Who am I to you and why should you listen to me?

I am the person that had self destructed for years and overcame it. I could eat an entire large pizza followed up with a sleeve of girl scout cookies.

After that I would just...hate myself! But a cigarette always made me feel better.

Some days I would eat so much I would try and manually get it out of me....not sure how I did not end up with an eating disorder.

I kicked addiction to food and smoking both extremely HARD additions!

It was a definite process but exercise helped spark a positive direction for me.

You have to start somewhere! Here are a few starting points.

• 8 glasses of water a day (healthy habit)
• 4/5 servings of fruits/vegetables per day (curves appetite)
• stop smoking aid e.g. patch (gets the ball rolling)
• walking for an hour (good starting point)
• talk yourself through a cigarette craving, they usually last about 10 seconds then they go away (start getting used to the feeling of not having them)

Please post other thoughts and ideas!