Here are my stats today according to the app:
So I will kind of explain a little what you are looking at starting from the top. The heart with the cross on top is your life expectancy increase, the 0y, 0d, 2h, 53m, 46s is the readout that shows your increase in life expectancy compared to if you had remained a smoker. The skull with the number by it is a counter for how many people have died from smoking related deaths since you quite, its based on the World Health Organization statistics, So since I quit 24035 have died, scary!! The broken heart with the percentage by it is your heart attack risk compared against what your risk was before you quit smoking so basically this means I have reduced my risk of a heart attack by .17%; this is a screwy calculator I think they could have found a better way of presenting the information. The lungs with a percentage by it is the same as the heart attack one but for lung cancer, my lung cancer risk has gone down by .09%. The savings meter is calculating how much money I have not spent on cigarettes so far. I have saved $12.12. just above the bars that go from red to green you will see a calculator for how long I have been a non smoker. at the time of this picture I had not smoked 2days 11hours and 55mins. circulation indicates current improvement in circulation compared to maximum benefit I am likely to achieve. Lung Health shows current lung health compared to maximum improvement possible. Carbon Monoxide shows the level in your blood, this number drops down very quickly, I believe by the end of the first day it was in the green. Cravings show the expected level of cravings based upon how much and how long I smoked, wish it would move a little faster. Nicotine Levels show the level of nicotine in your blood, I found it interesting that it took a good solid 2 days for that to drop to green. What all this means is I have a long way to go but I am making progress! It also has the daily pic of discouragement. Today's was a bit squeamish but effective, they aren't always that way.
I am on day 3, Its definitely a little easier then day 1 and day 2 but I am still fighting the need to smoke. Its such a ingrained habit that I catch myself subconsciously preparing to go smoke before my brain kicks in and remembers that a) I don't smoke anymore and b) that I have no cigarettes. Also I am finding that the evenings at home are the hardest which I wasn't expecting. I figured my car would be the hardest. I am noticing my throat doesn't hurt nearly as much, the clogged up feeling in it also has decreased drastically. My tongue often times had a white coating on it and I am pleased that that is already completely gone. My chest feels a lot lighter too. The one negative is that I am having more issues with my stomach then normal. I am often having issues with being nauseated at night, but I have a good handle on that through diet and a special pillow I use. Now I am getting nauseated during the day and more then once too. Not sure what that is about but I am not one that handles feeling nauseous well, it needs to go away.
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