its almost D Day
tomorrow is my planned day to quit. i have wanted to do this for soooo long but always think 'nah i dont have the will power'. yet for the past 10 months I've been getting fit and eating really well, ive had so much will power to work out 6 days a week so i surely i can use a little more and quit the damn things. but despite the ciggies im at my fittest ive ever been. ive taken up running and have been doing timed 5k runs and running in at just over 27mins . apart from the many obvious reasons (stench, money, my kids) for me i want to be the fittest healthiest version of me, i want to improve that time on the 5k. i want to be proud of myself. i know the next few weeks are going to suck bad but reading everyones story on here has given me so much encouragement and inspiration, i felt i needed to write this out and share it to keep myself accountable for why i came here, for why im doing it.
oh wow, I'm impressed with your fitness regime.....imagine how much better you'll be without the cigarettes!!!! I feel that once you've given them up you'll go great guns :)
It's admirable to make this decision because in many ways that's the hardest part. The next two weeks will be hideous, most of the time, and then you will be so darned determined. Twelve weeks down the track it will be so much better.
My tip is to find a breathing app (my calm beat or headspace). They're good to complement exercise.
Occasionally, I still want a cigarette but today I stood behind four people in a queue and all of them smelled like cigarettes. It made me glad I had given up.
Good luck with it all.
hi judes thanks for the encouragement. ive been reading some of your stories and think you are doing fantastic. x
hi fullofhope. thanks for the encouragement. and well done to you. breathing apps sound like a must ive been trying some breathing techniques for anxiety which i worry will only get worse in the next few days, i picked up from dr libby weaver amd her books and they have been a god send for that sort of stuff. hardest part will be when my smoking hisband returns from worl kn the weekends, got to stay strong