also really changed the way I eat this year. I did some research in December and decided to start eating unprocessed foods a lot more. I stopped eating bread, pasta, cereals, sugar and anything from a can, box or pouch. I don't exclude these things completely, but I consider them junk food now in the same way I used to think of most fast food. I also limit meat and fish to around 4 ounces a day, changed milk to soy and limit dairy products. In effect, I've taken most of the high calorie foods out of my diet and a lot of chemical preservatives. I actually add salt to my food now to make sure I get enough sodium.

I've found it very easy to lose 28 pounds in three months while still eating enough to satisfy me. As you know, we can change old habits if we want to. It just takes the will and the right attitude to make the change :)
I have some mental problems (which I'm really open about in the Outside), so the hobby part is an important thing for me. A couple of years ago I used to get an expensive new guitar each 1 1/2 months. Now I get vape gear, way cheaper :)

As for diet, I've been a vegetarian for almost 20 years. I actually eat more animal products now (though dairy that hasn't been bacterially processed still won't agree with me), which feels weird.

Now if someone could get this thread back on track...
 

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i don't have plans to quit vaping. come to think of it, i didn't have a plan to quit smoking with vaping, it just made sense on a monetary and health basis. if i work my way down to 3mg and i can go hours without it, maybe i'll hang it up, dunno. i do find it fun to tinker with this stuff though, good thing my vape budget is small or i'd have a mess of stuff to play with. in any case, if and when i feel i can live (and not rip heads off) without nicotine and get tired of vaping, maybe i'll give it up, but don't foresee that happening soon unless forced to by the government.
 

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I don't "plan" on quitting ecigs. I'm a one thing at a time kind of guy. For me, right now, not smoking cigarettes is huge. The only real plan I have is to reduce my nicotine level. Eventually I hope to reduce it to zero. I have high blood pressure, so nicotine is an issue, along with caffeine. So far I've gone from a pack and half and Cuban coffee to ecigs and half caf coffee.

I'd give up my vape before my coffee.
Someone might get hurt.

My morning coffee is the only thing standing between the state of California and total Armageddon.

I don't drink coffee for myself, I do it for the children.
 

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I've posted this before, but this seems like a good time and place to repeat it...

--When I was smoking I could hold my breath for around 30 seconds
--After 12 months of vaping I could hold my breath for around 90 seconds
--After 17 months of vaping I got a Pulmonary Function test and my results were slightly better than average
--After 30 months of vaping I could hold my breath for around 110 seconds

and...........
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......exhale
 
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