Day 8 - Nicotine Stains

Week 2 begins

83.5 Kilos. Weather is a little uncertain today. There is an aqua gym class my gym is sponsering at the city pool later this morning. I am going to cook up a caponata and I need to drop by the travel agent to get my train ticket for Oktoberfest in Munich in September.

I want to get rid of the nicotine stains on my lips (gross) so I am using lemon juice therapy.

I met up with Serena and some of her friends after dinner. They were smoking I was chewing peppermint gum. I missed the aquagym class so I will do it tommorow but I did do 20 laps (1000 Meters) at the pool.

Day 5 - No Weight Gain

I weighed in this morning, 83.5 Kilos so back to my form weight, up side limit is 85 Kilos. All this extra excercize and swimming is helping.

I did my You Tube Hypnosis and watched a Mayo Clinic film on the benifits of quiting this morning.

Busy day in front of me

Quit Smoking:
Quit Smoking. Experience Health Benefits

Day 3 - Pool Time

83.8 Kilos

I got to sleep early last night. A more difficult night woke up at 4:00 AM and then got back to sleep. I received a nice note of encouragement from my friend Brad O'Connor

"Daniel: Wonderful, Bravo and by all means stick with it. It will be tough for a while, but in this case time really does heal. I know this from experience. I quit twice in earnest. The first time I backslid was when John, at barely 2, was hit by a pickup truck at 55 mph. It was nick and tuck for hours whether he would live and I was, to put it mildly, a basket case, pacing the hospital halls, bugging the doctors and nurses (including Anne), then a crusty old nun thrust a package of Chesterfields, so dry and old they probably belonged to a long-deceased patient. This broke the chain and it was another two months before I finally quit for good."

"You have done it and there should be no looking back.
Anne and I are mighty proud of our Man from Verona."

Weight down a bit this morning to 83.8 KG

It is nice to know that others have done this as well. Today thunderstorms are forecast for the afternoon. I think I will go to the pool this morning.
The Lido (city pool) was deserted, what luxury to have an Olympic 25 Meter pool almost to yourself. I swam 7 laps back and forth - 700 meters. And got some reading in. Home for a big salad, I will go to the gym later this afternoon.

My tongue has been feeling like bitter sandpaper the last few days but it is getting better. I still have lots of cravings particularly after I have eaten or taken a coffee, but rather than chewing nicotine gum I am taking a deep breath and trying to distract myself when the cravings hit and I continue to drink lots of water.

I hit the gym this afternoon 2 hour work out and after I enjoyed a good dinner salad, steak and pasta, followed by Barley coffee in the piazza. I am beat and ready to hit the sack. we shall see what adventure tommorow will bring...
This is tough but sure to get better with each passing day.

Mosquitos are biting me must be that I don't stink of nicotine.