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You need a plan in order to do something as efficiently as possible (Updated With Pictures :-)

JonesCarpeDiem
1 7 12

They have mozzarella and ricotta cheese on sale.

To me, that means lasagna.

I make meatballs the size of baseballs, cool them,. then slice them about half inch thick as I layer them with the noodles, cheeses and sauce.

It is much more involved than most of my meals and takes alot of time, so, I've found it's better to make ALOT

I'm still a little wonked out from my procedure Monday so, today I will go get the ingredients and cook the meatballs in the sauce in the slow cooker.

I'll deal with cooking the noodles and assembling and baking tomorrow.

I learned about slicing the large meatballs from a family I used to have dinner with every Sunday.

I learned to make alot because to do two pans at once takes less time than doing every step twice.

I'm doing it over two days because of my low energy after the procedure. (guage risk)

Think about this in relationship to a quit.

You figure out your triggers and decide how you will handle them BEFORE YOU ARE IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION. Or, don't put yourself in the situation. Turn around, walk away and to save your quit if that's what it takes.

We can teach you the tricks to get you through. (the meatballs)

"if you fail to plan, you plan to fail."

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.