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Cardio kickboxing complete! Good workout week. Planning on running this evening. Perfect running weather. TGIF!!

Hang in there RC. It gets better Big fat NOPE!

I don't know if anyone has ever heard of it but I subscribe to the website and I get an email daily. So many times the subject relates to what's going on with me at the time....it's weird. Sometimes, it's a little hokey. But for the most part...a very informative, refreshing site. Here's today's article. Today's article is about expanding out of your comfort zone....a subject I'm facinated with and try to practice daily in some way. I think it's the key to solving a lot of problems in life. Not staying stuck in a certain way of thinking and doing, just because it's comfortable and even if it's not right for us. I'm still working on it. :) Expanding Your Comfort Zone The Boundaries of Experience by Madisyn Taylor Your current comfort zone has served you, but it represents your behaviors and patterns from your past. None of us are born with a guidebook that provides explicit rules for thought and behavior that will enable us to navigate life successfully. To cope with the myriad of complexities to which all of humanity is subject, we each develop a set of habits and routines that ground us, their continuity assuring us that life is progressing normally. Most of us know, whether instinctively or by experience, that transformations can be uncomfortable, but we always learn and gain so much. Any initial discomfort we experience when expanding our comfort zones diminishes gradually as we both become accustomed to change and begin to understand that temporary discomfort is a small price to pay for the evolution of our soul. Your current comfort zone did, at one time, serve a purpose in your life. But it is representative of behaviors and patterns of thought that empowered you to cope with challenges of days past. Now, this comfort zone does little to facilitate the growth you wish to achieve in the present. Leaving your comfort zone behind through personal expansion of any kind can prepare you to take the larger leaps of faith that will, in time, help you refine your purpose. Work your way outward at your own pace, and try not to let your discomfort interfere with your resolve. With the passage of each well-earned triumph, you will have grown and your comfort zone will have expanded to accommodate this evolution. Whether your comfort zone is living with your parents, or perhaps being too shy to socialize, or maybe it’s not realizing your spirit self—whatever it is, start small, and you will discover that venturing beyond the limited comfort zone you now cling to is not as stressful an experience as you imagined it might be. And the joy you feel upon challenging yourself in this way will nearly always outweigh your discomfort. As you continue to expand your comfort zone to include new ideas, activities, goals, and experiences, you will see that you are capable of stimulating change and coping with the fresh challenges that accompany it. http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2015/47788.html

You bet I do!! As a matter of fact...it's when my quit turned the corner. As soon as I started helping others....I forgot all about myself and my triggers and my own frustrations. Funny how that works! :) So great to see you Suz! Congrats to you on your 6 years...you were a strong influence on me and my quit from my very beginning and I am and always will be grateful for that. I am betting your post here will help many people!

great news RC! you can do this....you will do this. You are a non smoker now. You are amazing!! Rock on!

geez colleen...you have had quite a year enough already :D

you say "no need for congrats" but I want to anyway Great Job on 100 days smoke free. A new life...a new beginning :) Congrats!

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this song makes me want to dance....i love it

Happy birthday Sue!!

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Good morning everybody Nope!! All day!!

the addiction is the same in all of us but each of our quits are different. Just the word "wobble" alone has a different meaning for everyone too. It could of mean "wobble" as in "I think I might smoke" to "I'm not going to smoke, but I'm feeling a bit shaky" Some people wobble frequently and some never wobble (sarge, bakon) In my opinion they are not inevitable for everyone.

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alright then!! I say...pick any one...doesn't matter as long as we pick one and do it. The most important thing is you do it consistently and make sure you are challenging yourself and giving it your best. My instructor always says "you're not suppose to be comfortable" that always sticks in my head. Also "do one more than you think you can do" and ....."you are stronger than you think". When I'm ready to give up...those words are in my head. Works every time. So....Lisa.... when should we start? i can tell you right now I won't be picking the 3rd...lol...250 burpees...i will die

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Hello...we are not professionals here and don't get paid to help, so we would not be able to answer those questions. We are ex smokers who want to help. That's the pre-requisite here. As far as making a career out of smoking cessation...I would suggest Google. Quitting smoking doesn't take "luck" , it takes education Thanks for stopping by!

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I say do it. Dive right in! I'm betting not only will you get through it but you will enjoy it....its empowering and you will enjoy yourself at this festival like you never had before because you will be doing it as a free man. :) Well done!

Arm day done'