Hi Sammi, Loved your post. I have often asked myself over the last 2 weeks during some intense cravings why at 57 I should put myself through this but you seemed to bring it all in line. Thanks so much :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 16 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 335 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $104 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58

Hi Sammi, I loved your post. I spent Springbreak at the college I graduated from. While there, I thinking how I would love to go back and do things differently. Then that is when the same thought hit me. I do not want twenty something years to pass and me say I wish I had done.....in my forties. So, I have done the first thing. I have stopped smoking. The second will be to exercise more. Thanks for the wonderful post. Julie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/15/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 81 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,634 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $283.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51

SammijoFL You bet I would change things. NO SMOKING for one, exercising for two, and definately I would have stayed single. Don't get me wrong, marriage and kids are great, but I would have waited longer before I said those I DO'S, like maybe when i am 90 or so [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 35 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 885 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $175 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27

WOW Sammi... Reading your post really opened my eyes and made me think!! This is a Great attitude to have!! I am 25 years old.. Ive been smoking for 10 years (minus the 34 days of course ;) ) and quit b/c i knew i had too..for my kids, for my health, to save money...ect..To tell you the truth, i didn't even want to quit.I just knew i had to quit! Saying I am doing this, (living a healthier life) for my future self, and I owe it to that person, really gives me a reason, (so to speak) to quit! I guess ive always known this..but your post really mad it clear!! Thank you! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/2/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 34 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 681 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $215.9 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49

Sammi, There are many things we wish we could do differently! The time is now and you pose a great question, what are we doing to ensure we have a more prosperous and healthier future? ( Quiting is at the top of the list :) ) Something to think about? Josie _____________________ The SSC Support Team.

sammi jjo interesting post i think i would probably do the same.i.e. quit smoking. or if i could go back to 16 years old never start, which would be even better lynnexx [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/24/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 161 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,416 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �644 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

I�ve always been fascinated by the concept of time travel, and I absolutely love reading novels with the time travel premise, especially those that depict the travel back in time within one�s life. I loved the whole Back to the Future series of movies and I�ve often thought about �What would I change if I could go back in time within my own life?� I�m 45 years old right now. [b]If you could be transported back in time to the year you were twenty, what would you do differently?[/b] First, of course, I would definitely quit smoking! I would also watch what I ate and I would exercise on a regular basis. I would do all this so that I would not be out-of-breath, coughing, stiff, sore, overweight, and so terribly out of shape when I hit my forties. I would do it all for myself, for my forty-five-year-old self in 2007. [i]Real quick, before you read on, answer the same question for yourself � if you could go back 20 or 25 years, would you change to a healthier lifestyle? Would you?[/i] Then it occurred to me � a strange thought� IMAGINE IF it was the year 2037 and I was seventy-five years old and very, very sick because of sixty years of smoking, and so overweight that I was barely able to move because of my inactivity and poor food choices � WHAT IF in the year 2037 I was given the chance to transport back thirty years to RIGHT NOW� What would I do differently at age 45? Well, of course my answer was: The exact same things that I said I would do at age 20! I would quit smoking and eat healthier and I would undo that additional thirty future years of damage to my body. I would do it for myself, for my seventy-five-year-old self in 2037. Okay, so I didn�t actually time travel from 2037, but I can still do this now for the person I will be then. I owe it to the person I will be then, not to miss this opportunity to act as if I DID travel back in time, and give that person a chance at living longer and more comfortably. I�m a time traveler, by attitude anyway. :eg: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 92 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,761 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $276 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9