I've been doing this detox diet my chiropractor put me on. It is slowly turning the ship around, and I have to say that right now I'm feeling healthier than I have in years. Literally. I've combined it with a heavy workout schedule, and while I may still look like a troll, I'm beginning to feel like a greek god.
The other thing is that about 3 days into the game, the horrible sleeping problems I was having ever since I quit just disappeared. Gone.
Initially, I was really worried about two things: One, the problem of dealing with hunger. Low blood sugar is one of my triggers (In fact, that was how I started--I was hungry, didn't have time to get food, grabbed a pack of smokes from the vending machine....God how I hate that day) and I have always used cigs as an appetite suppressant. The second problem was that I would have to quit using chewing gum (the regular variety, not NRT) as a crave-beater.
Actually, it worked out really, really well. My craves are all head games now, and I'm learning how to deal with them on a different level. I'm beginning to feel very energetic. More powerful, but lighter at the same time. I think dumping all of the toxins from years of smoking out of my body was a good thing to do, and at least for me, has helped me along with my quit.
I have another week on the diet, and then we'll see...I won't go back to the old way of eating, but I'm not going to spend the rest of my life trying to visualize plain brown rice into cordon bleu, either. There's only so much willpower to go around, and at this point I need to keep my eye on the next brass ring...The Beach.
Legend
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/25/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 62
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 375
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $77.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24
