Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:47:54 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/gallery/frog.gif http://dailystrength.org/people/118741 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/1097189 Well I am still smoke free. I am not nicotine free yet...addicted to gum and lozenges. I am not even sure of my last cigarette date. I was smoking one or two a day for a couple months. So I can't really celebrate a timeline of my smoke quit. I think sometime in late March or April. I actually lo... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:55:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/827354 Well I hae officially failed. I smoked cigarettes from a pack I found. Today I went and bought a pack... Just can't do it. I got too depressed. Felt I had too much time on my hands with nothing to do. So I won't be posting again on the smoking board. I appreciate all the support I have gotte... Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:18:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/792167 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:18:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/785206 The job is going well. Still in training.This puppy avatar is mine. She is my 10 year old baby. Still not smoking.  Coming up on 4 months.  It is easier being busy at work. Only one smoker in our orientation so that was good. I am in the majority now!  Woo Hoo! I have slacked on the e... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:30:37 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/741568 Sometimes I find myself feeling very mistrustful of people. People pretend to be someone they are not. It is especially true of people online where it is  so easy to pretend. It's a gut instinct, like "something" is just not quite right. I should be starting my new job in a c... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:39:15 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/729914 I made it 100 days!!!!!!    Woo Hoo!!   I really think I can make it another 100.  I went for a second interview for the same job. I am a little impatient. I want to go back to work so I can keep myself busy. A paycheck would be nice too! I am doing ok though.  I a... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:50:50 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/701177 Well the New Year went well. No smoking and now day90!!  Woo Hoo!!   My goal this year will be to stay off the smokes and keep in shape. I have to make myself exercise now. I never had a weight problem and could eat whatever I wanted....chocoholic. Now I am starting to see what gainin... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:11:46 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/689949 Universal Studios for Christmas was great!!! The weather was perfect and no long lines!!!!!!No searching for the smoking areas either!!  I know that annoyed my daughter in the past when I would have to keep stopping to smoke.  I sneezed a couple times in the crowded Terminator ride (room f... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:03:52 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/675389 OK so I meant to write a new entry and instead wrote in the comment section of my last entry!! I guess I really am talking to myself!!!!Life is good and I feel FREE!!!  Love being a non smoker!  I am keeping in mind that some people slip up after a few months. I didn't feel the need to... Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:25:21 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/627296 Feeling pretty good today. Got over the holiday blues. Had a few upsetting conversations with my mom which had me down but all is better now. If I get down I try to remind myself that it won't last and when I get feeling better I will be glad I am still not smoking. And it is true!!I am soooo ha... Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:45:02 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/610737 I am craving a cigarette really bad today. It's because I am a little depressed due to the upcoming holiday. I am usually working (healthcare workers don't get them off) and there were times when I would have rather not gone to Thanksgiving dinner because I worked the night shift and knew I ... Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:09:21 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/599137 I just woke up from a bad dream about smoking. But it was one of those dreams that is a relief when you realize it was only a dream! I'm still a non smoker!!! And I don't have to drive that crappy old car to a job I am very late for!!  All a dream!!!  :) Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:56:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/589842 I am eating fewer snacks now. I don't need to have something in my mouth all the time. I haven't had any episodes of lack of oxygen either. Not since I quit smoking. My blood pressure has remained lower too!. I know that I HAD to do it this time. I was going to start having ill health effect... Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:46:47 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/579357 I extended my sprinkler system pipes out in the front today. I made my plant bed bigger, so I will have less grass to mow and water. Yipee! ! I still have some urges to smoke. They still don't feel like a real craving but just like something that sounds good. I feel like I miss them. BUT not eno... Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:11:05 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/567733 Today is Nov 1 and I am day 29!  I am doing pretty well!! Occasionally get agitated and want a smoke but the feeling is not strong and it goes away real quick. I am not eating as much as in the beginning as I don't have to have something in my mouth all the time. I feel like I am getting us... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:24:37 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/556928 Today is day 25!  I was agitated on Friday but Sat and today I am just fine! I removed the filter on the mower and cleaned it but it still won't start. I can't get the spark plug off. It was a cheap push mower so probably not worth taking in to have it fixed.  I went grocery shoppi... Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:36:19 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/118741/journal/532285 Today is day 14!!  I made it two weeks!!!  The first week I walked and walked and started to jog a little. I hurt my ankles and knees so had to take some rest from that. So I started exercises and used my arm weights. I hurt my back. So I watched a lot of tv. My back is just now getting ba... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:03:25 +0100