Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Just for fun
I know I've already posted once today, but I didn't want to clutter up that post with this little things I figured out.
In the previous post I mentioned that I am already eating a ton more food? Well, Sarah and I figured up just how many calories I took in yesterday alone. Would you believe I had over 4,500 calories from breakfast until I went to bed? Holy shit that's a bunch of calories! LOL
Today (Tuesday) I got my daily email from Chantix and in the email it talks about quitting not only the habit of absorbing nicotine into your body, but also the basic habit of just smoking itself. And they give an example that is quite interesting. If I've done my math correctly, here's how it would all work out.
EXAMPLE
Let's say you're an average smoker of 1 pack a day which holds 20 cigarettes. You're taking x-amount of puffs per cigarette 20 times a day and now you're not doing it at all. That's a major factor of the habit.
Here is my math/facts:
23 cigarettes a day on average = 8,395 cigarettes a year (23x365)
9 puffs on average per cigarette (for me) = 207 puffs per DAY x 365 days = 75,555 a year.
So I use to do something 207 times a day and now I don't do it at all. Quite honestly, it's almost like trying not to blink as much during a day. I dare ya, try and not to blink more than 5 times in the next hour. Hell, try not to blink in the next 5 minutes. That's what it feels like. Shit, I just blinked. :o )
Until next time...
In the previous post I mentioned that I am already eating a ton more food? Well, Sarah and I figured up just how many calories I took in yesterday alone. Would you believe I had over 4,500 calories from breakfast until I went to bed? Holy shit that's a bunch of calories! LOL
Today (Tuesday) I got my daily email from Chantix and in the email it talks about quitting not only the habit of absorbing nicotine into your body, but also the basic habit of just smoking itself. And they give an example that is quite interesting. If I've done my math correctly, here's how it would all work out.
EXAMPLE
Let's say you're an average smoker of 1 pack a day which holds 20 cigarettes. You're taking x-amount of puffs per cigarette 20 times a day and now you're not doing it at all. That's a major factor of the habit.
Here is my math/facts:
23 cigarettes a day on average = 8,395 cigarettes a year (23x365)
9 puffs on average per cigarette (for me) = 207 puffs per DAY x 365 days = 75,555 a year.
So I use to do something 207 times a day and now I don't do it at all. Quite honestly, it's almost like trying not to blink as much during a day. I dare ya, try and not to blink more than 5 times in the next hour. Hell, try not to blink in the next 5 minutes. That's what it feels like. Shit, I just blinked. :o )
Until next time...
# posted by Gon @ 7:51 AM 
