What I Know About Quitting Smoking
That sounds totally selfish and really it is. I mean smoking IS selfish so quitting smoking has to be doubly selfish.
Not Smoking 1101 Days and Counting
I was asked to update what was going on with my smoking or lack of, my health and what is going on with me. So here goes. It has been 1101 days since my last cigarette. Or 157 weeks and 2 days. Or 26,424 hours. Or 1,585,440 minutes. But who’s counting. How is it going for me? Goodly. Most of…
Smoking And Weight Loss, Same Excuses
When I quit smoking a couple of years ( https://theblogofteresa.com/quitting-smoking-6-1-12), I went through a weird period in the beginning of my quitting. Where people told me about other people they knew who had quit smoking and how they did. It was the typical reactions. “Oh, I see you are wearing the patch, I have an uncle, aunt brother, sister, next…
Help I Am Turning Into A Critical Nazi Ex-Smoker
I just returned from a rather long road trip. Most of the trip was purposeful with timelines and obligatory family visits. One of those “hurry we have to be here for breakfast there or this event” kind of trips. The driving to get there was the best part of that section of the trip. I love the journey, the destinations…
Non Smoker? Ex Smoker? or Quitting Smoking?
So, it seems, according to some friends, that I am a non-smoker. I am working on my fifth month smoke free. It is weird. I still see myself as a someone who is trying to quit smoke. I do not yet think i am ready to call myself a non smoker. My friends who still smoke seem to be the…
Not Smoking 120+ days and Crazier Than Ever.
It has been a little over 110 days are four months since I have had a cigarette. In some respects it seems a lot longer, in others doesn’t seem like a week has gone by. The physical cravings are a lot less, although I am still using the mini lozenges. The urges had diminished a lot. There are lingering ones,…
Not Smoking, Not Exercising, No Good Attitude
I am still not smoking. That is amazing to me. Beyond amazing.Like a miracle. I am still using lozenges but rarely. I think I leave them in my pocket more for the security blanket effect than any other reason. My cravings are far and few between. It is about time for that as well. I remember the first thirty days,…
Not Smoking, Walking and the Right Tools
Yep, I am still a non smoker. 100+ days. I have not used the patch in several weeks, but I am using the lozenges. I am still not ready to give them up. They are like my little nicotine security blanket. I do not use them often, but i do find that when I am tired or a little stressed…
Non Smoker for 90 days and now I am running (well not really)
I have managed to not smoke for 90 days. I am no longer using the patches. I had stepped down to the lightest one available and honestly kept forgetting to put them on. After a couple of days of that, I decided that I did not need them. Takes a while but I can catch on. I am using the…
Non-Smoking 60 Days
Where I work there are two people who smoke. I guess, that is a fallacious statement. There are others who are employed there who smoke, but today I am concerned with only two of them. They both engage in behavior that I recognize. I have not been a non-smoker so long that I have forgotten what it was like! Only…
