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Day 16 of NOS. I really need to focus on getting some things done today. Todays goals: CREO pattern study Strength w/o Salad for lunch CREO info Call ARI recruiter Train walk Salad and chicken for dinner CREO class tonight Of course, just listing all the things I need/want to get done today causes stress. Instantly the habit portion of my brain thinks "smoke" and "just 1 to get you ramped up for all this effort".

What did you do at disney?

Thanks. Hanging in there. Not much to report. Kept all KH's. Clinging to that.

Must be my memes.

Day 15 of NOS. That is my half a month anniversary. Yesterday was only 14 days which was only 2 weeks. Making it to half a month is so much greater than only 2 weeks. lol

Mar 21 Wt 174.0 Week 1 day 3 Was my day a success? No. I did not smoke. But I actually forgot to workout. I had planned to use a placeholder and was going to do it when I got home from school at 9pm, then forgot. Not good. Primary Focus - KH4 - NOS (7 days of no smoking) 3/7 Secondary - KH3 - No RR (7 days of No Road Rage) 3/7 Secondary - KH2 No M (7 days of no M) 3/7 Secondary - KH2 Exercise (7*/wk) 2/7 Secondary - Night time crap (No goal, just monitor how many nights w/o crap) 0/7 Secondary - Salads (No goal, just monitor how many) 3/7 Secondary - VBA (No goal, just monitor how many days at least 5min) 0/7 Diet Breakfast - protein shake Lunch - 2 chilli dogs and chips Dinner - McD's Snacks 1 soda, chips, cookies, ice cream Exercise Cardio Nothing

Going to let this stew in my head for a bit. Something to intentionally change the routine of smoking between tasks. I'm going to play around w/ some ideas for this. Thanks Xena

Can't wait to hear about the results of this.

Good question. Some of it might be societies view of how bad something is for you. Pretty much nobody argues whether smoking is a known killer plus all around disgusting addiction. On the other hand, society has gotten to the point where being overweight is the norm. I remember 2 guys I worked with, both were easily 50-75lbs overweight. More than once at lunch I heard them say things like "you gotta enjoy life, and eating is one of my few vices" or "whats the point in living if you aren't going to have fun" (one of these guys had a heart attack around the age of 55, but he also smoked). They equated not being able to eat whatever they wanted with not being able to live life to its fullest. I equate not being able to live life to its fullest with not being able to participate in much of anything physical. These guys couldn't climb a set of stairs w/o being out of breath. Still, I'm not sure why people tend to not at least be supportive of someones efforts. I don't think they intend to be mean, they just accept being overweight as normal I guess.

Day 14 of NOS. Its my 2wk anniversary. Tomorrow will be 15days which will be my 1/2month anniversary. lol Mental images for today. Whatever works for distraction, use it. I'm posting this just cause I found it hilarious.

Great job on a strong badass day.

Does the other person on PT have any interest in NF?

Nuff said!!!

Mar 20 Wt 174.0 Week 1 day 2 Was my day a success? Yes. I did not smoke. This marks 13 days of not smoking. There were some tough times today, really tough. As I mentioned, I've been getting some M cravings since I started NOS. I can see so clearly why I failed so many times in the past when I tried to quit them both together. I do wish I had given M 3 months before starting NOS. I'm not giving in, I just think it would have been easier to quit smoking w/ a little more No M time. During a particularly bad craving today, I distracted myself by googling female movie stars smoking. I've always found the site of people smoking distasteful (including myself) but especially women. And to see a particularly attractive woman smoking really gross's me out for some reason. Gross enough to get me past the craving. When trying to quit something, you need to have some tools in your arsenal. Got started back on the salads today (2). I would like to keep eating a lot of salads even if I'm not watching anything else about my diet. Primary Focus - KH4 - NOS (7 days of no smoking) 2/7 Secondary - KH3 - No RR (7 days of No Road Rage) 2/7 Secondary - KH2 No M (7 days of no M) 2/7 Secondary - KH2 Exercise (7*/wk) 2/7 Secondary - Night time crap (No goal, just monitor how many nights w/o crap) 0/7 Secondary - Salads (No goal, just monitor how many) 3/7 Secondary - VBA (No goal, just monitor how many days at least 5min) 0/7 Diet Breakfast - protein shake Lunch - salad Dinner - salmon and grilled chicken breast Snacks 1 soda, chips, cookies Exercise Cardio 1.5mi trail

I'm with you on this. Not a calorie thing, just don't like icing as much as when I was younger.

