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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required)

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Figure every day you wake up is a blessing Figure every day you make it home to sleep is a blessing Figure the older you get the bigger the blessing is

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I'm late . The party over ? Nope . Good , nope for me too . I love me a good fun non smoking party !

Linda and Katgirl....Sending Hugs Losing love ones ....Is a pain ...like no other ....!!!!

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1 year today. I have not smoked a cigarette.

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Time for me to go my friends and acquaintances, Thank you for another day of support. Linda wake up every morning, breath in and out and soon you will not have to remind yourself to Wake up and breath in and out. Prayers and strength heading your way. Take care you all

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required)

I never smoke on the day in particular - NOPE!

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Congratulations @madturtle on one year quit! I'm really happy for you and hope you planned something special to celebrate this huge accomplishment

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Congratulations ....Hope you reward yourself well....you have worked so hard for this day

How awesome is that! Congratulations on one year smoke free. I hope you are savoring your smoke free life!

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@Katgirl, I've been learning on youtube. There's this runner I admire and was watching some of his youtube videos and at some point his mom's video came up running with him at age 78. Then another one popped up doing push ups at age 81. You never know where inspiration is hiding. If our words help you to get started, it's what we hope for, isn't it - to make a difference in 1 person's life.

@d2e8b8, you can do a lot with a nice set of barbells. Look online for suggested routines. Funny you guys mentioned weight training. I also want to get into that. First, I need to order a set of barbells. I know what to get. Then, I will follow my own advise, and seek out some appropriate routines, for toning and strengthening my upper body.

You did well to stay safe, never know what's going on. Where I'm running these days, it's farm land and country roads and unfortunately it means dogs with no fences and they get excited to see someone running. I'm now picking my routes to avoid those streets which is a shame as I kind of like doing different routes. Went back to the trail this weekend and completed 10k with a few walk breaks. Legs, just above the ankle area, were on fire but ... I showed me. Met a little snake on the trail but it quickly slithered away before I could get the phone out. I avoid treadmill for the repetitive motion (plus mindless boredom). Road running is similar though not quite as bad perhaps. Plan to do more trail running - get those muscles strengthened. Last week I finally paid premium price to buy some used plates and dumbbells and an exercise mat. Don't have the space for a bench or barbell. I'm finding you can do a lot with bodyweight and dumbbells and am enjoying doing some weight training after months. However, it's kind of difficult to do bench press without a bench.

Knowing and waiting is far worse, My first wife died in the hospital after months of getting better getting worse, it was heart breaking over and over again. I can say for sure you are never ready for that first night alone knowing she will never be be side you again. You will cry, you will morn, it is hard and it will get better as time passes. I love tom Hanks in sleepless in Seattle Sorry about the subtitles I guess the loss of someone you love hurts in all languages

@Linda, I have never figured out which is worse: knowing you will lose a loved one, or suddenly having a loved one ripped from your life. Either way, it sucks! All you can do is be the best friend you can, while she is still here. I know what helped me, when my husband died suddenly, and without warning, was knowing he knew how much I loved him, and I knew the same about his love for me. He didn’t choose to leave me. Somehow, that made it a bit more tolerable, and I was able to carry on. You will always have memories of the good times you shared with your friend, after she is gone. It will hurt, but it will get better. For now, cherish her, while she is still here. Save your grief, for after she’s gone…

@Linda maybe you can go visit her if only to hug her and hold her hand for a bit? You could also FaceTime her. Maybe that would help you...

Yes. Some days I am hitting on all cylinders. Other days, it's a grind just to get to the end of a workout. There's a lot to be said for just punching the clock and doing the work on those days when you're not really feeling it. Trail running can definitely set your legs on fire. However, I found that my legs tired more quickly on the trails but felt better the next day as opposed to running on the road or the treadmill. My joints ached more and I felt more of a kind of lingering fatigue following road runs. I figure it was the variation found on the trails as opposed to the repetitiveness of hitting the road. Like with most things in life, there are trade-offs. As for my regimen, I'm still focusing on conditioning and bodyweight exercises; building most of my workouts around a boxing routine. This morning, me and the family got out bright and early to beat the heat. Did a short hike at Deep Creek and I got to do a bit of sport climbing for the first time in over a year. Being somewhat out of form, I stuck to lower graded climbs. Warmed up on a 5.8. Did a couple of 5.9s and completed one 5.10b. It felt good to get back on some rock. Had a nice little post-workout cooldown...splashing around in a creek with my daughter and dog. It was a good day.

