Still winning

Everyone knows you're half the bandito you used to be :) Shhh, there's isn't really a fat man silly, it's me ;) You would be more then welcome anytime tho my mini bandito friend!!

My santa selfie Big one has a bike, little one a DS lite handheld computer thingy that I can't work :)

Merry christmas Fay. xx

This just cracked me up. I always love these Jenny! Tracey, I can totes imagine you doing that tinsel move haha.

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He's a famous formula 1 car driver...whilst he's a gift in himself for sure...I meant the car :)

I forth this?! A big part of my quit was financial too! It's been lovely christmas shopping this year. Pain free, the boyf saved from his quit money, and we finally had the florida holiday that I'd been saving for 3 years. The financial freedom alone is worth my quit. Thanks for posting. This one did a gentle reminder for me, appreciated. Thinking of you and your family Sharon, much loves from me to you. xx

For wendy...

Merry christmas to all on the qt :) May your dreams be merry and you eat too much and fall asleep on the sofa :D

Well done you, no seriously, like big well done!! Takes guts to pass that stage!! Be really proud of yourself :) I hope it works out perfectly for you :)

I am sorry you lost your quit. Not sure what else to say but genuinely feel for you.

NOPE just for today.

Just struggling a bit with life...So it's good to get the link out of my brain so it doesn't fester and grow. Thank you for your support. x

I think there is a lot of "heavy" energy around, forcing people to really delve deep...not something we usually do. I certainly feel it. Maybe try and think on it not as a feeling you should cosy up with - but a time to get a greater understanding to make some choices that will work better for you. x

I am the woman who is always in control. Always leading the charge and I can battle some. Offensive, not defensive. So the romance thoughts always surprise me a little. What I refer to as my smoking thoughts, have ramped up a little of late. Now that's ok, cause they are pretty small for the most part considering how long, how much and often I smoked, I think I'm pretty lucky overall. My calmer reactions of god I'm surrounded by divs, huff...have been replaced by needing to get away and regroup though. My emotions are not very even although better then they were a month ago. I have been doing a lot of reiki, meditation and yoga...but I'm not there yet. I have been thinking about my thoughts (don't ask, yes I overthink lol)... I have so many dumb thoughts!! Last night I thought drinking a bottle of wine was a fab plan...this morning, I don't agree. Stuff like that, nothing bad, just dumb. When someone told me I needed them today (pfft) I thought about smoking ...whassat then?? Of course I didn't, duh, I'm a non smoker and it didn't last, or grab me like a crave or anything sinister...it was just there. I said I don't think so and off it went into the brain ether again, but it's a bit weird. So I'm reminding myself again that romance is pretty dead. I do not smoke and I look suspiciously on people that bring me flowers...and I'd rather a plant anyway cause it always feels a little mean to kill the flower...but they do look beautiful. So this is just me remembering. The phoenix has to go into and through the flames to be born again into a new and better phoenix. I think my battle cry for this month will be "once more into the flames" and I will just accept the feelings and let them flow straight through me. I feel better having got it out of my head and into something I can read.

When things feel tough, remind yourself that you have 100% success rate of making it through alive!! Might not have been pretty, but it didn't kill you. When romance comes, remember the reality is sharing a house with someone else's smelly socks...cigs don't smell any better. Smile at the crave, no I'm not nuts, scientifically it can change your mindset!! Smile that it can't have you, it's just a thought. Man, we all have LOADS of dumb thoughts, every day...it's just a thought...think of something else...quickly! We are all non smokers now. So we can't smoke, cause non smokers don't do that. So now smoking is off the table for today...what else can we do...that's where you retrain your mind too...that's when it feels easier to move past a trigger.

Solstice Blessings :) NOPE. x

Good for you! Like midnight mass type of thing do you mean?

Saturday, 25 mins yoga, 30 mins areobic workout with some arm weights too.

35 per day.

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First for me. Hoping this means I don't accidently burn anything this year lol.

I would have if I dropped it.... yuk!

Teriyaki stir fry, this was 228 calories and I was full all night! Anyone looking for a tasty low calorie meal who likes tilapia really filling but looking for a different fish or chicken option. Recipe for 1 Teriyaki marinade 10ml 27 calories Pan fried tilapia 70g 90 calories Saute spinach 50g 15 calories Brocoli saute 30g 11 calories 4 strips pepper red 9 calories 15g egg noodles 26 calories mango/chilli dip sauce 30g 50 calories Clove of garlic in some olive oil for the saute veg. It was really nice but the fish isn't my thing. x