Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:36:58 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/65309/1213393397.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/65309 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/516708 Thank you so much. I know my strength and confidence are down right now, but you guys are right behind me to make sure I dont fall. Your support is amazing!!I reset my quit meter. Now Im working on 13 hours smoke free. I will remember my almost 2 weeks, and beat it this time. I'm going to have t... Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:35:59 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/514120 Ok, so knowing me I'm going to need something new and symbolic to recommit. I still dont crave all that much, but when I do its like.... well you've already messed up. And now its harder to quit because I'm torturing myself. Before was perfect, the mental talk was "no, forget it.... Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:16:58 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/513069 I'm so stressed out! We've got this memorial thing in a week and a half. I'm supposed to be starting a small business with my mom. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. What was I thinking trying to quit now....... I slipped. :(I've had half a smoke. I feel awful, it was terrible, ... Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:26:16 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/507021 Hey guys, its a busy day, baby's teething, grandmas to visit. I'm just counting on being too busy to cave. ITS GOTTA GET EASIER!!!! Still smoke-free... workin on day 10. Help :( LoL soooo overwhelmed.I have been quit for 1 Week, 2 Days, 16 hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds (9 days). I have sa... Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:41:54 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/504652 I wish I could have gotten you all gifts :) We went shopping yesterday. I got myself a nice smellin candle, halloween decorations, and a bunch of stuff we needed. If ever there was a day to pick up a smoke, yesterday was it. The baby was cranky the whole ride up (an hour), wouldnt eat nething when w... Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:51:14 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/502366 I'm a big believer in the fact that life has a way of balancing everything out. When I'm really happy one day, I just know something equally bad/sad is gonna happen the next. Kinda sucks, but seems to be my reality.It's a bit early to worry about it, but I just found out today that the m... Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:30:22 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/501161 I seriously had 2 craves all day, and they lasted like a minute. I had an awesome day quit-wise. I have hope that I can succeed, I was giddy all day, and the house got cleaned :). Very productive happy day :)The babe is cutting teeth, her first molar :S. Shes takin it like a champ tho! She... Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:28:12 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/500527 I know part of this is feeling guilty about the Ben and Jerry's, but the other part wants Earned endorphins, and to be 5-10lbs lighter at Christmas, to feel the changes in my lungs, to run again... I'm gonna take up the "Couch 2 5K" Challenge. And my reward for not smoking a week w... Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:27:25 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/499867 Workin on Day 7. Interestingly enough today was the first trash day since I quit. I emptied the porch wastebasket. FULL of cigarette butts, not only that, but while I was dumping it, the bag sorta slipped.... cigarette butts on the babys dirty laundry. Symbolic, and I'll never smoke ag... Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:14:15 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/499666 100 THINGS TO DO INSTEAD OF SMOKING: 1. Read a Book 2. Wash the car. 3. Wash the dog. 4. Go for a walk. 5. Knit a scarf. 6. Do a crossword puzzle. 7. Take a nap. 8. Call a friend. 9. Post a message here 10. Play with the cat. 11. Turn the bathroom into a spa and do all those beauty treatments. 12. L... Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:19:06 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/498621 Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough......................... SCORE!!!! Now THATS a reward Thank you so much for pulling me outta my funk. I feel so much better, and Im SOO excited tomorrow is day 7. One Whole Freakin Week, I ROCK!! :) Holy cow, talk about mood swings LoL. Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:45:30 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/498385 Well today wasnt horendous. I just wish this wasnt so hard!! My resolve bounced back a little, which I'm very happy about. I need to try and get a few minutes to write down the reasons I quit in the first place. It's very hard to remember them in the middle of a crave.It's almost 6, time... Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:51:14 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/497179 Day 5 had nothin on day 4. Pretty much a breeze lol. I was home with the babe all day, and after a while I noticed I hadnt had any craves in a few hours. That was very encouraging. We went over to the neighbors, and when she had a smoke it was a bit hard. We used to hang out together on her deck and... Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:37:02 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/494793 Well Day 4 was definately the worst so far for me. I almost caved more than once. If I had been around home all day, with my bfs smokes sittin right in the porch, bad things could have happened. Being at my clients house wasnt so bad, for some reason the smoke didnt bother me like I thought it would... Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:02:22 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/491920 hehe, I kinda feel like you guys are my secret weapon :P. When I tell ppl I've quit, I know theres doubt in their minds, but what they dont know is that I have you guys. And I'm keeping that all to myself. I'm gonna beat this for good, and it's LITERALLY because of you guys.I was fee... Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:47:43 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/490956 I havent been this proud of myself in a while. I just didnt go out when everyone else smoked. I dont know if they noticed or not, but I didnt mention it to them. I did tell my boyfriends little sister I quit, and shes so happy... her last words to me were "Dont cave"... good words to live ... Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:54:22 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/489801 Just posting to pass some time again....Alrighty, I've saved $14. Thats pretty cool. I've been pinchin pennies all summer long, 14 dollars seems like a fair amount to me. But right now I'm thinking about Christmas :D. I will have saved around $500 by then, and that's exactly how... Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:35:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/489734 I'm quite sure today is going to have a few extra challenges. We got some new neighbors today, it's a small town, so it just happens to be someone I graduated high school with. I should go over and help unpack (they're all smokers :S), then I've got the family dinner at my moms, alll... Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:14:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/489077 I'm not sure how it happened, but I have now quit for over 2 days. It seemed to kinda creep up on me, the last couple days have been a bit of a fog. I took another nap today, went to the grocery store. Did not have one puff. I'm gonna go to bed soon, so it looks like day 2 is in the books. T... Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:31:50 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/65309/journal/487992 It's lunch time on day 2, I've spent most of the morning on here, or cleaning, or laundry, or doin silly stuff with the babe. So far so good. I've done a few things to trick myself, like drinking tea in the morning instead of coffee. Today when I was having a crave I took out the teeth w... Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:41:44 +0100