turn a corner?
Apr. 8th, 2021 06:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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My treadmill came in today. I'll be putting that together in a minute.
Right now, the plan is that I will use that treadmill anytime I get antsy for a cigarette.
I bought my last pack yesterday. I had been whittling it all down til I was at around one pack = three days. And these are ultra-lights as well. I noticed the less I smoke; the longer i wait to do it, the better my O2 levels are and the less I use my inhaler. You may be sitting there thinking "yeah well no shit, sherlock" but you don't understand how important it is for this lesson to be *tested* and *tangible* for it to be of any use. Because I'm not talking about being a smoker versus being a non-smoker. I'm talking about actual immediate numbers. Smoking 10 cigarettes in a day is better than smoking 15. Smoking 5 cigarettes is better than smoking ten. Smoking 2 in a 3 hour period is better than smoking 2 in the same hour.
From all this I can actually quantify the difference in O2 level checks and how many hits on my inhaler I'll need. (no I do not have a formula for all this but you get the idea)
Of course those expectations are altered by the amount of pollen in the air as well.
And Pollen is the reason I got the treadmill. Pollen and hills. I love walking. But walking up and down hills is not recommended by my doctor right now. Also, I'm not romanced by the idea of walking in the rain or freezing cold. But I've been told I need to walk every day. I'm fine with that notion but it means I need artificial means to do it. Hence, $500 spent on a home treadmill.
My treadmill came in today. I'll be putting that together in a minute.
Right now, the plan is that I will use that treadmill anytime I get antsy for a cigarette.
I bought my last pack yesterday. I had been whittling it all down til I was at around one pack = three days. And these are ultra-lights as well. I noticed the less I smoke; the longer i wait to do it, the better my O2 levels are and the less I use my inhaler. You may be sitting there thinking "yeah well no shit, sherlock" but you don't understand how important it is for this lesson to be *tested* and *tangible* for it to be of any use. Because I'm not talking about being a smoker versus being a non-smoker. I'm talking about actual immediate numbers. Smoking 10 cigarettes in a day is better than smoking 15. Smoking 5 cigarettes is better than smoking ten. Smoking 2 in a 3 hour period is better than smoking 2 in the same hour.
From all this I can actually quantify the difference in O2 level checks and how many hits on my inhaler I'll need. (no I do not have a formula for all this but you get the idea)
Of course those expectations are altered by the amount of pollen in the air as well.
And Pollen is the reason I got the treadmill. Pollen and hills. I love walking. But walking up and down hills is not recommended by my doctor right now. Also, I'm not romanced by the idea of walking in the rain or freezing cold. But I've been told I need to walk every day. I'm fine with that notion but it means I need artificial means to do it. Hence, $500 spent on a home treadmill.
