Well, I suck balls ...

... coz I'm smoking again.  But I'll quit again soon and do it again and again and again until I get this fucking thing right! *grumble*

It's no excuse and it does sound lame, but the main reason I started again was the damn weed.  Or more to the point, the complete lack of it round where I live!  For love nor money can me and mine get hold of any decent amounts.  This, in turn, has led me to toking on the occasional reefer, and BAM! Back smoking before I knew it! Bollocks!

The real shitter is that I still don't have any weed, just the 'baccy.

Date for next stopping of smoking: 1st Dec 2006, the day after my last day in my current job. 

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1 MONTH WITH NO TOBACCO!!!

I had to 'shout' that as I'm pretty bloody happy with myself!!!

So, that's it ... A whole month has passed since I decided to stop smoking that 'orrible brown weed.  Still, the lovely green weed is all good

The harshest thing is the 'sudden' increase in fatty weight I have put on ... Not masses, but a good half a stone I reckon, which seems to have settled on my face more than anywhere else *sigh* (bastarding bastards)

Still, my rowing machine has been delivered, setup and already used the once ... it is bloody marvelous!  I shall be ripping it up on that little bugger 3 times a week and hitting my weights after each session.  On the 14th December I shall take stock of what has changed, both physically on myself and according to my notes on how far I can row, how quickly I recover and what the difference is in the weights and reps I do. 

Hopefully I'll lose a bit of this nasty extra chin wobble I have developed ... haha!

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2 weeks and all is well ...

... except maybe my caffine consumption.  Man, I love tea.  And, I think, tea loves me too.  At least, that is what I tell myself as I gulp down another pint of the stuff.

Two weeks.  Time does fly.  Not just when you are having fun either ... Although I reckon that both Dead Rising and NHL07 have helped a little in keeping me sane thoughout this stopping period. 

I actually have nothign to spend my money on now-a-days.  Cigarettes were my only regular expense.  Can't say I'm going to get back into smoking weed all the time either, just for something to do?  Oh no, not again. 

So, here I am, smokeless.

I used to worry when I stopped smoking da 'erb as much as I did.  What did you sober people do all the time?  I had been battered for the best part of a decade - working my way thorugh some coding jobs (we're all stoners, us coders) and being mashed was no worry.  I would go as far as to say that on a few occasions, da 'erb inspired some truly crazy solutions.  They worked, but were just a little nutty is all.  Aaaah, happy days.  Sobriety is not so bad.  Not at all.  You just have to find stuff to do more, is all ...

I have a day off today.  It is 8am amd my Lady has just mooched off to work.  My plan?  Gardening.  *sigh* 

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No Smoking == chubby chilm?

Quite possibly, and I have put on a few pounds in the last week or so ... I'm sure I have (damn maltesers!)

Soon enough I will be back on the weights and exercises!  No, really, I will ... My Lady is currently looking into Yoga classes, which should be good.  My mother is a teacher of Yoga and Aromatherapy etc.  She showed me a position call The Cows Head (!?!) that exercises your stomach one side then the other, and no shit (thankfully!) I was farting away 5 minutes later, much to my relief!

So, Yoga good.

NHL07 has been delivered and I'll be giving that a bash later on for a couple of hours after work.  The first time in weeks that I haven't turned on the 360 and played Dead Rising!  I decided I enjoyed the game enough to go for the full 1000GPs - but, now at 880, I'm happy to take a breather for a bit - especially as to get the last few I would need to do the 72hour mode (possibly twice) the Overtime mode and the Inifinte mode for the full 12-16 hours (whatever it is).  I can take a break (mmm, kitkat ... damn it!)

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1 week, 7 days, 168 hours ...

... well, 1 week(ish), 7 days(ish), 168 hours(ish) - probably closer to 153 hours, but close enough!  In any case, one whole (let's not be too picky!) week of not smoking that tobacco!  I'm quite, quite happy ... And my work colleague is just popping out for a smoke now, haha!  Great timing.

Have to say, that although it was not a hard thing to do, I have had my pangs of 'oooh, a cigarette would be nice' knowing that to be utter crap, but still wanting one!  Bloody addiction!  Still, I have not given into such cravings and they will become fewer and farther between as the weeks pass.

But yeah, yay me! One week down, the rest of my life to go ... A-hahahahaa! *cough*

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