I quitted smoking, day 15.

Well, over two weeks. Good for me! Everything is easier from now on, not that it has been hard for me this time, but it's still hard for my wife.

I start lack a pace I set on myself on writing this blog and from now on it isn't that hard or different being without smoking. Since it's the first two weeks that are the hardest part in quitting smoking. If you managed this far, it's a very good start for healthier rest of the life. I'll focus on not getting fat and keeping from smoking from now on, on this blog.

So far I haven't got any fatter but it's only two weeks since I quitted.

It's nice outside and I should go and enjoy it more now that I don't smoke and I feel much better. Cheers!

I quitted smoking, day 14.

Friday went great. Didn't have any cravings and I am on my two week maker. So far I hadn't have any cravings for cigarette and that's good. I as I have read over the internet and I know for experience first two weeks are the hardest part. I do keep wondering about my stuffed nose, it comes and goes. I haven't had a proper flu yet, for this flu season and and I am wondering that do I get sick now that my lungs are healing and not covered with tar, which makes all kind of viruses and bacters to easier to attack as lungs are recovering from years of abuse. Couple last time when I had longer pause on smoking after week or two I got flu and I have assicociated with my paused smoking as lungs starts to heal itself.

Haven't really searched the net, if there is a correlation between quitting smoking and flu. Go figure.

I quitted smoking, day 13.

Friday, 13th! Well my 13th day without smoking. And today is a housewarming party but I am not going as I don't really want to get drunk, and second of all I don't want to tease my non-smoking habit. I feel fine, except that stuffed nose still bothering me and mucus still coming from my lungs.

It has been good run for now and I am getting use to this feeling again that I don't have to smoke at every time there is a pause or still moment. Mostly I have replace it with playing with my smartphone but I did that already when I was waiting for a bus and had a smoke. It's just the same, except not smoking.

Plans for weekend is to go to garage and do something to my car.

I quitted smoking, day 12.

Well. I Almost missed a post. Busy day and tomorrow is a housewarming party and I am in between not going and going. I know it's a challenge since it's easier to slip off when you are tipsy and I really don't want that kind of lure right now. I have been non-smoking now almost two weeks and it has gone well. Too well in matter of fact. Risk is high since I started smoking in first place when I was drunk.

I quitted smoking, day 11.

It has been now a bit over week and I am feeling fine. I have noticed that even though my nose is still a bit stuffed I can breath more easier and I have read that, after two or three weeks without smoking, my lungs may start to feel clear, and I'll start breathing easier. Also blood circulation in my gums and teeth are now similar to that of a non-user. That may explain why I have a tiny bleed in gums as they are healing now.

No more candy or sweet cravings and I have keep my eating under control. Yes, I do have extra bit occasionally but the point is not to make it too hard for myself. And it's better to have once in while a bit of treat for yourself and have more calories in a day than you consume, so that your body doesn't think that you aren't getting food enough and go in to save mode and try to halt your fat burning known as plateau, where your metabolism decreases. It doesn't stop it completely but slow it down. Your body tries to save your energy by adapting to lower intake by decreasing your metabolic rate.

I quitted smoking, day 10.

10th day without smoke. Today I have felt that I have grown a craving for a sweets. I can't stop thinking about candy and sweets. I must resist if I want to reduce my weight to under 90 kg by next summer. I scaled my weight and it was around 95 kg, so nothing has changed yet. But it will be. I know it. Few years back when we quitted for 1 and half I noticed that I gained few kg in a month, because I had sense of smell and taste again. And I guess I subsidued cigarette cravings with candy.

I have to buy a running shoes so that I could start a new exercise hobby, although time of the year isn't quite right for start jogging.... I do need to do something before I bloat too much and after that it just gets too hard to start losing weight and everything feels inadequate.

Must resist.

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.