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What a difference 6 weeks makes...

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Morning Gang!

So today marks the end of my 6th week smoke free, 42 smoke free days, 631 death sticks not smoked, and about £18 saved.

I like statistics and comparisons, so here are a couple for you. Each roll-up is 70mm long, if you stacked up the 631 I haven’t smoked over the last 6 weeks, that would be almost as tall as the Statue of Liberty (not including the base) or almost the entire length of an Olympic sized Swimming pool!!

Since stopping smoking I have been trying to treat my body to healthier lifestyle after punishing it for all these years. Obviously stopping smoking has huge benefits to your health but I have also started to eat healthy and do a little more exercise.

So in reality, I have stopped smoking, replaced crisps, chocolate etc with fruit and go jogging a couple of times a week. I feel healthy, my lungs feel stronger and I have lost 6lbs in weight and am just generally happy about myself and my life.

I could never go back to smoking, I have just one regret... I wish I had never started smoking in the first place. Obviously there is nothing I can do to change the past, but the power is mine to chose what I do with this present moment which also shapes my future.

I hope you are all still doing well and are starting to feel good about yourselves :)

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Cheers Kat! Yes I am very pleased with myself :)

Thanks Teflon, do not let the price fool you. I used to pay £6 for 50g pouch of Golden Virginia. So £18 actually amounts 3 x 50g pouches. So 200 approx roll-ups per 50g pouch.

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Well done Craig, you've really *got* this now and it's fab!!

Worked it out for me, and if you put all the 2113 fags I haven't smoked (it's more but I put 20 a day in my app) they'd be 1.1 miles long :eek:

In other news, Marlboro have posted a profit warning :p

Edit: just checked the app to make sure I'd got the right numbers, and it's gone up one more - scary!!

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Craig,

Way to go, u must feel like a new person inside and out,,,Nice!

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Nice one Craig, your doing great, been keeping an eye on you since your one day behind me, seems your doing well and im thinking your finding this as easy as i am, keep up the good work fella, i think we both have mister nic fooled :)

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That's just brilliant , Craig. So pleased it's going well for you and that you are feeling so well with all the changes you have made. xxx

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