25th June 2017
Well, here I am, 13 weeks since giving up....STILL NOT SMOKING!!! (Yay me!)
It's much easier now, in fact, I hardly think about smoking at all now....Please note the word 'Hardly', because it does still cross my mind, mostly when I am feeling down or fed up with myself, but also out of habit, for instance, if I am in a place or taking part in an activity that I would have normally enjoyed a cigarette, it hits me a bit then too. But I haven't given in! :D
Last time I quit I started again after 3 months...I think the main difference between then and now is that this time I have actually done it for someone else. Every time I feel like I would like a smoke, I think of my little Grandson that is due to be born in August....I don't want to be a smoking Gran, I want to live and be healthy enough to take care of him and watch him grow up and I certainly don't want to be around him stinking of cigarette smoke...
We have converted our spare bedroom into a little nursery for him so that he can stay over, or just chill there when my daughter pops round with him. If ever I feel a bit fed up, I go into his nursery and instantly smile (a nursery that has been furnished and decorated with the money I would have used to buy cigarettes with)....So I guess what I am saying is that having something positive to focus on has really helped me.
As for how I feel healthwise...My chest is 100 times better. I can actually breath now and don't get out of breath after walking upstairs. Food tastes sooooo much better. I am sleeping a lot better and no longer get daily headaches. Still waiting for the extra energy to overtake me....but hey!! I guess I can't complain! I've gained a bit of weight, but not as much as I thought I would. (Maybe it's still early days?)
If you are reading this and are thinking of giving up, then go for it!
IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN!
I really feel like I am on the better side of this now and that I will never smoke again....took this long to feel like that, but it is honestly how I feel.
I guess the real celebrations come when I have quit for a year.
Well, here I am, 13 weeks since giving up....STILL NOT SMOKING!!! (Yay me!)
It's much easier now, in fact, I hardly think about smoking at all now....Please note the word 'Hardly', because it does still cross my mind, mostly when I am feeling down or fed up with myself, but also out of habit, for instance, if I am in a place or taking part in an activity that I would have normally enjoyed a cigarette, it hits me a bit then too. But I haven't given in! :D
Last time I quit I started again after 3 months...I think the main difference between then and now is that this time I have actually done it for someone else. Every time I feel like I would like a smoke, I think of my little Grandson that is due to be born in August....I don't want to be a smoking Gran, I want to live and be healthy enough to take care of him and watch him grow up and I certainly don't want to be around him stinking of cigarette smoke...
We have converted our spare bedroom into a little nursery for him so that he can stay over, or just chill there when my daughter pops round with him. If ever I feel a bit fed up, I go into his nursery and instantly smile (a nursery that has been furnished and decorated with the money I would have used to buy cigarettes with)....So I guess what I am saying is that having something positive to focus on has really helped me.
As for how I feel healthwise...My chest is 100 times better. I can actually breath now and don't get out of breath after walking upstairs. Food tastes sooooo much better. I am sleeping a lot better and no longer get daily headaches. Still waiting for the extra energy to overtake me....but hey!! I guess I can't complain! I've gained a bit of weight, but not as much as I thought I would. (Maybe it's still early days?)
If you are reading this and are thinking of giving up, then go for it!
IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN!
I really feel like I am on the better side of this now and that I will never smoke again....took this long to feel like that, but it is honestly how I feel.
I guess the real celebrations come when I have quit for a year.
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