Keeping New Years Resolutions

I’m not one for making or keeping resolutions of any kind, let alone silly, arbitrary promises for a new year; better than the last.  Is any new year really better than the last?  Isn’t life just a series of ups and downs?  Admittedly, there are certainly actions that you can, and should, take to make improvements in your life, in you character, etc.  I just believe that if you want to make a resolution for yourself, you should just do it.  Your new, better year can start at any time.

That being said, I did quit smoking January 11, 2009.  I’m going to count it even though it wasn’t really a New Year’s resolution.  I did it cold turkey and never looked back.  I just put on my big girl bloomers and said enough is enough.  I had bronchitis, as I get every year, and was developing the accompaning cough.  Seriously?  Does your enjoyment of smoking trump the causal effects?  To wit:  It is expensive, it causes bronchitis and cough (which leads to embarrassing leakage – yeah, I said it), you smell, all your stuff smells, you can’t smell, you have to go outside in the freezing cold, you are ostracized, you do not look cool – you look stoopid, you could accidentally burn down your house, the list goes on.

There is also the fear of Chantix.  I know you have seen the commercials.  Looks like a great solution, I know.  I took it in 2008 I guess.  It did help and make cigarettes less desirable.  However, the side effects, for me, were intolerable.  It hurt my poor little belly and made me nauseous beyond belief.  I did not follow through with treatment and eventually started smoking again.  Let’s just say that if Chantx is the cure, I was not going to put myself through that again!  Cold Turkey it is!

So, this year I did not make a resolution to improve my relationship with food and thereby lose weight.  I am already down 2 pounds.  Wish me luck.

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