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My granddaughter Kaylee :wub: Give me one of yours First thing that comes to mind...

can't wait to hear all about it...you will have a blast :)

Hi Carlos!! Welcome! Congrats to you on your very wise decision to quit smoking now....at 23. This addiction was designed to hook you for life and many of us thought when we were at your age that we would quit "later" and there's plenty of time...and that's not true. Happy to have you here...have a look around and take a look at the library of videos regarding smoking cessation. The more you know...the better off you will be. :)

Monday sounds good to me :) at first i was going to start with elite or advance but there's not much difference towards the end in any of them! Since I go to the classes 5 days a week and run at least 3 days a week...I think I will pick 2nd one beginner too...I don't wanna burn myself out

my dog chewed my fitbit...little bastard I was thinking about getting an apple watch...but those things are like 400 bucks...yikes! Definitely going for a run tonight...it's been a bad week :(

what a cute, catchy tune...makes me happy. I am gonna learn this on my guitar tonight. TGIF!!!

Cardio kickboxing complete! Good workout week. Planning on running this evening. Perfect running weather. TGIF!!

Hang in there RC. It gets better Big fat NOPE!

I don't know if anyone has ever heard of it but I subscribe to the website and I get an email daily. So many times the subject relates to what's going on with me at the time....it's weird. Sometimes, it's a little hokey. But for the most part...a very informative, refreshing site. Here's today's article. Today's article is about expanding out of your comfort zone....a subject I'm facinated with and try to practice daily in some way. I think it's the key to solving a lot of problems in life. Not staying stuck in a certain way of thinking and doing, just because it's comfortable and even if it's not right for us. I'm still working on it. :) Expanding Your Comfort Zone The Boundaries of Experience by Madisyn Taylor Your current comfort zone has served you, but it represents your behaviors and patterns from your past. None of us are born with a guidebook that provides explicit rules for thought and behavior that will enable us to navigate life successfully. To cope with the myriad of complexities to which all of humanity is subject, we each develop a set of habits and routines that ground us, their continuity assuring us that life is progressing normally. Most of us know, whether instinctively or by experience, that transformations can be uncomfortable, but we always learn and gain so much. Any initial discomfort we experience when expanding our comfort zones diminishes gradually as we both become accustomed to change and begin to understand that temporary discomfort is a small price to pay for the evolution of our soul. Your current comfort zone did, at one time, serve a purpose in your life. But it is representative of behaviors and patterns of thought that empowered you to cope with challenges of days past. Now, this comfort zone does little to facilitate the growth you wish to achieve in the present. Leaving your comfort zone behind through personal expansion of any kind can prepare you to take the larger leaps of faith that will, in time, help you refine your purpose. Work your way outward at your own pace, and try not to let your discomfort interfere with your resolve. With the passage of each well-earned triumph, you will have grown and your comfort zone will have expanded to accommodate this evolution. Whether your comfort zone is living with your parents, or perhaps being too shy to socialize, or maybe it’s not realizing your spirit self—whatever it is, start small, and you will discover that venturing beyond the limited comfort zone you now cling to is not as stressful an experience as you imagined it might be. And the joy you feel upon challenging yourself in this way will nearly always outweigh your discomfort. As you continue to expand your comfort zone to include new ideas, activities, goals, and experiences, you will see that you are capable of stimulating change and coping with the fresh challenges that accompany it. http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2015/47788.html

You bet I do!! As a matter of fact...it's when my quit turned the corner. As soon as I started helping others....I forgot all about myself and my triggers and my own frustrations. Funny how that works! :) So great to see you Suz! Congrats to you on your 6 years...you were a strong influence on me and my quit from my very beginning and I am and always will be grateful for that. I am betting your post here will help many people!

great news RC! you can do this....you will do this. You are a non smoker now. You are amazing!! Rock on!

geez colleen...you have had quite a year enough already :D

you say "no need for congrats" but I want to anyway Great Job on 100 days smoke free. A new life...a new beginning :) Congrats!

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this song makes me want to dance....i love it

Happy birthday Sue!!

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Good morning everybody Nope!! All day!!

the addiction is the same in all of us but each of our quits are different. Just the word "wobble" alone has a different meaning for everyone too. It could of mean "wobble" as in "I think I might smoke" to "I'm not going to smoke, but I'm feeling a bit shaky" Some people wobble frequently and some never wobble (sarge, bakon) In my opinion they are not inevitable for everyone.

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