"TammyM" > wrote in message
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>
> "Andy" <Q> wrote in message
> .. .
>> Damsel > wrote in
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>> > Andy <Q> said:
>> >
>> >> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about
>> >> being too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to
>> >> it.
>> >
>> > Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every
>> > time I ate 10 extra carbs.
>> >
>> >> It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!
>> >
>> > Have you kept any/all of the weight off?
>>
>> No, I bought a kitchen-aid stand mixer at the thought of making my own
>> pasta and with pasta comes poundage. I'm back to 225-230.
>>
>>
>> >> There. I SAID IT!
>> >>
>> >> Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!
>> >
>> > ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
>> > inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.
>>
>> I didn't know about that newsgroup (?) at that time.
>>
>> That's, like I said, the problem with "groups", imho. Everybody can fall
>> into a trap of blaming the group instead of themselves.
>>
>> After 30 years, I quit smoking last year, Wednesday, September 1, 2004,
>> 10am, cold turkey. I didn't join any group, didn't discuss it with
>> anybody and that's over and done. I can't wait to celebrate my first
>> anniversary.
>
> My 6th anniversary of smoking cessation is on Sept 2 -- we can almost
> celebrate together!
> <snip>
>
> TammyM

Congratulations. I quit smoking January 1, 1988 after 38 years of smoking.
(with a few stoppages along the way - very few!). I quit cold turkey also
after visiting friends that day, none of them smoked. I felt so guilty
wanting a smoke, that that was it.
Dee Dee