A new year, a new view...

I gave up smoking on 1 Feb. That was the date and day I chose. However I had a smoke that evening, then one on the Saturday and then 2 puffs of one on Monday afternoon (it made me feel sick so I butted it out!). So the counter is from Monday afternoon.

Why? Umm, it was time!

Also Tash has convinced me I should do Tough Mudder. What is tough mudder, you ask? Tough Mudder events are hardcore 20 km-long obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. http://toughmudder.com.au/. All I know is 20km (*^&*^), containers full of ice for instant hypothermia (*&(%%),  and electrocution (^%$%^$). This will be in September

In preparation for this we have also signed up for the warrior dash - a 5km version of the same which is on 20 April. This means i Kind of  need to get a bit fitter (or a lot fitter)

It's a slow start but what have I done so far:

• Tree adventures - 2 hours of climbing through  obstacles that are about 10 metres off the ground. Used loads of upper body to pull myself along cargo nets and tightropes (always harnessed on) and we did the long blue and red trails.
• Swimming - spent 2 hours in the pool last Sunday  - 1st time after many years but managed to swim about 500m so did okay.

Anyway I will use this site to start recording where I am up to and whether I fail dismally at all this fitness stuff :)

Guess I better add a before photo at some stage...

Smoking

I’ve always liked the way smokers who roll their own, smoke.

It’s the way they hold the smoke between the first two fingers, and the accompanying habit of using the thumb and first finger, whilst still holding the smoke, to remove loose tobacco from their mouth. Their tongue darts out fractionally to push the offending strands of tobacco out which is then grabbed by the pinched thumb and forefinger. The tobacco is then disposed by rubbing the fingers into the air beside them.

Whether there’s a sexual connotation to that I don’t know, however I’ve never really been a ‘rollie’ smoker. I can’t be bothered fiddling around with them.
Though I am told there are far less chemicals than those found in tailor-made cigarettes. I guess rolling your own makes the act of smoking far more a choice than a habit or an addictive need because of the effort. But it’s only a guess.

I often find myself checking out a rollie smoker.



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