I quitted smoking, day 9.

Second Monday after I quitted smoking. I feel great and energetic. Although not drinking may have affected more than quitting smoking. Anyway, point is that it's Monday and I'm in a good mood. I haven't had not a single irritable thought or act since I quitted. Good for me. To some it ain't that easy and I can relate since its hard for my wife to quit and she feels bad when she goes for smoke as she is more addicted to it than I am. She said that after couple of weeks when her work load gives in a bit she will quit. Her job description has changes since we last time had a pause from smoking and I can understand that it might be too much quit smoking and having a stressful job at hand. She has reduced daily smoking amount which is good.

I am glad that my quitting has some effect on her and her smoking hasn't got me craving for a smoke. That's the hardest part quitting when the other is still smoking and you are not. My father quitted smonking after doctors said that he has vein thrombosis after mini stroke. He hasn't smoked since. My mom smoked too. Few days later my dad said that in this house hold either nobody smokes or everybody smokes. And my mom quitted too. Both have been non-smokers evere since. 

I quitted smoking, day 8

Woohoo! I made a week without smoking! Hooray for me! Wife was at party and I drove her to there and also picked up her at middle of night and as she was leaving she had her last smoke before we drove home. It smell awful as she sat next to me. There is good thing about this, that as smoking smells so horrible it don't give me any ideas of smoking myself one cigarette. I repells me from smoking which is of course a good thing. Now I just wish my wife could have that same inner strenght to quit smoking. I know that I won't be so easy as my cold turkey quitting smoking, but she knows how to handle that, since last time in spring when we quitted, which turned out to be a bit longer pause, she used chewing tobacco. Nicorette aerosol and nicotine chewing gums are bad choices as one is expensive and other gives her jaws a too much stress and that leads to headaches.

Backfired...

Well I did achieve a goal, but that whole goal is turned upside down. I've gain 3 kg back. I've quit smoking which has lead to eating much more and I've needed and eating candy too. It has helped me from smoking and I am not stressed about it since now I got a plan to getting in shape. Cycling to work five days a week. That's about 25 km per day, 125 km per week. Quick research showed that's about 350 kcal per day, that I didn't do last winter. So if I managed to lose 10 kg in winter without extra exercise I think I can manage my little set back.

Yo-Yo.

So, now new news in weight loss game. Weight has been going back and forth between 92-94 kg now for few weeks. I don't take stress out of it, since I am not trying constantly lose weight. If I start taking it seriously I should start exercise more and keep track on what I eat and how much. At this moment in my life it's not what I am looking and keeping everything simple is my main focus on this weight loss.