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Spent the afternoon with my dear friend who is sick, it always makes me sad. Life just does not seem fair sometimes. But then no one have ever promised it will be.I do enjoy spending time with her. But I do know when I leave it could be the last time I see her. I always come home feeling pretty useless and sad. But I know for sure remember to tell the people you love and care about how important they are to you, because tomorrow is never promised to any of us. Life can change in a second.

19 days quit. I'm finding myself thinking about how to get rid of the negative feelings ie anger/uncomfortableness. I don't want to smoke but there is a part my psyche that misses it. Been using the lozenges and am wondering if that is making things worse but worried that if I stop, I'll go back to smoking. I don't miss smoking but do miss the comfort of normalcy. My mouth hurts and this is making me angry. But I also know that if I keep going, then one day, these feelings will be nothing but a memory. If I don't keep going, then one day, I will have to figure out what I want to suck on. My cigarette or my oxygen. Or I could blow up my face with both.

now its time to say good bye to all my friends and acquaintances see you in four days

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Do you remember saying, Can I “get back” to you on that?

THIS is amazing @madturtle! I am so very happy for you. I am only (almost) 3 months quit and a year of being smoke free seems so very far away, but I notice that when I try to focus on the long term I get really anxious, so I am still a day by day and sometimes an hour by hour quitter. I so totally understand how the mind can so easily cause you to want light one up and reminisce. But that will not happen because I can never go through the early mental anguish of quitting ever again. Once again, congratulations and I hope that you are so very proud of yourself!

Bassman Posted September 17, 2014 · IP Some people cannot go through something without having to put something on it or tag something to it. That makes it justified for what is going on. When I started smoking there was no one week, 2 week, monthly celebration for the start, no woopie I have been smoking for 6 months......But during many yearly anniversaries from the start of my smoking, I wished I had never started....But there is no name for that situation, just a wish that I had the power to fulfill but didn't for 35 years. When I finally did the needful and quit, I was filled with excitement and extreme joy that I finally quit. I fulfilled something I wished for for 35 years....now that is something to be proud of.....In fact so proud and happy, I let that emotion over cloud the craves, urges, or trigger, then and now. I wanted and needed to stop so I did and with that being my goal, I never saw a need to question any part of my quit. Yes the urges, temptations, craves, addiction, taste in the mouth, subconscious smoking habits, all were and sometimes still here. I have to live with it because I myself alone brought the addiction to me..... But I don't have to accept it, I only need to protect and stay vigilant to my quit.....I just have to make sure I don't get a cigarette and smoke it......ane the more I do that, the more stronger my quit becomes. Point here is to continue to accept your quit from your decision to stop smoking. Just don't smoke, ............ because you no longer smoke for your own reasons. Don't worry about how you are going through it because you will come out the winner....you will come surfing out of that perfect 15 foot wave hole free and clear with joy in your soul. You are accomplishing what you set out to do and that accomplishment is filled with health, money, and self confidence, not to mention what it means to family, friends and loved ones. Enjoy your quit, embrace it, let your quit be your shield ..............Bassman Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/2712-keep-it-your-quit-your-shield/

Good job IQ.

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Hi people know me as Ace & my profile pic tells a lot about me- probably not what you think tho lol Born n raised So Cal I am everything this land offers. Grew up skateboarding surfing playing little league and pee wee football Ice hockey rodeo and triathlons as an adult. I own a business that engineers & installs fire sprinkler systems Always been active and outgoing- smoking just doesn't fit my lifestyle so it had to go. I'm an addict- smoking was my dope, so now I live a life of NOPE I like shrimp

Another heat wave is upon us, so I will have to do my second walk, after the sun goes down. I am amazed that I haven’t missed one in the three weeks I have been doing this. I am down 10 pounds, which I needed to lose, so a little less stress on the joints and my heart. I can stand to lose 10 more. I am a bit concerned about how I can keep this up over vacation, but one idea is that I will try to find hotels with exercise rooms. Also, when visiting National Parks, along the way, I can do my walking.

Awesome quit you got growing!! Congratulations!!

I feel like if I have to go out in public, I need to be packing one of these to ward off the virus people Yeah, OK. That looks like at least 2 meters

We have all been there piggy.... Just be glad you have hair !!!!......alot of guys don't have that luxury ....whaha....

I too lost my wonderful friend of over 60 years ...and miss her greatly .... I take some comfort remembering all the great times we shared growing up together ... The laughs ....the sad times ....but most of all the love we shared .....