Day 25

The month Milestone is within reaching distance, and I’m looking forward to being able to saying it, as after the first week, and before the first month it seems a bit of a gap of nothingness in achievements. Obviously after a month, it will be 2 months, so an even longer wait, although I feel once I have done a month, I won’t be so milestone hungry!

Today was fairly easy, again, no real urges. Work was hectic, I went for a run when I got home, then cooked dinner before some TV and now this. One thing I am noticing is my sense of smell isn’t improving, some people said it would improve like it was a sense you never knew you had. Nu-uh, not for me. I am, in fact, having more dental trouble, and seem to be having more blocked nose etc than when I was smoking. This is in no way a deterrent for me stopping, just an update on how I feel. I do feel ever so slightly better at the moment, not amazing, but looking back, I am slowly beginning to see smoking as just a part of my life that is over, and looking forward I think I may really notice the benefits in the near future. 

Lori, you say you have put weight on in yesterdays comment, I haven’t noticed any weight gain, but rarely weigh myself. I shall try to do so and see roughly how I am to how I was at the end of last year. In relation to your comment, go out, get some exercise perhaps? I mean being a tad tubbier is much healthier than smoking anyway, and 6 pounds I can imagine being impossible to notice! They do say in the first month it is common, but again, I’d rather be larger and smoke free than a skinny, unfit, unhealthy, smelly drug addict. Which is now what I see I really was.

I did forget to mention the other day as well, When I saw an old friend they commented also on how well I looked, which is another great boost for me. I remember a few instances in my life whereby I’ve been shocked to realise peoples age, thinking they were older than they actually were, due to a life of smoking. One guy, and I hope for his sake he doesn’t ever read this, who I work with, told me the other day he was under 50, and I must of looked damn well surprised. I know the guy smokes, and I don’t know what else he gets up to in his personal life, but wow, I thought he was mid 50's at least. I understand there is an aging process whereby not everyone will age as well as each other, but I’m sure his life of tobacco has been of great detriment to him, and now looking at this, I am happy I have stopped now, before it really is too late, before I age like others, and before I become so in denial about it I actually think I look good for a person of that age, even though others would snigger at me behind my back.

All the best guys!

Andy