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Quitting Smoking Day 7

pdxtrav — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:35:06 +0000

Today is going pretty well, I didn’t want to wake up or get out of bed. One habit that I’m developing that I’m not very fond of is hitting the snooze button; more and more I’m starting to do the morning wake up struggle. I think while I’m going through the whole process of quitting I’m going to try to get 8 hours of sleep at night since my body is trying to heal. Although I was hesitant to wake up it was a great morning. I made a trip to the store to get groceries for breakfast and lunches and got myself a hoodie that was on sale from $60 down to $20 and it is awesome! After I was at the store I went and got my hair did and then went to breakfast before going to work. All of that made it a very nice morning. I’m feeling only slightly homicidal in this early afternoon but things are going very well for the most part!

How I feel today

“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” -Buddha

Quitting Smoking Days 4, 5, and 6

pdxtrav — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:31:57 +0000

I haven’t written in a while, Mondays and Tuesdays are my weekend and I didn’t have a whole lot of at home time. I ended up going out Monday after running some errands in the morning which results in an evening that I’m not completely sure what happened in the end or else I’d share it. What I do remember is that I woke up at a friends house, apparently we had a slumber party. My phone had also disappeared but thankfully the cab driver was nice enough to text back a few of the people that sent me texts and had them call her to tell them she was leaving it at the radio cab lost and found so I got it back yesterday. I was so hung over on Tuesday I was pretty much on bed rest all day, I’m fully recovered and ready to start the week off right but thankfully I’m still a non smoker and that’s what matters to me most! I will leave everyone off with this awesome quote I found this morning. . .

“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it,

change the way you think about it.”

-Mary Engelbreit

Quitting Smoking Day 3

pdxtrav — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:37:00 +0000

I decided today will be a good day, I have an optimistic disposition and going to keep it that way. This morning I went on a three mile run which always helps release some of the pent up aggression that I can no longer smoke out of my body. Now I just sweat it out instead of smoke it out. Unfortunately I think the fact that I’m not smoking temporarily damages my brain cells, I’ve noticed it takes me longer to complete my sudoku puzzles and I get extremely forgetful. This morning I was in a rush because I didn’t just go running, I was also running late for work, so I rushed out the door without getting everything done that I wanted to this morning. It takes me between two and two and a half hours to get to work so I generally leave about three hours early. When I finally arrive at work, I check the time and realize that I’m two hours early which means that this morning I thought that 11 AM minus 3 hours somehow equals 7 am.

How long does it take for the physical dependence of nicotine to be completely out of the system?

6 months . . .

I was going to try to write this out then edit it so it would sound thoughtfully put together but today will not be that kind of day. It is way too busy at work and taking too much energy trying to remain positive.

PS: According to Quitsmokingsupport.com one of the emotional withdrawal symptoms of quitting smoking is “Feelings of being an infant: temper tantrums, intense needs, feelings of dependency, a state of near paralysis.” I really cannot think of anything worded more perfectly, I feel so embarrassed at my outbursts when quitting!

Quitting Smoking Day 2

pdxtrav — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:59:41 +0000

I am quitting smoking and it is driving me crazy. A website called Zen Habits suggested writing a blog to become more accountable so that is what I’m doing . . . .

I’m at work right now, I’m kind of like a bookie for horse races and most of the people are older and very rude and grumpy. I don’t know how better to express myself than to say that the following video is a perfect representation of my mood;

I had originally wrote a long descriptive post, but decided I’m not going to try and write out some long diatribe to explain exactly what this short clip of burger and fry’s can say with less than half the effort!

Enjoy your day!