From: JL (jerrylee@alt.net)
Date: Sat Sep 20 2003 - 20:28:03 MDT
I haven't smoked tobacco in 9 years and quit twice to get where I am now.
Unfortunately the only effective way I found to quit was by coming down with
pneumonia and being stuck in bed for 3 days. I have read that after the
first 48 hours off of nicotine the physical addiction is over; after that
point it's all psychological. I'm not sure how accurate that is, I just saw
the 3 days of sickness as a running start to quitting and was determined to
see how long I could hold out.
My best to you on your endeavor, the money you'll save is amazing.
JL
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com] On Behalf Of
Kalkor
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:20 PM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: RE: virus: Virian Fitness Boot Camp
[Mermaid]
The Virian bootcamp is a six week challenge!
Start Date:Sept 18, 2003
End Date : Oct 30, 2003
The idea of the virian fitness bootcamp challenge is to get you:
#1 motivated
#2 committed to the challenge
The idea is to shape up in six weeks. By that, I mean discipline and
dedication. Working towards a goal, no matter how big or small.
If you are the kind of person who grabs a pop tart for breakfast, jumping in
and out of your drivers seat on your way to work and running high on caffine
jitters all day long, here is an opportunity to step out of denial and
shatter the ugly life style.
When you join, please state your goal. You goal can be a 15 minute walk
twice a day or trying to quit smoking or jumping rope 100 times/day. It
could be eating healthy by cutting your sugar consumption by half or making
sure that you take a nice healthy dump every morning. It could be jogging
down to see the sunrise or pumping iron in the mornings.
As a believer in the idea that we tend to work better when we are held
accountable and when we receive appreciation for our efforts, I invite all
virians to take up this challenge to get rid of a bad habit or include a
brand new good one in your lives.
State your goal and keep visiting this thread to register progress every
week(every thursday). When you do not make your weekly posts, we'll have to
assume that you couldnt keep up with the challenge. Those who do not enter
their stated goals by september 18 are not part of the challenge. Sticking
to the start date and end date is crucial. And yes, there is a reason there
was not a lot of time given for you to ponder on making a list of your goals
because you *know* what you have to do. It's right there at the back of your
head, nagging you in the annoying whispery voice. Listen to it.
Procrastination sucks. Buckle up.
[Kalkor]
Agreed! Procrastination is canned apathy, imho! With that in mind, I'm going
to take this opportunity to enlist the entire CoV's assistance in doing
something I've needed to do for quite a long time. Quit Smoking. Aside from
the health reasons, as most of you know I'm training for a career that
really requires me to not be a tobacco smoker at all: clients can smell it
on me even when I can't, and it just doesn't promote that medical
professional appeal that I would like to cultivate.
So, some questions: How long does it take until you would label the average
cigarette quitter "completely quit"? Will it fit within the 6wk timeline?
I'd like to set a date for my "last cigarette" so that I can plan and take
advantage of as many schemes and tactics and whatnot for quitting. So. Would
a date like October 6th (3 weeks from today) qualify me? That would give me
24 days until the deadline. If I have not smoked any tobacco for 24 days,
would that be considered a provisional "quit"?
Also, would anyone out there like to suggest strategies, tactics, shortcuts,
and helpful hints to quitting? I know that what it really comes down to is
willpower of sorts, but any help helps ;-}
Kalkor
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