Jclarke241

Tradition, tradition, tradition. Unfortunately, my grandparents are gone and I'm the only one left who loves tradition. God knows what meal my mom will come up with this year. I love my mom but can't we just have turkey and stuffing? :)

Better late then never? A big fat NOPE from me!

I'm home and was smoke free. It was hard though, I was obsessively thinking about cigarettes. Making a mental note of every gas station I passed, wondering how my friends at the smoke shop were doing (a lovely family runs the smoke shop and we've become quite friendly this past year), thinking about how much I want a cigarette but strangely, I didn't feel TOO tempted to stop. As soon as the thought would even begin to trickle into my head, I'd NOPE it away. But the desire was there. It turns out my appointment was double booked so there was no need for me to even go out today but I'm glad I did. It was my first time out since I quit and I made it! I DO feel stronger, though exhausted! Thanks so much for everyone's support! It helps knowing there are people pulling for me, even when I'm out and about. Many times today I thought of all you guys pulling for me and it helped a lot. Thanks again!

I was right there with you earlier today but so far we've managed to NOPE our way through it! I'm pulling for you!

I feel awful. If it wasn't for the dr's appointment, I wouldn't even go. I guess I have to face the real world at some point I'm just not sure today is the day. Ugh, this sucks.

I'm going out of the house today for the first time since I quit. I feel strong as ever and no real desire to smoke...when I'm at home. I live rurally so even when I get a craving, it takes so long to get to a store that I can work through it before I'm ever in danger of actually buying a pack of smokes. But today I have to go out and run errands and I'm terrified! I'm a very impulsive person and I'm so afraid I'll be out and about and just say, totally out of the blue, "Oh forget it, I'm done with quitting." and stop at the next gas station for a pack. Any strength and willpower you could throw this way will be appreciated!

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A beer three nights ago followed by eggnog and spiced rum. Yay Christmas! The last time you took a selfie.

Reach for some on popcorn or carrots etc.

Week 1 day 2 of couch to 5k app.

Eleven months! Awesome! Congratulations!

My prayers are with you.

True! TPBM hates turkey for Christmas dinner.

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I don't have many days under my belt yet and I don't know your story but I want to be here and support you anyway!

My worst craving is still my morning cigarette. I feel like that was my big motivator to get up and get moving and now it's gone. I just lay there in bed, not wanting to get up. I hate mornings.

Something good? How about the fact I'm still not smoking! Me? Hard to believe. I went running yesterday and plan to tomorrow (in the beginning I go every other day), even if it's raining. Running is weird thing with me, I've always enjoyed it until my lungs couldn't take it anymore, usually after just a few minutes. I swear my run yesterday was better and my lungs outlasted my legs. It might be psychosomatic but I swear I felt better. I'm in terrible shape but I've always had a goal of running a 5k but as a chain smoker, it felt impossible. I feel like the 5k is a motivator for me to hang on to this quit!

In lazy years we don't even put ornaments on, we just let the lights twinkle instead.

No running today, just a walk in the cold drizzly weather.

I'm so jealous, I've never been to Portugal but hear it's beautiful! Have a safe and fun trip. Enjoy the holidays smoke free. I'll be thinking about you and will miss you, Jen

I'm less than two weeks quit and it concerns me how much time I spend on QT and whyquit.com. I worry that I'm obsessing on the subject of smoking. But maybe it's a good thing. Now, instead of smoking a cigarette with my morning coffee, I check out QT. When I get bored, which is a lot these days, I log on here or whyquit instead of smoking. Stuff like that. So yeah, smoking is always at the forefront of my mind but it most likely would have been anyway! But instead of craving a cigarette and wishing I hadn't quit, I feel like I'm celebrating my quit. Yes it's thinking about smoking but the quit aspect of it makes it a healthy thing for me. I just rambled but I hope eventually I got my point across.

Lots of walking and some running with couch to 5k app.

One month, great job!

Yay for two weeks, well done!

Great job on two weeks!