Kybo

[kybo]

Day 433

I am down 32 lbs since the first of the year.  I have lost the weight mostly thru exercise and cutting back on my calories at lunch.  It feels good to feel so good again.  My goal was to lose 50 lbs this year, but now I am hoping to hit 50 in the next few months.  I am sure the weight loss will slow down once beer and bbq season hits full bore.  I am going to try to focus more on grilled salmon and grilled chicken this year and see if I can balance that with the weight loss plan. 

I am going to the liquor store today to purchase a variety of low calorie/low carb beers to see if any of them might "hit the spot."  I am usually a pale ale or IPA guy so this might be a challenge.  Wish me luck! 

[kybo]

DAY 401

Hard to believe that is already been 400 days without tobacco or nicotine of any kind.  It seems like just yesterday that I was watching a documentary on Stevie Ray Vaughn that somehow delivered a message straight to my soul that told me it was time to quit.  I can't explain why that documentary hit me so hard that day (January 7th, 2018).  But, the moment that Stevie said, "I thought I could stay at the party forever, it don't work that way, cause that shit will kill ya," I knew it was time for me to quit.  And that is exactly what I did right at that exact moment.

I was scanning thru the onscreen TV guide two days ago and saw the listing for that exact same Stevie Ray Vaughn documentary.  I watched it again in it's entirety on my Day 399.  That quote from him still punched me right in the gut the second time around.  I DVR'd the documentary so I can watch it again whenever I want.

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I have decided that 2019 will my year to seriously try to get back into shape.  I have been pretty consistent for the last year with exercising, but I was still eating and drinking whatever I wanted whenever I wanted it.  I am proud to say that I have already lost 20 pounds since January 1st of this year.  I have kicked up my exercising a little bit but I think the biggest contributor to the weight loss has been the fact that I have cut way back on my calorie intake since the first of the year, especially at lunch.  My goal is to lose 50 pounds and keep it off. 

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I have decided that I am going to spend the money I saved from Day 300 to Day 400 on some Eastern White Pine Trees.  I found a guy that will sell me 16 white pines that are 3 to 4 foot tall for $25 each.  I think I am going to plant them west of my barn lot to add a little more privacy from the road and to create somewhat of a natural snow fence for the barn lot.   I need to do a little research to see how far I need to plant them from the lot to maximize their effect as a snow fence.

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In about a week and a half the Kings and Queen of April '18 will have 27 active members surpass the 400 Day mark!  That is absolutely amazing in my opinion.  I am proud to quit with each and every one of them every single day!  On to 500!

The order is all effed up, but it appears that the Tapatalk crap has been merged over to this intro.  So, you have to jump back 7 pages on this intro to get into the entries that were made after the Tapatalk disaster.  Not a big deal.

Day 419 update

I am now officially down 26 lbs since the beginning of 2019.   

[ES]

Lost mine, too, for a while. I was not excited. But all is found.

[Batdad]

I merged both together. Thanks for finding the other and bumping it up. Made it soooo much easier!!

Keep quitting!!

[kybo]

Found it!  Whew!  I was about ready to pop a gasket.

[kybo]

WTF happened to my Quit Diary?  Is everything gone that I have added since the Tapatalk disaster?  Damn!

[kybo]

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[kybo]

Seems appropriate:

[kybo]

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[Gromo]

does anybody know if there is a way to change the background color on this new format?Ã,  This gives me a headache.

right? not super stoked on the new layout...Everything seems rather...large confusing and bright...

[kybo]

does anybody know if there is a way to change the background color on this new format?Ã,  This gives me a headache.

[Doofus]

Poof

[kybo]

Day 242

Addiction is a really interesting bastard if you stop to think about it. Yesterday it felt like I was back on day 4 for no apparent reason. I had a splitting headache for several hours, it felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my head, and my salivary glands were aching like crazy. Then, I tossed and turned half the night just like those early days of nicotine withdrawal. It got to the point where I was trying to think if there was any way that somebody could have slipped nicotine into my food/drink. But, I honestly wasnÃ,’t around anybody that was even smoking yesterday. That is the first time I have experienced anything like that since my days were in the mid twenties. I feel fantastic again this morning, even though I didnÃ,’t sleep worth a shit last night. Weird stuff, indeed.

Early on after I gave up nicotine my biggest battles were with triggers that my mind/body associated with chewing tobacco. As the days, weeks, months and seasons passed I conquered each of those triggers one at a time. Hell, I hardly even think about chew any more when I am fishing or mowing the grass. Now I find that about the only time the bitch sneaks into my mind is when I am doing nothing. Call it complacency, call it boredom, call it whatever you want. I call it the next challenge. And the bright side is that these challenges seem to get easier and easier to conquer every single day.

I look back now and I can remember hoping in my early days that the vets were telling the truth when they said, Ã,“it gets better.Ã,” Well, my friends, I am here to tell you that it truly does get better. And it truly does get easier. Just keep posting roll and putting one foot in front of the other. Eventually you will look around and realize that everything is better and that quitting does get easier. You will have a few bad days here and there just like I had yesterday. The key is to never forget who you are or where you have been.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

[Doofus]

Getting close to un chartered quit waters.....never been past 7 months in 30 years....222 qlf

I have been farther than this once. But, it feels different this time. I don't know why. Perhaps it has something to do with you posting the same message over and over on everybody's intro pages. Who knows? 'winker'

Lol!!!

I have to spread my gospel to the legions, lol.....plus I like seeing my name dominate page 1 of posts:)

[quitNWinay]

Getting close to un chartered quit waters.....never been past 7 months in 30 years....222 qlf

I have been farther than this once. But, it feels different this time. I don't know why. Perhaps it has something to do with you posting the same message over and over on everybody's intro pages. Who knows? 'winker'

Lol!!!