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Working on it crash. I took friday off and bought a new fishing pole. also did you know that one day a year you can fish with a shotgun in Vermont? really you can. Everything your taught not to do in hunter saftey courses, you can do on that day. I'm going to blast some fish, LOL. That aint right.
Hitting the 4week no smoking. I've put on about 7lbs though. Crash what's your secret??
Congrats on the smoking milestone!Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
WOOOHOOO WINNIE!!!!
A month already? That's wonderful! Congrats and stay strong.
You go girl!!! Good for you. It's difficult for sure. Food begins to taste better and you replace one activity for another. Gaining weight becomes easy to do (I know [sigh]).
Good for you!!!:smash:Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
That's the trouble Rick, food tastes better, I have a raging appetite and I love my food! I could be turning into blubber woman.
Winnie, I know this isn't a substitute for food but as an appetite suppressant...make a big jug of green tea (very lightly sweetened w/honey or stevia) and keep it visible so that you can have a glass any time you have hunger pangs. In time they will subside, guaranteed, and you might have a new habit of doing something healthy. Green Tea is a miracle all around and the caffeine will keep you going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Water, water, water. Drink a lot - it helps.
I suppose drinking lots of beer doesn't count then?:innocent:
Oh well, tea and water it is then....
We just started drinking non-alcoholic beer at dinner Mon-Fri (instead of wine) and it's not bad. Not great but it tastes like something's going on. A really good spicy Virgin Mary can also fool you into thinking it's alcoholic. The spiciness distracts you and after 3, you don't feel tipsy.
This morning my master cylinder finally pooped out. So I was unable to (safely) drive to boot camp.
I was already awake and dressed out though. So I queued up one of the FitTV workout shows I have recorded on the DVR.
This morning's selection was a Bollywood workout. I did a lot of rhythmic shoulder shrugging, and felt (and I'm sure looked) pretty silly. But it was something.
I finished with some weights.
I think today is the one month anniversary of me not eating meat for breakfast or lunch. I can't say that I miss it, and packing my lunch has become much easier.
The computer tells me it's been 38 days since I quit smoking... just got back from a trip to WV helping my mother-in-law pack up her house so she can come live with us. The long car drive sucked, I guess I used smoking as a means to stay awake, had to a lot more stopping this trip. Cleaning out her garage was horrible, I can almost tell you everyone on her block that smokes just from the smell when they drove by as I was shoveling garbage out of her garage. The wanting to eat everything in the house is finally going away, my temper is getting a bit worse, I realized I could run around with the kids a bit more before I needed a break, and realized not only how bad we must have smelled, but also how bad the kids ended up smelling because of us. My girls went to stay with their aunt who smokes, and when they got back everything they took with them smelled pretty bad. I even noticed that my Peterson field guides smelled of smoke when I flipped through them to look up a couple plants. So while the cravings might still come, they are manageable... and I look at the weight gain from the food cravings as a pretty good tradeoff, it's a lot easier to diet to lose a bit of weight than it is to end up going through chemo to lose a bit of cancer.
Atta boy Scooby!
Glad you stuck in there.
Woo Hoo! Congrats Scoobywan.
I quit smoking 15 years ago. Yea it smells bad, But not dieing of cancer,,, priceless.
GREAT JOB SCOOBY! I've noticed the smell too. I'm glad the appetite thing will ease off. I'll be day 28 on friday.
Good job, Scooby. No one on the planet is worse than a reformed smoker. I hate the smell of smoke today and am offended if I get a whiff of it. Go figure.
I tied my shoe laces this morning all by myself.
Actually, I am a pretty fanatic cyclist. I am one of those annoying people who are crazy enough to ride 100 miles on any given Saturday morning in 4.5 - 5 hours (I practiced a lot) My goal is to do it in 4. I also try to eat better lately. I stopped eating cereal in the morning. To much sugar, corn syrup, and other crap. I eat more fruit and cheese ( I am a cheesehead) in the morning now.
I stopped smoking about 12 years ago. One of the best things I did for myself. If you do smoke, smoke plain cigarettes without a filter. At least you don't get any glass fibers in your lungs on top of all the other bad stuff.
I love all you quitters!!
Though I've never been a smoker myself, I grew up in a smoking household, and at family gatherings I was always inundated with secondhand smoke.
I'm asthmatic, and imagine it probably has something to do with my environment growing.
So in addition to your own improved health, all those around you thank you too! Great job!
Ate an Apple,
Planted an Apple Core....
Dumped a log on top for fertilizer....
Marked the spot with .....
IMO Beer may have been involved.
That is wrong in so many ways.
Must be a crap apple tree.:innocent:
I repeat.....
Ummmmmm......I meant crab.
Made time today to go to the Farmer's Market and get some fresh organic stuff for dinner.
I went for a long (sort of) walk.
Had a wine spritzer (I hate spritzers!) at lunch with client, while 5 other people put away 3 bottles of wine between them. Of course they all started with a cocktail each. I had seltzer. Other than that we had a good meeting. :tongue_smilie:
Holy crap, that place is expensive. :sneaky2: The prices in Boston's Haymarket are a small fraction of those prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by BENESSE
Yeah, that's why I don't have a BOL or BOV. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
Healthier? :innocent: I met with a client this afternoon at a restaurant he owns. Nice place - everything from BLTs to lobster and prime rib. One of the lunch specials was pot roast with ALL THE VEGGIES. So that's what I ordered. A huge heaping tall plate of pot roast. ALL THEM VEGGIES had to be good for me. Oh, before I forget, I HAD FRUIT AS WELL. Yep. Got a big slice of lemon-berry cake with a glass of ALL NATURAL iced tea with ALL NATURAL sugar.
AND, instead of taking the parking space right next to the door, I parked 35' across the lot AND WALKED ALL THE WAY TO THE RESTAURANT.
I need to take a nap. :blushing:
I had a BBQ, (Pulled pork sammich, for those who need a translation.) and a big fat dill pickle, for lunch.
(Instead of 2 BBQ's and a plate full of fries.)LOL:innocent:
I hope the veggies were cooked in butter and bacon fat, to give them some flavor.:innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
I'm proud of you, 2dumb. Pickles are veggies, and veggies are good for you. Did the BBQ have any tomato in it? That would be good for you, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit
Nah....it was almost real BBQ. A piece of dead pig, cooked low and slow, on my grill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
(I say almost, because real BBQ should be "whole hog".)(Sometimes we have to compromise.)LOL
Nope. :blushing: The only fat in the veggies came from that pot roast. It was perfectly marbled with nice sections of perfect fat. No grisel at all, just tender, tender, tender meat and delicious fat. :blushing:Quote:
Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit
BUT WAIT!!!! I had two fresh baked WHOLE GRAIN ROLLS with ALL NATURAL BUTTER spread all over it. Does that count, 2dumb? :innocent:
Today I mixed Concrete, but not for exercise, knocked off early 2:20 PM and having a mixed drink, in the sun, 76* above, I figure it must be 5:PM O'Clock someplace. Might take a walk later and look for brown fuzzy's.
For you it does. It will make you regular, so you don't end up with dingleberryitus, again!:innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
GOOD THINKIN"!!!
Heck yeah. It's 6:35 here.....and the heat index was 116°, today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sourdough
Any fruit juice in that drink? Say like, lime? Fruit juice is good for you. And alcoholic beverages are made from the finest grains, and grain is good for you as well. Did you use ice made from clear clean mountain water in that drink? Water is good for you, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sourdough