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Great job Justin. You've laid the foundation for a great quit. We have The Sarge. And Doreen wields a mean frying pan. Stay the course man.

Three cheers for the man at the helm of this Train.

Good job Robbie.

Stay cool Ace.

There is hope. We had a dog named Roscoe when I was a kid. Roscoe was a mutt and a damn good farm dog. The vets told us on three separate occasions that Roscoe was on his last leg. He pulled through multiple times and proved to have more lives than any cat on the planet. Best wishes Jillar. I'm holding on to hope for Cookie.

I was one of those lurkers back-in-the-day. Read a lot of the posts here and watched several videos. I procrastinated for a couple of weeks and signed on the same day I quit. The Quit Train set the wheels in motion for me before anyone even knew I was here. By posting here you are helping people you haven't even met yet and may never meet.

2,034 smoke-free days. That is approximately 64,171 cigarettes not smoked. If you laid all the cigarettes I haven't smoked end-to-end, they would extend 3.04 miles or 4.89 kilometers for our international friends.

I'm a bit of a river rat myself. Worked as a raft guide (Ocoee and Nantahala). Did a lot of kayaking. Transitioned to a canoe. Used to travel up to West Virginia every year for Gauley Fest. Had a nice little sing-a-long with a few hundred friends to this one. Good times.

Welcome aboard the Train Patricia. Good call on giving up the smokes. Nope, not silly at all. We conditioned ourselves with cigarettes for years. I figure we all came to view the cigarette as our companion to some extent. A bad companion, but a companion nonetheless. Quitting is a process. A big part of the process is figuring out how to navigate without cigarettes. It takes time and patience, but you'll get there.

Dan John is one of my favorite strength coaches. He emphasizes training movements rather than training muscles. Dan coined the phrase "Frankenstein workouts" to describe those regimens that treat the body as a collection of parts rather than the coordinated system that it is. I would go so far as to say all one really needs for a total body strength routine are the four core lifts: Deadlift, Squat, Overhead Press, and Bench Press. Farmer's Walks and Chin-Ups are a couple of fine supplemental exercises to add that really round everything out. Simplicity and efficiency are two of my favorite things in the world.

Every red "x" is a victory. Never hesitate to celebrate. Good job Justin.

Welcome back on the Train Sparkles. This place is full of folks that understand where you're at and what you're going through. Grab a seat and stay awhile.

I need to work on my sleep a bit. Bit of a contradictory phrase, but you know what I mean. Last night, I got almost eight solid hours of good sleep. That's unusual for me as I'm usually going on about six hours tops. Woke up this morning feeling good. In spite of this being a "light" day, I opted to take advantage of the momentum I had today. Did some Deadlifts. Did a sled circuit: pushed the sled down and pulled it back with a rope. Did some heavy sandbag carries and finished up with five rounds on the heavy bag. My energy levels have been high and my mood good. Good Sleep = Good Day

That's good to keep in mind. The cravings pass, they always do. Don't make a permanent decision based on a temporary feeling.

Serve it up hot and put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top...that is good eating!

Early in my quit I played Chicks or Sticks a lot. It was like I traded one addiction for another. While I don't play the games much anymore, I still feel an allegiance to Team Stick. You can distract yourself from craves and fight the good fight in the numbers game.

Good job Lust4Life. High five!

That is all the motivation you need. I have a one year-old daughter. When I think of the things I would do for that kid, quitting smoking seems like an easy task. You've got your "why" so the "how" will practically work itself out.

Jerry has been reported to both the Humane Society and McKamey Animal Center. He's not microchipped and no one has reported a cat missing that matches his description. Wade, a young fella that works as a driver for us, is going to take him home this weekend. He and his girlfriend don't have any other pets and they're gonna see how it works out this weekend. Assuming things go well over the next couple of days and no report is filed by the original owner, they're going to adopt him as their own. I think Jerry is going to like his new digs. Me and a couple of the guys tried to lure him into a carrier this morning. Jerry wouldn't budge. Then Wade's girlfriend came by, called his name, gave him a treat, and he strolled right into the carrier for her. Jerry was far more cooperative with a young lady than he was with me and the boys...Can't say I blame him.

Good job Bakon. In spite of your many limitations, both physical and mental, you put together a solid quit. Congratulations.

Reading up on how to take care of a cat. There is a cat that has been wandering around my work for a couple of weeks now. He's not a typical stray. Seems more like he was abandoned by previous owners. They declawed him and abandoned him, that seems like a terrible thing to do to a cat. He is still a little standoffish, but is warming up to us. Probably doesn't hurt that at least four of us have been feeding him at different times throughout the day. We're going to need to get some kind of feeding schedule worked out. We've unofficially named him Jerry in honor of a coworker we lost to cancer last year. The cat walks around the dock a lot and never turns down a meal...just like Jerry. So, I guess we have a cat now.

What's done is done. None of us could go back in time and not smoke that first one. What we did do is: we smoked our last one. Never bought another pack. Never lit up again. The past is what it is. The future is whatever you make it. Fear not. You can quit. This forum is full of people who successfully quit. It's been done so we know it can be done.

Welcome aboard the Quit Train Justin. Good call on giving up the smokes. Nicotine addiction is like having a petulant child living in your head. The good news is: those temper tantrums diminish with time and eventually are little more than a distant memory. Enjoy the ride.