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Orlando :)

1 hour zumba class this morning.

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Brings a whole new meaning to "use it or lose it" haha!

Play nicely with the other children Mr. Hope you're good. x

"swordholder" lmao! Brilliant!!

Hey Mr B...you lost the plot again?? No clue, absolutely none what you're rambling about :) xx

Coming back to this thread to make myself accountable again. Took a couple of weeks off, couldn't really get my groove going but need to up my game now as feeling blah. Sunday - 3 mile walk Monday - 1 hour bodycombat class

Excited for you!! xx

Sorry I'm late, massive congrats on 3/4ers :) Fantastic work. xx

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Thank you for posting this :) I believe this is really powerful! Because if only folks knew how much better a quit gets, day by day, month by month. xx

Oh my goodness, you guys are awesome!! I had the pleasure to meet Mrs Bakon and I know she will be touched by the gesture but sure our very own Mr B will be along shortly to say that :) Made me cry, I'm so proud of you guys!! xx

Go on then, I shall be here with my vino collapso today.

I did rum friday as they only served pinot grigio in the pub I was in, yak! So I am joining you on the delay... 8pm here, nice sauvignon blanc on the go and I am a happy chappie :) Hope there's no hangover wino frez lol. Tyme, afternoon wine, why not, it is the weekend :) Tracey, shhhh, hope the driving went ok. x

I love the picture :) Hello beautiful lady. I'm 39, (38 when I quit), it was terrible and wonderful in equal measure, I made sure I acknowledged the good and the bad. The good to help me carry on and the bad to say I don't ever want to be at this stage again and if I move forward I don't have to...it worked. Some feel pretty focused and easy about there new place in the world though, part of me envied them. Nicotine is a demon drug no matter when you stop it. I won't bore with my side effects but I had many, I didn't even believe myself they were all quit related as they were extreme! But they were and I'm so pleased to be where I am today. The quit is worth everything, I promise!! Much love beautiful Tyme. xx

It's so easy here. The quit is a wonderful thing still. It never gets old for me, perhaps because I assumed my family were "smokers" and it's what we did. Today I joined a gym again, and I do exercise classes, a few of them and I still look like a ribena berry at the end lol, but I'm so much fitter. I take deep breaths all the time. I'm even wondering if I learn a new breathing technique to help and teach others...from an ex smoker!! Of 40 a day, who tried to quit and relapsed at a rapid rate for over a year but those days are more than done now. it's pretty magical where I am today. As I walked past a smoker in my local shopping centre I felt a huge level of sympathy. I knew he smoked, I could smell it. I could see the extra lines around his mouth and hear the quick breaths he took. I chose to NOPE through that. My poor mama, as much as we have dramas, she smokes again because of stress. She's terrified of dying and bringing it ever closer. Today I am very grateful for my freedom and I genuinely thought that. Thank goodness I don't stand in that supermarket queue to buy smokes today, I can buy my new exercise gear and leave. My new t shirt says I don't sweat, I sparkle :) I love it, it's bright pink!! Everything is so full of life now I don't have to work around smoking anymore. The triggers or craves are pretty non existant. I'm just grateful that time is done and folk helped me hold on. I have joined a group to provide support and meet ups to healers and spiritual people like me, I start later this year. After my reiki masters in August. And my 2nd computer course. and I signed up for short sewing and gardening courses. I would not have done ANY of this a year ago. I needed the time to be free to smoke. My life may be far from perfect but I love it today! Free to choose whatever I like :) 13 months last week, lucky for me. Love and light to all! x

To not have that constraint on my thoughts and movements really is an indescribable euphoria. It's finding inner freedom, shaking off a dependency that gave me nothing. All the things I thought I couldn't do if I stopped smoking, I can, and better: Socialise, be creative, and concentrate. THIS!! 110% this statement!! Oh you won't believe the freedom that is around the corner if you just hold on. It is so lovely to be free of it all. I would really love it if you would share this on the quit smoking discussions. You just never know who is reading behind the scenes and where they will look and this inspires me 13 months quit, you could inspire someone new even if they never join the site. x

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What's this train wreck you speak of? Even in what you considered to be weak times, I have only seen a strong woman taking control back of her life. We all wobble sweetheart, all, but it's ok as long as we're moving forward and you have consistently done that. Men are great, but only the right ones for you...there's time. Enjoy who you are first and find your feet. Your quit is as beautiful as your soul, welcome to the lido deck!! I knew you would make it from your very first post :) I love your fun side and I adore you pretty lady. Wonderful!! Are you celebrating? x

-6 Sofa becons now :)

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