Health and Fitness – Page 5

Zman and I are doing very good with our mission of stopping smoking, which is a very good thing, because I started my workout program on Tuesday and thought I might die! It was 25 minutes of cardio and I really thought I was going to cough up a lung after the workout. I can’t imagine what it would feel like if I had still been smoking. The burning in my chest, the coughing…. did not feel good.

But, I will push through, I will triumph!!! See me now, pumping my fist in the air in victory.

Ok, actually it’s more like seeing me trying to pick myself up off the floor, crawling to the sofa, gasping for air, wondering if I should call 911, can I even make it to the phone…. (note to Lori, keep phone close by when exercising)

VICTORIOUS!!!!

We are doing good… Sure the urges still come and go, but they aren’t as strong and there are fewer of them. This is a very good thing, it means that we are getting over the habit part of smoking.

Honestly, for me, the habit is the hardest part to get over. I’ve used dum dum suckers (ironic don’t you think?) to help me get over the hand to mouth sensation. The other day I pulled up to the stop sign at the end of the road where before I always lit a cigarette. I put a dum dum sucker in my mouth, then cracked the car window so the smoke could go out! Habit. I did get a good laugh at myself.

Zman on the other hand finds the nicotine and taste equally as hard as the habit part of stopping. But, he smoked full flavor menthol, and chewed the nicotine gum at work where he can’t smoke. So I get that he is having a harder time than me. Poor thing, I’m so proud of him!

While I still get urges of wanting a cigarette, honestly, the actual thought of the cigarette taste in my mouth turns my stomach. YUK! This is NOT the case for the Zman. He still misses the taste.

Back during Christmas time I bought several large bags of mini candy bars for the kids stocking stuffers. Now, our kids are older and do not live at home any more. But, our kids will always be our “kids” so I bought lots of candy for them. However, they politely let me know that “they really don’t eat that stuff anymore” Who knew????

So I was left with 3 very full, gallon bags of mini candy bars.

I stuck them into the freezer, Uh, because I wasn’t going to waste them!

This is what I found last night when I was doing the freezer inventory for the week.

Um, Hello! This is what’s left of the LAST bag!!! OMG Right??? The LAST bag!!!

Now, I understand two things…

1. I understand why I need the fitness program now.

2. I understand that now I have another habit I’ve got to quit! DANG IT!

Go figure… my kids are too old for candy, yet I’ve plowed through 3 GALLON bags full. I blame them. I blame the kids!!! What???

Y’all take care!

Lori

I told you yesterday that Zman and I were going to begin our in home workout program. Now, I can’t yet share with you the name of the program, but I will tell you that it is an intense 25 minute workout. The great news is that Zman and I made it through the entire 25 minutes…. watching it while we had dinner! However, I also need to share with you that even Zman said he felt a little tight afterwards and probably should have stretched a bit before watching the full 25 minute video. We all know you have to be careful starting any work out program. E-A-S-E into it… Sretch, breathe, chew, sip of wine, and e-a-s-e into it. We’ll see how tomorrow’s work out goes.

On another note, we got some pretty nice responses from our first blog post, and I can’t tell you how precious that is for us. Thank you for your support and kindness. You are loved!

And, this just in… the laptop that I planned to do my post on is a P.O.S. So it will be going to the Dr. tomorrow in hopes it can pull through, if not we may be shopping soon. (Keep it between me and you, Zman doesn’t know that yet…. ) Should the P.O.S. not make it, I would be interested in your thoughts of new laptops or tablets. What do you use and love?

Oh, and yes Zman and I made it through another day of being smoke free without bodily harm. We are doing good. No it is not without the occasional surge of emotional outburst of four letter words, but we have learned to laugh at each other over it. Realizing that it is some kind of out of body experience that you have little control over, as his head spins around and you’re fully expecting the Man you love to spew pea soup all over you! Just sayin. And then we laugh… Easing into day 30 today!

Y’all take care!

Lori