Another Monday rolls around and another week for many of us to tick off on the calendar. A lot of smokers choose a Monday to quit on so there must be a lot of anniversaries out there. Why don't you come on here and share your experiences with us all. You never know, you may have just the right tip to help another smoker make that decision to try to become an ex-smoker.
Have a good day and if things come along to try and trip you up, don't forget that you will manage whether you have that cigarette or not.
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Morning Dawn, well done on 2 weeks, that's brilliant bet you'll be able to have a great holiday with all the money you save, i think it's a great way to do it, it will help keep you motivated
I've been a bit lazy today, i'm just up the noise of the rain was bad here last night, thankfully it's off now cause i need to go to the shops in a while
I'm off to have breakfast will be back on in a bit xx
Thank you for starting today’s chat Andi22, its lovely and positive. To celebrate each milestone/anniversary whether it’s a day under their belt, a week, month etc is really important. It’s also really good for people to share their experiences whether it’s good or bad, it will help others in their quit journeys.
Have you got any plans for the day?
Dawlol, 2 weeks well done. You must be so pleased with yourself. Planning something nice is always good, it gives you something to focus on and remember why you’re quitting and what you’re going to get out of it, a holiday sounds lovely.
Sue52, I certainly don’t class getting up at this time lazy. I would love a lie in, unfortunately I get woke up every morning between 6.30 and 7am without fail !!!
I'm a bit like you, getting wakened up really early, it's horrid :(, the reverse is true this time, i couldn't get to sleep for the pain in my joints, so slept in,
Great picture Andi Well done everyone for getting through another weekend.
Sue I'm sorry to hear that you are suffering with your joints, I don't think the weather in this country helps much as it is so damp and especially at this time of year. I hope you are feeling better soon.
You are so right Jarvo, Monday's do come round too fast, I'm not sure where the weekends go. It would be good if the week flew by as quickly as the weekends do
Hugs & kisses to you Jillygirl, thinking of you and I hope everything goes well for you today.
It really is a mundane Monday. It's very quiet on here today so I'm not sure if people are asleep, busy or just can't be bothered typing today It is exceptionally quiet here in the office as well. I've just had a bit of a power nap
Not sure where they have all got to today but wherever it is I hope they are having a good time and behaving themselves Andi is probably out exercising somewhere, leaping and bounding through the streets.
Your tea sounds nice, I hope your OH has run an nice, relaxing bath for you as well and made you a cuppa
I'm wondering if there is something going on today that we don't know about hmmm
Sorry I missed you Dawn - you really must spend your saved money on a home computer. On today's fag prices you should be able to but yourself a nice little laptop in the January sales then have fun joining in the evening shenanigans.
Doorbell went. I suppose you'll be going home now Kazz and Claire. Loved your pic of power-napping Kazz. And no I haven't done any exercise today - unless you can count chasing my lawnmower around the grass this morning. Yes I finally cut it, the wind had dried it out quite well so I thought it's this morning before the rain starts or next year sometime!
Claire, did you see Emjay today? Or didn't she make it in after her run yesterday?
John, some days can be a bit boring but at least you've got your little birdies to chat to. Btw, should you be feeding them eggs? Isn't that a bit canibalistic?
Sue, nice to see you around this morning. Shame you're so up and down at the moment but come on here and have some fun firing those spears around.
Hey Everyone, I've been quite busy today and this is the first chance I've had to pop on and say hi
Jillygirl has her consultation appointment today so fingers crossed, prayers said and lots of love and positive vibes being sent to her and her family and that she comes home today knowing what positive treatment plan is on the cards for her xx
Dawn, looking forward to congratulating you tomorrow on your 2 weeks quit Have a lovely home cooked meal tonight
Andi, I'm starting to feel the exercise from yesterday coming on me. I'm going to go home and do it all again with the puppy dog. I'm looking forward to it too Exercising for a good reason and with a spring in my step
Kaz, love your power napping picture. Pete normally gives Jarvo (Claire) and I stick for nodding off in work. We take turns to piece though so I reckon that's okay
John, I hope you have something to keep you occupied this evening and don't feel that the day hasn't dragged too much. Lots of thinking time can be turned into a positive though
Claire, I can see you and so know that you are still here... although you are putting your coat on now and sneaking out the door
Sue, did you call along to your stop smoking group today? Hope you are okay
I'm away home now but shall pop on later this evening
i was away seeing my daughter, we have to meet when we can, she has a busy schedule so we just meet when we can, today was short notice for me
Sorry i missed people, hopefully we'll catch up tomorrow i'm patiently waiting to get on the laptop, hubby's logging it just now i'll try shove him off in a minute in the meantime i'm on my phone
i'm away to get a cuppa, not having tea, i'm not hungry, again, i'll be back shortly xx
Hello everyone, What a day, got to hospital at 11.00am didnt come out of there until 3.45pm.
I was gagging for a cuppa.
