[quote]I do not respond well to demands by others and I do not respond well when I am demanding, harsh and impatient with myself.
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Tell you what, that about says it all.
Great post, Riverdale, thanks for bumping.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 45
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,050
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �247.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39
Glad we "Heroes of 2007" have your support, fish - I wanna be like you when I grow up :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 45
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,049
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �247.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 11 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7
I'm in the same boat, having gained back over half the weight I lost before I quit (I was down 12 pounds).
Have I increased my food intake? Barely. I'd guess a normal person would have put on 2, maybe 3 pounds tops. But a gain of 8 in six weeks? You can't be serious!
But since carrots are EVIL and I refuse to live on lettuce, not eating what I want to eat, an increase in exercise it is.
I'm starting tomorrow on a new regime from a personal trainer, along with a dance class once a week. I may or may not keep the 2 mile, 30 minute power walks in, depends on how soon I want to get home!
Let's get physical...physical...
Everybody sing!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 45
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,049
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �247.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 11 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49
Interesting, I'm laughing again at the thought of using the gas problem in such a creative way...hmm I never thought of that, break out the beans!
Windy I envy you and your space, my word how I miss it. Can you tell?!? ;) Funny you should mention the smoke breaks during gatherings. The last big gathering here found me outside, upwind, chit chatting with the two smokers left in the bunch, just to get out of the house! I had a swarm of teenagers in a Playstation competition in our sitting room, no place to sit, no air, no calm...just remembering it makes me nudgy.
Luckily, I don't feel any yearning whatsoever being around someone smoking, so I can still have my outside time, even have the odd coffee outdoors during work on my old break times.
The more I filter this through my mind, I realise that if I got rid of the 'me time', got rid of the space-when-I-can-get-it, denied myself my own key comfort aspect of the smoking ritual (just switching off for a little while or removing myself from a situation) I would never feel right again, and always wonder if leaving cigarettes out of my life meant I was leaving myself behind.
Although the cost of comfort now for me is the risk of temptation, I seem to be preventing it by embracing the healthy part of the ritual I used to keep - this little gem is all about me, it's indulgent, it's fantastic and I'll never let that go. The gym (a perk at work), long walks to the train station, these too cost nothing.
Maybe the best things in life ARE free after all :)
x T
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 59
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,376
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �324.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 55
Hang in there cali, the emotions for me have been an absolute horror as well (see the saga post!) so I feel (some of) your pain. Just remember that smoking just masks what you're feeling and muddies your thoughts. It won't resolve things no matter what the junkie thinking is telling you.
Get some rest, pamper yourself, be strong. If it takes falling asleep to do that, then by all means, I'm keeping you up, get nappin!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 59
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,376
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �324.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35
Well done gang! Man, I can't wait to post tomorrow and see that big old 6!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 59
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,376
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �324.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46
Thanks for the comments, gang. Imallclear, I busted a gut reading your post.
So here I sit, defying gravity, elbows stuck out doing the funky chicken and ready for the morning commute.
Look out world, here I com(e)fort! ;p
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 58
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,350
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �319
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24
Wow, thanks cassie2u, it's nice to have such a lovely compliment when you're feeling a bit like Raggedy Ann on a bad hair day! :)
Listen to your twins, THEY are awesome for inspiring you to get back on your journey. I wish you all the best as well, if you did it then, you can do it again.
I'm not English but an American that moved to London after meeting her British hubby, hence the �! Methinks it's easier to give up the smokes over here when you look at the financial aspect and translate back to dollars...they run about $10 a pack. :8o:
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 58
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,350
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �319
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53
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