Was it worth it?

Mono

I've always heard references to "Mono" as an infection on American TV. I've eventually looked it up and found out it's glandular fever.
Nothing earth shattering there, but it's been bugging me for years and I thought I'd share the fact :-)

Gone running

Well the Zyban worked in packing up the fags! Nearly 3 weeks without one a don't miss them at all. I get the odd thought of "I'll just have a fag before I...", but it goes as quickly as it comes.

So to celebrate this new found energy and freshness I've started running...
Even as a kid I hated running, but I decided that if anything was going to get me to something approaching fitness, running would be it.

So after a few runs I've got to the point of run 4 minutes, walk 2 minutes, repeat 5 times. Tonight I'm doing doing run 6, walk 2, repeat 3. OK, so I'm gasping like a salmon on the bank, but god it feels good.

The strange thing is, I'm really enjoying it and feel guilty when I have a (needed) rest day. I never thought I'd see the day that I would look forward to donning trainers and running around. Weird, eh?

Started the Zyban

I started on the Zyban a few days ago. Not really any obvious effects until yesterday when I felt totally out of it and was understandably useless at work for the rest of the day. The good side of it was that anything I smoked was in a very half-hearted fashion.
Today is a little bit different as my level of smoking doesn't seem affected, but I don't think I'm getting any sort of "hit" from it. If anything I'm probably smoking more hoping for a hit!
At least I can concentrate today and get on with things.

We'll see what it's like in a few days time when I move up to two pills a day.