How goes it in the spy world, Mr Six?

I feel the need to vent. I was in my detailing class today (9am-11:20am). Teacher announces that someone would be stopping by for us to take a survey. So teacher doesn't teach anything while waiting, probably cause he would just get started then get interupted. Lady stops by about 9:20, proceeds to tell us the govt mandated the survey and its purpose was to improve college, blah, blah, blah. She hands out the survey and there are well over a hundred questions. I told her that was too many questions for a survey and I would not be participating. I practiced detailing on the computer. Don't think she especially liked it, but thats life. Class was interupted for the survey from 9:20 to 10:15. When I pay for a class, I expect all of the paid time to be used teaching. If they want me to spend 55min of my time taking surveys, they can pay me.

OK, juggling heavy wts in a park is just showing off. lol

How do you milk an oat?

These exist? Great challenge update. Sound like what my friend @lynetta eats.

Day 13 of NOS starting. After tomorrow I will have 2wks down. I was thinking about the stages of starting or stopping a new habit/addiction this morning. As far as I can tell, there appear to be 3 stages of habit development (I open to other suggestions, these are just what I've noticed). 1) Excitement stage - This is the initial stage where a person writes down what they want to achieve, tell everyone, pick a day, prep their environment, etc. They start making the change and have the energy to do things simply due to the excitement they feel. This stage typically lasts from about 1min to 1 or 2 weeks. I say 1 min cause I see people write a challenge and sometimes they never actually start doing the challenge. 2) Will power stage - After the initial excitement wears off, the person is left performing the task based on will power. They still have to remind themselves to do the task and often would really like to skip doing it. This stage can be short for simple changes or last months for more difficult ones. 3) Habit stage - After a task is repeated consistently for a long enough period (which varies widely) the task starts developing automaticity, which strengthens over time. In this stage, the person stops having to concentrate on making sure the task is completed and their mind just automatically fits the task in (or forgets wanting to do a task if this is a "stop" habit). This isn't to say that once a habit is developed, it can't be lost. Just that the longer a person repeats the task, the more automatic it becomes. There is no line between the stages, they overlap. Why do I care? Hopefully, having a picture in my mind of what I think the stages are will help me better get through the times during habit development when you just want to say "F### it" and give in. Right now I'd say I am definitely past the excitement stage and into the will power stage. Which is why I'm sitting here typing on the computer. I'm distracting myself and getting psyched up for another day.

You never let me down when I need inspiration.

Mar 19 Wt 174.0 Week 1 day 1 Was my day a success? Yes. I did not smoke. This marks 12 days of not smoking. Did not worry about what I ate, not part of focus. Approaching 2wks of NOS. All these silly little milestones (10day, 2wk, 3wk, etc) are kind of helpful in keeping me from thinking "Got to do this the rest of my life" and helping me to think "can't give in, there is an anniversary date coming up". The urges are not as strong as when I've tried to stop M and cig at the same time. That was hell. But quitting M for 2 months before starting NOS has allowed me to focus primarily on only one at a time. If I had it to do over again, I would probably have gone 3 months focus on M before starting NOS. When an urge comes, I ask my self "Do I want a cigarette", and the truthful answer is yes (why else would I have the craving). Then I ask myself if I want to be a smoker again and the answer is no. Being a smoker again would mean scheduling my life around nicotine fill ups, wasting money and time again. The problem isn't with the 1, its with the 1000's that come along w/ the "1". Primary Focus - KH4 - NOS (7 days of no smoking) 1/7 Secondary - KH3 - No RR (7 days of No Road Rage) 1/7 Secondary - KH2 No M (7 days of no M) 1/7 Secondary - KH2 Exercise (7*/wk) 1/7 Secondary - Night time crap (No goal, just monitor how many nights w/o crap) 0/7 Secondary - Salads (No goal, just monitor how many) 1/7 Secondary - VBA (No goal, just monitor how many days at least 5min) 0/7 Diet Breakfast - protein shake Lunch - burritos Dinner - salmon and salad Snacks 1 soda, popcorn + 1/2 soda, cookies Exercise Cardio 1.5mi trail

^^That dog needs to start a no RR KH!