Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Woo wee, it's hard...
So yesterday, April 16th was my first "official" day to get-quit. It wasn't too long after jumping out of bed that I realized I was in for a real battle. You see, as a smoker and part of my habit with smoking is to do the following in the morning:
1.) Eat breakfast.
2.) Put dishes away.
3.) Light up smoke.
4.) Watch T.V.
Obviously one of those steps has been eliminated and I about shit my pants. I'm thinking to myself, "Oh my God, what do non-smokers do with their hands after they eat!?" I jumped in the shower and headed off to a meeting with a client. I was quite proud of myself because I drove all the way to Fort Wayne without a smoke. Trust me people, that's a triumph in of itself.
But, then it happened - I slipped. After a HUGE breakfast, I jumped in the truck and the next thing I knew I smoked 3/4ths of a cigarette.
After having lunch with the wife, who by the way I might mention is being extremely supportive, I was fine with not smoking. The rest of the day went very smooth until about 4:00 p.m. after meeting with another client. I haven't a clue what the trigger was, but boy oh boy was I hurting for one. So for the next two hours I just fought and fought and fought.
Dinner was ready when I got home and now I can see why people gain weight when they quit smoking. To curb my desire to put a cigarette in my mouth, I instead put more food. So much so that we (the wife and I) estimated I took in about 1,020 calories just at dinner. Holy shit, I just might not be a twig someday!
The remainder of the evening wasn't too bad, but near the end of the night before bed I was craving yet another smoke. I'm happy to report I fought off the urge and woke up this morning and started all over.
This morning wasn't as bad, but wasn't 100% better. The drive to work and the first hour before the med's kicked in was a bit of a fight, but I'm not doing to bad this afternoon.
So, as of this very moment (Tuesday, April 17th) I have:
- NOT smoked 35.30 cigarettes
- SAVED $6.18
- And have been smoke free for 1 day, 11 hours & 19 minutes
Until next time...
1.) Eat breakfast.
2.) Put dishes away.
3.) Light up smoke.
4.) Watch T.V.
Obviously one of those steps has been eliminated and I about shit my pants. I'm thinking to myself, "Oh my God, what do non-smokers do with their hands after they eat!?" I jumped in the shower and headed off to a meeting with a client. I was quite proud of myself because I drove all the way to Fort Wayne without a smoke. Trust me people, that's a triumph in of itself.
But, then it happened - I slipped. After a HUGE breakfast, I jumped in the truck and the next thing I knew I smoked 3/4ths of a cigarette.
After having lunch with the wife, who by the way I might mention is being extremely supportive, I was fine with not smoking. The rest of the day went very smooth until about 4:00 p.m. after meeting with another client. I haven't a clue what the trigger was, but boy oh boy was I hurting for one. So for the next two hours I just fought and fought and fought.
Dinner was ready when I got home and now I can see why people gain weight when they quit smoking. To curb my desire to put a cigarette in my mouth, I instead put more food. So much so that we (the wife and I) estimated I took in about 1,020 calories just at dinner. Holy shit, I just might not be a twig someday!
The remainder of the evening wasn't too bad, but near the end of the night before bed I was craving yet another smoke. I'm happy to report I fought off the urge and woke up this morning and started all over.
This morning wasn't as bad, but wasn't 100% better. The drive to work and the first hour before the med's kicked in was a bit of a fight, but I'm not doing to bad this afternoon.
So, as of this very moment (Tuesday, April 17th) I have:
- NOT smoked 35.30 cigarettes
- SAVED $6.18
- And have been smoke free for 1 day, 11 hours & 19 minutes
Until next time...
# posted by Gon @ 7:40 AM 
