MLYLT learns to love herself and changes her life (for real this time!) - Page 141

But most people don't take hourly breaks + lunch breaks. Maybe part of the reason people think you're disengaged at work is that they frequently see you not at your desk? Idk. If I hired someone and they were like "oh by the way I know I'm here 8.5 hours a day and take .5 hours for lunch but I also take 8 8 minute smoke breaks so really I'm only working a max of 6.9 hours a day" I'd be super pissed.

I'm at work for 9hrs. My normal hours are 7:30-4:30. About two days a week I don't leave till after 5 and last week I was at work till 7 two days. It takes 3 mins to smoke not 8. I spend about 30mins on smoke breaks/getting coffee/bathroom breaks and 30mins on lunch, so I am still working for 8 hours or more.

I plan to walk for 5mins 7 times tomorrow when I'm having cravings and walk for 15mins during lunch. I don't think anyone would raise an eyebrow about this.

03-07-2017 , 10:01 PM

#3502

Fabian

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,201

"so I am still working for 8 hours or more."

Haven't you yourself said on many occasions that you work a couple hours a day, tops?

03-07-2017 , 10:24 PM

#3503

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24,218

You ate 9 Jolly Ranchers at once?

03-07-2017 , 10:37 PM

#3504

Tuma

Worships Amon-Ra

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 16,400

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeLoveYouLongTime

if i had a boss and was a beast of a worker, they'd likely be alright with me roaming around. but that's only if i was a beast, and i'd have asked for an OK before acting differently from the other workers.

03-08-2017 , 12:15 AM

#3505

loco

The First Golden

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,846

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeLoveYouLongTime

Mon exercise:
3mile @ 18mins/mile

DB rows:
5x5x45

Bench press:
5x5x70

Lat pulldown:
3x8x90

Arm extensions side:
3x10x95

Arm extensions front:
3x10x5

If you are going to breakdown the workouts to upperbody/lowerbody you have to go 4x a week (2 uppers/2 lowers). Why 5x5? It's fine sometimes but curious why you decided to do that.

03-08-2017 , 12:31 AM

#3506

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

I just wanted to see if I saw a difference with heavier weight 5x5 or lower weight 3x10. When I tried the 5x5 on Sat, I was extremely sore on Sunday and Monday.

Oh, not trying to split upper/lower. I just didn't have a lot of time today. I'll go back tomorrow to do lower body and then full body on Saturday.

03-08-2017 , 12:54 AM

#3507

marknfw

Gaming Commissioner

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 13,095

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabian

"so I am still working for 8 hours or more."

Haven't you yourself said on many occasions that you work a couple hours a day, tops?

Pretty sure it was a couple of hours a week.

03-08-2017 , 11:09 AM

#3508

buddyWEISER

adept

Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 814

M,

Hope all is well with you. Keep strong mentally with the cigs and you will slay the dragon.

P.s. My fat ass weighed same this morning as weight in from last week.

03-08-2017 , 11:33 AM

#3509

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

I'm having cravings today, but it's not that bad. The worst was this morning leaving the house with panic that I didn't have a pack of cigarettes.

I'm having a craving now. Still feels like my brain is being squeezed and I'm seeing fuzzy a black spots.

03-08-2017 , 11:34 AM

#3510

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

Quote:

Originally Posted by buddyWEISER

M,

Hope all is well with you. Keep strong mentally with the cigs and you will slay the dragon.

P.s. My fat ass weighed same this morning as weight in from last week.

Thanks

I weighed two lbs heavier this morning.

03-08-2017 , 11:53 AM

#3511

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

I'm am seriously going crazy.

I keep having instances where I smell something, and then I'm in a completely different place for a few seconds. Not just remembering something from smell, but actually being in a different place.

When I was walking, I breathed in really deep through my nose;the smell and sensation automatically made me believe I was at a track meet. For a few seconds, I really thought I was there. And, just in the break room, I smelled the tile and I was suddenly in a cafateria. Not remembering a cafateria, but being there. I'm going nuts.

03-08-2017 , 12:18 PM

#3512

whatthejish

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 9,972

Yep, that's what smelling is like. Now that you aren't a smoker, you get to experience the sensation again.

03-08-2017 , 01:36 PM

#3513

PJo336

THRILLHOUSE!

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 22,158

Just wait for taste! Thatll help break the fast food addiction when you realize it tastes like greasy dirt

03-08-2017 , 02:00 PM

#3514

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

Dinner last night:

Lunch today:

03-08-2017 , 02:17 PM

#3515

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

Progress! Just 2 days left and I'm free!

Everytime I have tried to quit before, I have used some sort of nicotine replacement. This is the longest I have gone without nicotine in 12 years!

Last edited by MeLoveYouLongTime; 03-08-2017 at 02:28 PM.

03-08-2017 , 04:50 PM

#3516

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24,218

I don't know about that particular fork holding strategy.

03-08-2017 , 06:03 PM

#3517

Tuma

Worships Amon-Ra

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 16,400

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

I don't know about that particular fork holding strategy.

yeah, or the synesthesia.

03-08-2017 , 08:08 PM

#3518

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

5/8 exercise:

4miles walking, 19 min/mile

Squats:
3x8x95

Deadlift (from floor):
3x8x95

Leg extensions:
3x12x90

03-08-2017 , 08:14 PM

#3519

rakemeplz

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 12,648

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregorio

Any reason you bumped up the daily goal from 1250-1560 to 1606-1956?

Not sure if MLYLT answered, this but my answer is that she needs to eat 356 more calories because she quit smoking and needs to eat more food. I'll be happy to help answer more questions for MLYLT as the need arises.

Last edited by rakemeplz; 03-08-2017 at 08:17 PM. Reason: plus she's doing exercise so that allows her to eat more foods too

03-08-2017 , 08:20 PM

#3520

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregorio

Any reason you bumped up the daily goal from 1250-1560 to 1606-1956?

I missed this question. If you are talking about the Sparkpeople goal, I input a date that I want to be 155lbs and it calculates the calories/day. I guess I changed the date in my goals....Forgot what I set it to.

03-08-2017 , 10:14 PM

#3521

SGT RJ

Twitching

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 49,109

Smell is one of the strongest memory triggers we possess, and yours was previously badly blunted by smoking.

Still, if you find these sensations of disconnection annoying or troublesome, try a basic grounding exercise to pull yourself back into "now."