Following on from yesterday’s post about improving my fitness, I did the initial test last night for the one hundred push up challenge. I managed 27 push ups before collapsing in a heap on the floor. Not bad for a first effort.
As my ability to do push-ups is not affected in any way by my knee injury, I have no excuse not to do this, so I’m going to start the program on Monday of next week. It’s a 6 week program, but as my starting point is not too bad, I can start at week 3. If I manage to complete 100 push-ups at the end of it all, Read More
Last night I went for a run. Nothing heavy, just a light 20 minute jog by the river. I’ve run a few 5 & 10k races and my time used to be pretty good, despite being a heavy smoker. I ran my last race about 3 years ago, and have done minimal running since. Last ... ...
It’s been eight days since my temporary lapse and I successfully made it through the weekend without smoking or drinking. Feeling pretty pleased with myself as a result. This week, I want to focus on cutting down a bit on my coffee and chocolate consumption, which seems to have partly taken the place of my nicotine ... ...
Today is my fifth completely smoke-free day and the weekend is here. In previous attempts, including last weekend, this is when I’ve had the most difficulty. I’ve been thinking a little about why weekends seem so much harder than weekdays- why should I happily not smoke in the week, then start craving badly on a Friday ... ...
It’s the fourth day since I last smoked a cigarette and I’ve been reading a little about how nicotine addiction works and why it can be so hard to stop smoking. One of my frustrations with trying to quit smoking is some of my non-smoking friends not realising how difficult it can be. Logically, smoking doesn’t ... ...
When I had my temporary lapse at stopping smoking and drinking last weekend, one other thing that dawned on me was how much extra money I had spent compared to the weekend before. A couple of months ago, in an attempt to start managing my money better, I downloaded the iXpenseIt App for my iPhone. Since ... ...
This weekend was a failure. I lasted about one and a half hours into my Friday night out with friends when I relented and smoked a cigarette. Then, I decided to order a beer. Seeing as my resolve was broken, I continued to drink on Saturday night as well and smoked all weekend. Bad news. As always, ... ...
Today is the tenth day since I stopped smoking and I’ve noticed a few things since I quit. First of all, my energy levels have increased. This may be partly due to giving up drinking for a month, but I can really notice the difference. My persistent cough is easing up and I don’t get as ... ...
There’s a bunch of ways you can follow my progress at beating my addictions - you can already subscribe to the RSS feed or get a weekly email update by entering your name and email in the box to the right of this article. Now you can also follow me on twitter. My blog posts are ... ...
Today is my eight day of not drinking. So far so good, although I have cheated a little by not going out that much. Aside from a work colleague’s leaving drinks on Friday, I spent most of the weekend doing non-pub related stuff. Partly to avoid the temptation and partly as the weather was horrible ... ...