I don't intend to post about the whole quitting smoking thing every day, but today seemed so different, I wanted to throw a quick update on here. Today is Day 5.
What is different is that:
- I'm in a great mood! Been in a fabulous mood all day.
- I think my energy level is increasing; feel positively jazzed today like I could leap tall...uh,pebbles...in a single bound.
- I walked farther today than I have in ages. Ok, so it was only down to the corner. But that IS farther than I've walked in ages.
- My urges to smoke were less powerful, less often and easier to get through.
On the less positive side:
- Hubby is crankier than ever and has totally lost his sense of humor.
I received a couple of messages that perhaps my chronicling my quit venture might be inspiring to others trying to do the same. So I do plan to post at least once a week about it and I do hope that it helps or inspires someone to put the nasty killers away for good, for ever.
In all seriousness, I'm one of the weakest humans on the planet.
Please, if you're a smoker, do this with me. Together, we can do it!
Till next time,
"Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics." ~ Fletcher Knebel
Or if you prefer something more serious:
"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray." ~ David Byrne
I find the progress reports interesting as all get-out. Reading them makes me think the journaling would help one pay attention, as well as get a little distance from the situation, as if one were, say, a researcher or journalist. Hmmm. Makes me think it might be helpful in changing any habit, as in my dream of becoming physically and mentally healthier, and shedding 50 pounds in the process! ("Lindy, where's your process?" Inside joke!) Blogging the experience makes one feel so much less alone. You go, girl!
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