Hey Miss Conduct!
Love the name! Welcome to the SSC!!! We're all glad you could make it and we're all rooting for your success!!!
THE book is a great place to start and now you've found THE place for additional support and information on this terrible addiction! Along with following the plan in the book, go through the milestones in "My Program" here to see if there is any beneficial information that you feel will be useful to you. If you still have questions, feel free to ask, or use the search function!! With a key word or two, you'll find plenty of threads related to your topic of interest!
During boring times, if you are able, read through the different topics here and if you so chose, chime in and give all of your new quit buddies here some support or insight you may have come across! I used this site as a distraction, reading and writing during idle times. It really helped me to re-affirm my quit with every post! It helped me to stay the course! Along the way, I have met some fantastic quit buddies!
As for your "conditioning"... keep after it! I didn't think that I was all that out of shape before I quit, but after I started walking the stairs all the time after I quit, I found out just how out of shape I was! Have patience and just develop a plan for yourself and stick to it! You'll get into the physical shape you are seeking eventually!!
Now for the Miss Clumsy and Agitated... again patience!!! These first few days, or maybe even for a couple of weeks, your brain is going to have to learn to live without the nasty chemicals that you have been inhaling for those long 22 years. You are not used to the additional oxygen! You are not used to being free of the carbon monoxide, dioxide, etc. At first, you'll probably sort of be in a daze and be clumsy!!! Don't fret! It's natural and these side effects will gradually diminish! There are lots of threads related to this topic here and maybe someone will bump them up to the forefront of the topics to make them easier for you to find! I'll try to do that when I get another free moment.
Sooo.... enjoy the ride as much as possible!!! Remember that it IS just as easy to take a deep breath and relax a moment and collect your thoughts BEFORE getting too agitated about everything! When things get tough, POST and ask for help, or yell or just write!!! Anything is better than lighting up another cigarette!!! NOPE... Not One Puff Ever!!!
Jim
My Milage:My Quit Date: 3/5/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 443
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 11,075
Amount Saved: $1,827.38
Life Gained:Days: 75
Hrs: 2
Mins: 10
Seconds: 1