There seems to be a few gremlins about this morning and especially more so last night! Pete's magic spears didn't seem to be working that well at fending them off. I wonder why that was.....
Well, it is now mid week and we have another weekend fast approaching!
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I've only just managed to get on here now, don't know if the gremlins are on here or my laptop, either way it was driving me nuts
Having positive thoughts certainly helped me in the early days, they still do, they helped me to push any cravings away, that and being daft,saw me through
Yep, gremlins this morning - they were obviously working on the site and had to take it down to do whatever it was.
So, I did my run last night but had to give up before the end due to my feet again. Never mind, I'll get there one day. Went out on my bike this morning and had a good ride. I've decided that this month I'm going to do some kind of exercise every day (think it'll be mainly running, cycling or walking as I don't want to be stuck indoors).
I think I might enjoy a day off in September. Like a few of you, I'll be away on my hols the second week. I'm off to sunny Spain with a friend to go to her friend's wedding.
Better go and do something in the garden, see you later.
Those gremlins have been pesky today, only just managed to get on here.
I have had a great morning. I went out with Mike one of our FagEnds advisors to support some of our Liverpool clients who are working hard to quit those piggies. It was fascinating.
Everyone has their own story of how they got to the point where they want to stop smoking and keeping focussed on that when times get tough really helps them to manage those pesky cravings.
Everyone has their own cunning plan on how to avoid those ‘automatic’ situations when they go to pick up a cigarette, and those who plan for those difficult moments are the ones who do best at beating the cravings.
The other big factor is making sure you get the best out of the NRT products you choose by understanding how they work and how often to use them.
The key thing is to work out what works best for you and staying motivated by planning for success….what do they say ‘fail to plan and you plan to fail’
The great thing about this forum is that you all help each other with useful tips and strategies and you are so ingenious in beating the piggies.
So…….BIG RESPECT to you all. Those who have quit, those starting out, those struggling a bit…..your strength is in your support of each other.
Put your right hand over your left shoulder and give yourself a big pat on the back because you deserve it.
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Hi Andi, you must be superfit with all that exercise you do, I'd love to do something like that, 10 min walk is as far as i get, at least it's better than nothing, so i'll be going out for that soon.
Good afternoon ladies, and gents if they are peeping in. I could make an excuse that the gremlins wouldn't let me on, but it wasn't them after all. This morning was dentist first thing , had filling done. That reminds me how are you with your tooth andi. Then supermarket. After that went to see my daughter who is still feeling sorry for herself. She never has been the best of patients. So after a lot of mummy and daddy hugs, we left the 8 year old in charge of her mum. Got back for lunch. managed to have a bowl of soup with my numb lip and mouth.
Then we went into town and bought one or two bits towards our Blackpool break. On the way home on the bus there was alady on there who had an awful cough, much worse than I had ever had. Half way through the journey she got her packet of ciggys out and a lighter and played with them all the time . When she got off the bus she had that ciggy smoking like there was no tomorrow. What an awful addiction smoking is. I felt like saying something to her but the evil look I got I had second thoughts. So I have just got in , now going to get a cuppa and prepare a salad for tea.
monkyAdministratorCake sniffer outer• in reply tojillygirl
Hey Jillygirl, you put your flippin feet up gal, preferably with a cuppa
Loads of huggs heading to your Daughter, cos it sounds like she needs them
Hi Jillygirl, you've had a busy day, I've had a lazy one today, hope your daughter feels better soon
Thinking of the lady on the bus, that would probably been me at one time, only thing, i've never had a cough, smoking has such a strong hold on people, it's a terrible addiction, she shouldn't have given you a bad look though.
get your feet up with your cuppa now
monkyAdministratorCake sniffer outer• in reply tosue52
Hi ya Sue, so you've had a lazy day today then ! nice one gal, so you flippin should toooo
I hope you enjoyed your walk
I like your new pic by the way, erm is that hubby next to you ?? ooooooh I shall have to find my specks, I've put them down somewhere
Hi Jilly, so you're enjoying using your bus pass now then are you? My tooth's better now thanks, I didn't eat anything til about 4 o'clock yesterday.
I think we've all been there with getting the fags and lighter out and at the ready for the off. I went out shopping this afternoon and as I was coming back down the travelator to the car park, I could smell the smoke at 20 yards wafting across to me. (I admit it did smell nice to me - don't think that's ever going to leave me. ) Luckily enough, I never had the cough though. Phone!
As for my spears not fending them gremlins off last night, think they've gone soft like me in my old age
Well, ave been a busy little bee today, got the conservatory roof ripped off, so I could get to the guttering above, resealed the guttering, managed to re-roof most of the conservatory, then it started raining so I then had to go to plan B !! get a polythene sheet out with some bricks to hold it down, just hope it dosnt get too windy
Hello again everyone. Just got in from childminding , so thought I would bob on and see what was happening this evening. Hi Andi, that's the first time I have heard of a travelator. see learn something new everyday.
Sue glad your taking it easy today. I am planning a day like that tomorrow. fingers crossed.
Well Pete you are a busy bee. hope you manage to finish the roof tomorrow. Although Friday is supposed to be a good day.
It gives it wet here too, tomorrow Jillygirl, so I will just have to potter at pottering wont I huh, unless her-in-doors finds some decorating for me to do
Why don't you just do what you want to do? - it is your time off. You could even try staying in bed late (I couldn't get out of mine this morning - managed it just before 9 - not normally like me ) then relaxing on the sofa in front of the tv with your laptop on your lap. Then after lunch, when it stops raining, you can go and have a nice walk in the countryside. You deserve it!
monkyAdministratorCake sniffer outer• in reply toandi22
Okay. I'm a very good supervisor - and don't miss a thing!
Here is a pic of my beautiful new bike img826.imageshack.us/img826... It arrived today - along with the rain Oh well, gotta go to work tomorrow anyway. Had a go on it at lunch time though, it flies like the wind. Am now awaiting the arrival of my turbo trainer - for when its raining - which will probably be most days.
You'll have to see if someone will lend you one to try out, most bike shops don't seem to do test drives. I already had a road bike but with straight handlebars - didn't think I could ride one with drop handle bars but I did a 20 mile ride on my husbands bike and quite liked it. A quick ride around a car park or even just sitting on it in a shop isn't quite the same as doing a bit of distance.
It was so hot off the press, hadn't got round to putting the pedals on. It's got those annoying pedals with a toe strap that permanently twiz round so that they're always upside down and I risk crashing into something cos am so busy trying to get a foothold that I'm not looking where I'm going Hopefully I'll get used to them with a bit of practice.
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