happy Tuesday everyone 😊

[Yvonneh1234]

Morning everyone how are we all ? 😊 Afew posts recently been posted got me thinking 🤔.. . Quiting smoking isn’t easy but it’s the best thing you can do for your health I started smoking at 13! Thinking I was cool 😎 and it’s what everyone did right? I continued to smoke and gradually smoked more and more and before I knew it I was addicted to that nicotine monster 👹 I thought doctors were just saying pack in smoking for your health was just a thing they said ( especially as my gp would smoke aswell) anyway . . . .. . Fast forward when I got to 41 I was getting very breathless going upstairs and generally getting out of breath doing daily things I booked in with the doctor and after months of tests found out I’d got copd emphysema . . . Not me I thought I’m to healthy I’m just a little out of breath . . . I was in denial 😕then it it me like a ton of bricks when I caught a cold and couldn’t even breathe I put on weight and wouldn’t do much due to breathing difficulties . . . It was my son who got me to quit I couldn’t help him as I was so out of breath and struggling and he is disabled and needed me ! From that day I decided enough was enough I chucked the smokes in the bin and slowly packed in it was definitely one of the hardest things I’ve done but also one of the best achievements aswell😊💪🥰 I’ve still got emphysema it won’t go now but I’m actually healthier than I’ve been in years since packing in 💪in reality smoking isn’t cool😎 like I thought it was years ago . If I can do it you can 😊yes it might be hard you have to change your routine you have to be determined and motivated but the benefits are amazing 🤩😊 you can do it ! You’ve got this 💪😊

Have a great day everyone and keep smiling 😊

Love Rockerbilly 🥰😊💪💃🎶🕺🏻xxxxx

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky]

Good morning Yvonneh, Jilly, monky and everyone looking in🙋‍♀️

thanks for sharing your reasons for quitting Yvonneh❤️ you have given yourself and your son a far healthier lifestyle now, so well done 🚭💪

Happy Tuesday everyone and NOPE🚭👍🤗xx

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer]

Good morning Yvonneh, Briarwood, Jillygirl and everyone clicking on today 👍👋👋

A lovely post Yvonneh, thankyou for sharing 👍💪I'm sure it will help other members too 😀

Have a lovely Tuesday everybody🚭👍🍰🍰😀😸xx

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee]

Good morning Yvonneh, Briarwood, Monky and all our lovely members.

Great post and so typical of many of us. Once we stop kidding ourselves and see sense we are on our way to being healthy.

Have a wonderful day. xxxxx.😊🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰☕☕☕☕☕🍰🍰

[Yvonneh1234 Administrator Rockerbilly quitter]

have a great day everyone 💃🕺🏻🥰🎶xxxxx

[Bingo88 LONG TERM WINNER]

Good morning Yvonneh1234. Can I ask what you did to build up your fitness and turn around the breathlessness please. Brian

[Yvonneh1234 Administrator Rockerbilly quitter in reply to Bingo88]

morning Brain hope your ok ? I started off with hand weights which can be done sitting if needed)and walking machine in the house. I Built up from there really now I do a rowing machine morning and night for around 30 minutes (at my own pace )for 2 days then I do strength training on my third day then I take a day off so 3 days training then day off And then the same again oh and dancing in between when I can In time I got fitter and lost weight so it’s a bonus plus it improved my breathing it was a long journey some days are better than others but I got there eventually I found perseverance and making myself do it even when I didn’t feel like it helped I was very breathless at times but with breathing techniques i got threw it I think it helped i wanted to be there doing every day things with my son and my husband is very into fitness ( he was in the army ) so I got alot of support from him I’ve recently got into boxing and I love it 🥰 and I don’t feel so out of breath with it either.i do everything at home What ever you decide to do Brain I will be cheering you on 📣 take care 💪😊🕺🏻💃🎶🥰 xxxxx