hell yeah its possible! you got loads more oxygen in your blood - less carbon monoxide. that is what your body wants and needs. its gonna make you feel good!
nice one - im sure your a lot fitter than i was when i quit smoking but if thats not the case jut remember to take it easy to begin with.
i went a bit crazy on the running when i first quit and went from doing nothing for 5 months to going out and doing 12k and then did it again for the next two weeks and now im injured and feeling like a dumass!
don't fall into the same trap if you can help it.
your squash partner isnt going to know whats hit em in a few weeks!
So happy for you. You seem so much more focused and positive than last week. Looks like you've had that Eureka moment and you've got your head around this whole quit thing.
I feel about the same as I felt on my other three 'successful' attempts at quitting (2 mnths, 6 mnths & 2 mnths) I usually know within a day or two whether the quit is going to gain any real momentum.
However this time, I know the triggers that spoiled my other quits, and Im ready to face them full on.
I have some lozenges and an inhaler, both are still in the box. Im prepared to use them only if Im about to light up. Im 37hrs into my quit CT, so half way to ridding my body of the Nicotine. I would hope once I get past that mark I will not rely on the NRTs and it seems silly to put it back into my system.
yeah it can be difficult to get your head in the right place to begin with.
Are you going CT each time?
Are you hanging out with other smokers?
Are you throwing all your smoking stuff away and committing to it fully?
it might be worth taking a few days to smoke and just set a date and get prepared mentally (lots of reading about the challenges and the differences with the physiological and the psychological sides of the addiction) and physically getting prepared (get some stuff in the house, fruit juices, nice food, etc, plan a few evenings to begin with where you wont be around anyone that smokes if possible)
maybe even get a plan for some exercise ready for when you quit (game of sport booked with a mate, get updated timetable for classes at local gym, buy some new running shoes ?)
It is hard but i found this time round that taking my time and gettting prepared mentally and logistically has made all the difference.
also going to the "my reasons" section of the website and listing all your reasons is great motivation to look back on when the going gets tough after a few days / weeks / months etc,
I think where I have gone wrong is looking too far ahead.. last week (although I only lasted 2 days) I didnt have any cravings until I started thinking about the weekend and going a whole weekend without. Now I have a smoking friend coming to stay with me this weekend I cant see my way through that again....
So I think your right in that this could be planned better, and most certainly when Im not expecting smoking weekends.... x
the hard and the fast of it is that you have to make the decision, and absolutely 100% stand by that decision.
The only way you are going to quit and stay quit is to totally break the cycle and the pattern of how things develop so far that you reach for a cig.
The best thing you can possibly do to help you here is to do alot more reading about what you are giving up, which includes reading of other folks experiences and how they've dealt with their quit.. some of the things you read make total sense to you personally and this helps alot.
From reading between the lines of your post there, i think you need to work on reducing the 'desire' to smoke.. which is something you need to work on to stop the caving in from occuring as its doing.
You've got to be tough on yourself alot during the early days.. the first 3 or 4 days will be the biggest challenge, and you've really got to grit your teeth, be really stubborn, refuse to give in to the cravings and above all keep yourself busy and occupied. I even went and slept in the evenings for an hour here or there as it meant another hour done
Well done on day 2 that's great and yes it's quite possible to be full of energy after just one day
By the end of the first week the Nicotine is well gone from your system it only take 3 days CT to be rid of it
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