I rule!! 🤣 graduation day!!!

[Boogla]

I am on cloud 9!! I’ve done it! I’m absolutely made up with myself!! Whoop!! Haha! I rule!!! 😂 I am 3 months and 22 days smoke free! Now I’m running 5k! I love it!! There is nothing like this feeling! Thank you to everyone posting and supporting throughout this 9 week journey! Really encouraged me to keep going! Anything is possible you’ve just got to believe! I’m going to miss my new bestie Laura saying well done!! 🤣 my Polar Hr monitor says I’m elite! I think that’s good considering I’m 50 in September and thankfully now understand the great quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson “Your health is your wealth.”

Better late than never! Good luck everyone! 🙏✨💕☮️

[Debston Graduate]

Brilliant stuff, well done! Any tips for quitting smoking?

[Boogla Graduate in reply to Debston]

Hi thank you!! Yes top tip is breathing! 😆 ha! Sorry I mean controlled breathing! Imagine a square, follow the outline to each corner. So, in 2,3,4 hold 2,3,4 out 2,3,4 hold 2,3,4 Google box breathing navy seals. It resets your autonomic nervous system and makes you feel amazing! Sit down as you may feel light headed at first with extra oxygen into your blood. Worked for me!! Teach those stressed out kids too! 🙏💕✨☮️

[Helenruns Graduate in reply to Boogla]

This is how I stopped smoking. I didn't realise it was a thing. Thought I made it up myself. Lol.

[Boogla Graduate in reply to Helenruns]

The universe gave you that! That means you are in tune! 🙏✨💕☮️

[Boogla Graduate in reply to Debston]

How can I forget the app smoke free! Counts up your health improvements, money, cravings, time not smoked plus great support. By the time you read it, cravings go! Good luck! 💕🙏✨☮️

[madmother Graduate]

Fantastic achievements! Well done you.

[EvieFBsmum Graduate]

Very well done for the graduation and the giving up smoking!

[MuddledGardener Graduate]

Congratulations on both! 🎉🎉🎉

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Congratulations to you Boogla on completing C25K with week 9 run 3 and graduating, also congratulations on not smoking for almost 4 months, just think of all that money you have saved in that time.

To get your graduation badge and the word GRADUATE 🎓 next to your username leave a message on the May graduate post in the pinned posts on the right side of the healthunlocked C25K home page and tell the administrators that you have ran W9R3 of C25K and graduated 🎓 🏃 😊

[Boogla Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you! Yes nearly £900 saved shocking!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Boogla]

OMG, you must have been a very heavy smoker to save that amount in 4 months, 20+ fags a day, well done on giving up the weed.

[Boogla Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

£8 a day shocking behaviour! Your health is your wealth is quite literal in my case!

[caroldavies071969 Graduate]

Well done you! I've graduated today too and will be 50 in July. I'm only able to do 4k, not 5k, you've done amazingly well to get to 5k while also giving up smoking 👍

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Many congratulations on your graduation fellow runner.

This guide to post C25K running may be helpful healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Keep running, keep smiling.

[Boogla Graduate]

Thank you so much I’m beaming!! 🙏✨💕☮️

[Greenfingergran]

Well done you. I know how you feel.

I did my first run yesterday without Laura, having graduated, and was so proud when I did 5k in 35mins.

Keep it up. 🙂

[Boogla Graduate in reply to Greenfingergran]

🎉Congratulations!! 5k in 35 is Very good!! 🎉 think I’m going to join couch to 10k in 6 weeks, thinking... 😆

[Greenfingergran]

I did not realise there was one.

You have got me thinking that perhaps I could try too.

Let me know how you get on. 🙂

[Boogla Graduate in reply to Greenfingergran]

Read the post above about post c25k lots of v good tips and important stuff too for us new graduates 💥Good luck runner! 🏃🏻‍♀️