smoke free days

I reached a milestone today I have been smoke free for one year! I felt the need to blog about this because with all the things I have been doing to get healthy this is the biggest. I am here to say that if I can quit smoking anyone can I believe its mind over matter. But it won't work unless you really want to quit because if you don't you will not succeed. I feel I can say this is because I have quit because someone else wanted me to and because I wanted to it seems to be more permanent this time. ( well having emphysema helps keep me from smoking)  On the weight loss and exercise side of things I had a pretty bad week I couldn't exercise because my sciatica flared up and I was hooped for 2 days and in that time it seemed that I couldn't get enough to eat so I am pretty sure I have gained weight this week but I am back on track now and hopefully my weight loss will be as well.