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4 here comes the hose

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Truly awesome- you're 62.26% of the way home! Over the hump for sure. Your shoulder must be much better. That's great, Boo,. Just lots of walking for me the past two days. Getting in late from work and having a hard time getting up in time to get my workout in. I'm in an adjustment period. I've gone from a 6-minute walk to work to 45-60 minutes on the subway. I'll get back on track soon!

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I also had no change whatsoever in taste but smell is more acute. I think I'm a "super taster". Have always been. Whatever I eat, I can usually identify every ingredient in it unless it's a cuisine that uses many ingredients I'm not too familiar with, like Chinese, Thai or Korean. I love all food with the exception of peppers, especially bell peppers, guava and lychee nuts.

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Thanks for sharing, Megan. Hope your quit is going well! Tell is a little about yourself in Introductions if you feel comfortable doing that. Best wishes, PeaceTrain

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3 hey Nancy! Reci!

OMG thanks Reciprocity and all you guys! I just got home from a busy day at work and I couldn't wait to check in. This 9-month mark has been a personal goal for me. It being the gestation period of human beings, it's such a significant time period. I do feel as though I've "birthed" a new way of being in the world- a world without smoking. I could barely imagine it, you see, at the beginning of this journey I couldn't imagine life without cigarettes. You all know how cigarettes were part of everything you'd do. They were my consolation, my celebration, my amusement, my enjoyment, the exclamation point after every task accomplished. Or so I believed at the time, before learning about this addiction, thanks to all of you, this board, Joel's videos, Allen Carr's book, my own enlightenment. After 9 months without them, I now wonder when in the H-E-double toothpicks I EVER had the TIME to smoke! I mean, seriously, I have zero extra time and I can recall many occasions of having to sit or stand outside whatever the real action was at the time to get my fix. Maybe I'm so much busier because I'm more active, which is a great thing too but I think the truth is, when you're an addict, you're in denial of all the negatives about the use of your substance of choice. I also wonder how much better I'm going to feel when I reach my next personal goal of one year. It can only get better as I've seen myself and heard time and time again from you successful quitters who have the generosity to stick around and help us who come along behind you. I'm so grateful for all your help and for the community of this board. Thanks for the good wishes, all! Onward and upward!

break a sweat running from...

Grapefruit

Just a pinkie finger Do you learn languages easily?

now Doreen, give Reci some credit! At least he's not eating on that machine. Last time we saw him, oh lord, I can't even begin. To describe. Anyway, 45 minutes of kickboxing this morning and about 5 miles of walking throughout the day. Had a 1hr Chinese massage, manicure, pedicure and eyebrow threading today, did some work in the morning and got everything together to get my taxes done this evening. A very productive but relaxing and self indulgent day

Ten (pay no attention to that man behind the curtain)

Yay! Hope you had a great vacation, Tyme!

True- one older (crazy) brother NP has started something new since quitting

(Sharp intake of breath) Reci! You’re 4 as you well know I’m 3

Sticks pulled a fast one: Bakon 4 Octain 5 Doreen (morning!) 4 Octain 5 Yours truly 4

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I was going to buy a beautiful monster of a Nordic track elliptical about a month after I quit but my mom bought it for me as a present for quitting. I've put it to very good use nearly every morning that I'm here. When I'm not here, I go to the gym and that membership is a bit of a splurge after my last (cheaper) one closed abruptly but it's well worth it. These are the main things that also fit in with my overall health goals but honestly, I treat myself very well since I've quit in more ways than monetarily- with rewards and such (which I haven't skimped on, believe me). I've become more understanding and patient with myself through the practice of having had to fight myself to keep my quit, especially in the beginning. I've also had to face a lot of the feelings that I realize now had been sublimated by smoking and the false sense of calm it gave. This has been a challenging yet rewarding part of the quit for me. Sorry if it sounds cheesy, but it's true: I feel like I'm my authentic self now. What better reward can you get?

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