Hi Ex's, I'm Amy. I'm 2 weeks from my quit date and am preparing by monitoring my triggers and cigarettes, finding and preparing a fitness program, and planning a two-week hike staring on my quit date to start off strong. I'd love to hear for others who are heading down the same path... Blessings, DS ... View more

Take five , read the below beginning to end and do this exercise when quitting smoking at least five times a day while at your computer ., ... View more

I started working out and running a couple years ago...something I never thought I would do. I soon began running in 5K races but quickly found I had kind of reached a plateau due to my smoking. I got depressed and frustrated and pretty much quit running. My first quit smoking day was Jan 1, and my plan is to hopefully be able to restart my running by time weather starts warming in early spring. I hope my lung function will improve. ... View more

Sweat or no sweat , spring is coming  .  If you've fallen off the bandwagon getting the goal for excersise a permanent life style change happenin , no sweat , spring is coming . It's a second chance at making the New Years resolution happen permanently . Who says New Years has to start Jan 1 lol .  For me it started yesterday that I decided enough is enough and like smoking I am just taking one day at a time and doing it .  . I'm not looking at the future as much as I am looking forward to today . It's all I got and it's all the work that is required for today to get the job done.  Weigh scales are not required . Just persistence ,perseverance  commitment and patience and gratitude "  Lets do this in a healthy way"  is my motto .  Like quitting smoking I had a relapse . Like smoking  I let circumstances , triggers and the things that I had no control over take control . It's a negative response .  I m taking my power back and turning negative into positive . I have to do it for me, just like I had to quit smoking for me .  I'm starting at the basics , back to just achieving small goals of time instead of fearing that forever word and facing the denial head on . I won't be or looking for excuses not to excersise, or blaming my circumstances on those circumstances or others . My quit is dependant on my attitude being positive .   No slips from this day forward ,"  I'm not going that way " another valuable slogan I will use to excersise .  Not doing leads to not doing and not doing again and that leads to relapse . My new comfortable will be "doing what I think I can't do "and the goal is just to " go to bed a winner " .  Sweat or no sweat , I'm in it to win it .  Let joy follow as each day passes . I can do it , you can do it , we can do it .                        ☀️One day at a time ☀️                           Please join in if you want to , I'm open to that . We can inspire each other with quit slogans and memes , little successes and big successes , success stories and more positivity to make it happen ! No negative comments allowed even if you couldn't do it today . Negative never produces good results .   " Make a commitment to excersize as I have today and use the quit slogans you are using to quit smoking or add ones specifically for excersising .Share what you use . We are not maybe body builders or triathletes just Ex smokers who want a better lifestyle moving forward . Who knows maybe some of you are body builders and triathletes present or Ex and if not I always say it's never too late 🙂 .  Please check with your doctor . Let them know what you are doing . It's always good to have them on board . They know your medical history .  Maki  SNS ( sweat , no sweat ) day 2 Have a good day moving forward everyone .          ... View more