Quit Smoking

I am 21 days away from 90 days without smoking.
I am $444.16 richer than I would have been smoking.
I am now a runner.
I am now happy to jog up steps.
I am confident in how my clothes and breath smell.

I am a NON SMOKER!! :)

Hooray!

That’s 920 cigarettes I didn’t smoke!!!!!

(So far I’ve saved $ 292!)

Smoking doesn’t just effect the Smoker’s Health

According to the American Burn Association, about 900 people in the United States die each year in fires started by cigarettes, and about 2,500 are injured. About 100 of the fire deaths each year are children and nonsmokers. Nationally, annual human and property costs of fires caused by careless smoking total about $6 billion.

Check out: http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/cigbuttimpacts.htm

i’ve completed two of my toughest runs this week, that i’ve ever done in my lifetime. couldn’t have done it if i was still poisoning my body every day.

such a great feeling of accomplishment! when you think about quitting, realize YOU CAN DO IT TOO!!!!

1. healthier lungs. i have really enjoyed starting to run!
2. no more icky cough. it went away so quickly!
3. clothes don’t stink. i realized how stinky smoking really is.
4. better breath.
5. saving lots of money!
6. whiter teeth.
7. that great feeling of having self control.
8. sense of accomplishment.
9. don’t need smoking as a reason to be social. love people anyway!
10. better for environment.
11. less trash to manage. picking up filters is disqusting. leaving them outside of trash is despicable.
12. i’m not infringing on others’ right to not smoke (by polluting their air).

I woke up today remembering a dream from last night. Apparently in the dream at some point I was smoking a cancer stick or had just finished having one of those nasty things. I recalled highly negative emotions surrounding the situation in the dream- my body felt run down, my motivation felt out the door, the people I care about were disappointed. Awake and knowing I hadn’t actually smoked was such a relief! That dream was a nice reminder of how much I don’t want anything to do with hurting my body and stealing from my future self!

If you need help with quitting please let me know, I will help how I can. It has changed my life so much for the better!

In just a few weeks time of quitting, I have managed to save quite a bit of extra cash. With this, I’m treating myself to a new pair of running shoes and a yoga passes.

Feels great ditching the old terrible habit and bringing on new great things for my health! Join me!

I went to see some bands play at a venue which allows smoking indoors. This is the first time I’d been in an area around lots of smokers since I quit and you know what kept going through my mind? It wasn’t that I craved even a puff. I felt bad for the people smoking, that they were fighting addiction, that they weren’t caring for their bodies. It made me sad for them and want to help.

Saturday made me proud to be a non-smoker.

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.