Day 34: One week from today and I’ll officially surpass the longest dip quit “streak” I have ever been on. Many months ago I “quit,” or should I say stopped chewing for 40 days and then failed. As you all know I failed again when my “streak” reached 17 days not too long ago. Since then I've had an attitude adjustment (thank you Stacy and www.killthecan.org) and no longer see this as a streak. It’s a life style change in every possible way; mentally, physically and psychologically. Streaks end, this cannot and will not. Not again, not ever, because my support group and I will NOT let it happen.
I have learned to never take a day off from quitting. I have learned the nicotine monster is ALWAYS
right around the corner. I have learned
that letting my guard down and becoming over confident is a recipe for pure
disaster. I have learned that listening
to nobody except myself has failure written all over it. I have learned that making it a week or two
weeks without nicotine means almost nothing in the long run. Yes, it does mean you are two weeks further
than the person who has made excuses not to quit and that DOES count for
something. I have learned that nicotine
is BRUTAL and it’s not complicated as to why the tobacco industry is a billion
dollar industry. I have learned that a
ton of people chew tobacco and even more people smoke. MOST of them will give you an excuse as to
why they can’t or won’t quit. How do I
know that? Because I have done it! I've made the excuses and I justified it to
myself. Some of you reading this blog
are smokers/chewers and while I’m not going to call you out, I think you should
look in the mirror and ask yourself what good your addiction is doing you and
your family. We all know the answer but
we hide from it…I certainly did.
Speaking of excuses, it’s time for another weigh in! I think I’m a little bit late this time
around but it doesn't really matter, I can still make my point. My point is, the biggest excuse out there is
what? Yup, the “I’ll gain too much weight” excuse! I started this journey at 189.2 lbs. I have been all the way down to around 182
lbs and recently I have been right around 184-185 lbs. Today, I officially weigh 185.2 lbs! My point?
My point is, I've been doing this almost two months and not only have I
managed to keep my weight under control, I have lost almost five lbs! Your weight gain excuse is just that, an
EXCUSE!
Now that I’m done “lecturing” you, although I don’t regret
it because it’s something I wish I had in front of me a long time ago, I can
now tell you about the early dismissal the kids had today. I’d say we got between 3-4 inches of snow,
which is a pretty typical day in PA during the winter. It doesn't make it any less annoying though. Hey
Phil, you’re a damn liar! Go back in your hole!
Tonight for dinner we ended up making a great pizza out of a
loaf of garlic bread we didn't want to waste!
Stacy threw pizza seasoning and garlic powder on hers and that sounded
good to me so I did the same, along with pepperoni. Besides pepperoni and bacon, my favorite kind
of pizza is any pizza with meat on it!
Anyway, they came out great, we had a full belly and we didn't waste
anything!
Good night all…
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