Anyway to cut a long story short I go for an exploratory operation next wednesday go in tuesday afternoon. If the surgeon thinks its ok to operate and remove the tumour without any risk he will probably do that within 2 weeks after my exploratory op. All depends on the position of the tumour as it is very near the main artery . Otherwise its start chemotherapy and go from there. So its cross fingers legs arms and anything else next week. Going to get some dinner/ tea now before my girls come up so see you all later. And thanks for all your good wishes. xx
Hi Jilly, sorry you had so long hanging round at the hospital - and no cuppa! Of course we'll all be keeping everything crossed for you and at least you have a bit more of an idea of a timescale now. Love and hugs too xx
So good to hear from you Jillygirl, it's good that you have a date and as everyone has said, we are sending prayers and loads of love and hugs your way xxx
I think mowing the lawn is exercise Andi unless it's one of the sit on ones
Nothing wrong with a power nap EmJay and Claire, allegedly it allows you to work harder, unfortunately for me a power nap is about 8 hours so I don't get much done
Good for you EmJay doing your run, I hope it's not raining, if it is wear your pacamac and pacahood
Hi there Sue don't be in too much of a rush to get hubby off the laptop, he might be looking for your Christmas present
Hi Kazz hope you enjoyed your power nap, all eight hours : D, no chance hubby's looking for Christmas presents, he's watching a tv show, i don't need to watch them, the best ones usually happen right outside my window
Good luck with your op Jilly, everything will be crossed here, even mi eyes (I'll practise)
I shall be asking for some 'Angelic' assistance too at my next Reiki share group
Well, my self healing and meditation seems to be kicking in at long last, I am starting to feel better, but by eck it's been a long slog.
A big well done to Dawn on achieving 2 weeks!
Alas I can't lie in...a lie in for me is waking up at 7am! I'm up at 6am everyday, and average between 5 and 6 hours sleep a night, I do have the occasional snoozette on an evening if I'm proper tired after work.
Hope you feel better soon Sue, this weather is deffo bad for joint problems.
Jillygirl, like the gals have i will be keeping everything crossed for you next Wednesday, well almost everything and i know what you mean about hospitals, they seem to be on a different speed to everywhere else, you enjoy your dins - tea - supper
Blimey, I've just been trying to get a pic of lawn mowing. It's a very sexist occupation as I only found one pic with a woman on it - all the others are men mowing the grass!
Just read part of the article that goes with this pic -
Lawn mowing — Mowing the lawn is on the higher end of the calories burned housework scale. You burn around 187 calories in half an hour of lawn mowing and most yards take well over 30 minutes to mow. If you have a larger yard, you can get quite the regular workout just by mowing your lawn frequently.
So I was mowing for nearly an hour and did a bit of weeding and sweeping so must have earnt myself a treat. Now then, what can I eat? ...............
No I wasn't having a power nap, I was having my tea, dinner supper and washing up I can only fit in 2 power naps a day or I would get nothing done
That's brilliant Pete, I think those 4 weeks have flown by, not sure that you do but I hope so
That pacaman isn't exactly what I was thinking of Andi, the one I remember was see through and folded up into a very small clear pocket and the pacahood was see through and tied under the chin The pic you put on was very modern, I didn't even know they still made them
I'm sure your hubby is doing his Christmas shopping when you aren't there Sue, or he's just pretending to watch something when you get close then he's back on the Cartier website
I'm so glad you are beginning to feel a bit better Chickles, lets hope it continues.
I usually wake up early but I refuse to get up on a Sunday, I lie in and read my book then have a couple of power naps which I can fit in on a Sunday
I did enjoy my tea thanks, I think there might just be enough room for a Magnum
Hey Pete, well done on getting back to four weeks - that means I've been back from my hols 4 weeks too. Is that a coincidence? Let's hope you can do another four weeks.
Something similar to that pacamac Pete but I didn't even know they did them in colours, I thought they were just clear. What colour is yours? Is it pink to match those pink frilly boxers of yours
You will do another 4 weeks laddie, we are all behind you with our spears at the ready, you're not coming back from the pub now with your 3 steps forward, 2 steps back, it's full steam ahead to success
Night night Sue if you don't get back, sweet dreams and sleep well, you deserve it. xxx
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to Kazzachoc
My pac a mac is see through grey, but you could get all colours at one time, erm i think i may be a tad older than you Kaz
Oh definitely, however, if you co-ordinate your grey pacamac with a black man bag, black pacahood and some black leggings you will be very chic and on trend
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to Kazzachoc
Night night Andi, sleep well, I'm sure you will after all the running round with the lawn mower today. Oh I'm sure I will manage another 8 hours, easy peasy lemon squeezy
Kazz, i've got to go up the wooden hill now gal, sorry so i will say nite nite to you gal, and sweet dreams, luvs ya xx and hey dont you get over doing these power naps gal, you dont want to wear yourself out before the weekend do you speak tomorrow Kaz
Night night Pete, luvs ya, sweet dreams and don't you go wearing yourself out planning your outfits and parading in front of the mirror in your pacamac xxx
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