Smoking but wanna get fit

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  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    edited October 2014
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Tigg_er wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    asgerdur1994 wrote: »
    I've been smoking cigarettes daily for 5 years but I really really wanna get in an amazing shape... I've reduced smoking down to like 2-5 a day, but its hard to quit since I work a really stressful job (I'm a waitress at a popular restaurant). I'd like to stop completely before Christmas.. anyone have any experience or advice? :)
    Cold turkey. But you have to be prepared to do it. I promised my wife that once she got pregnant I would quit. When we did, she gave me approximately 3 weeks to figure it out. When the day came, I quit and never went back after smoking 20 years.
    Smoking is one of my biggest regrets because I know it's hampered my endurance. Luckily for me, there's not been any issues or major tissue damage in my lungs. A friend of mine is now dealing with stage 4 lung cancer from 30 years of smoking.

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    Yep I think your right, seems when I try to cut back I find myself rewarding myself with a smoke if I make it a 1/2 day with out one. You would think that with all the bad things that can happen and all the good things that matter , I would flush'em done the toilet.
    Yeah, I don't really think that cutting it down would have worked for me because I would have found reasons to have another even if I reached my limit.
    I did have dreams of smoking for like 2 months, but eventually they faded. Unlike some former smokers, the smell doesn't bother me nor do I care if people smoke in public. I just hope they find the reason to quit someday because there's really no benefit to it except keeping the people who work in the industry employed.

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    I think finding the reason could be the answer. You promised your wife you would quit and you did. I take what I promise as gospel. I believe I am a man of my word so I am calling my granddaughters and making them a Promise that I will quit. They have been after me for a while and I for sure am not going to let them down. And I think I'll just drag them old bags out of the attic to help out a bit.

    Thanks Niner for bringing it home to me.

  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    Lib_B wrote: »
    I quit cold turkey when I had a cold. I just didn't want them and so I seized the opportunity. I also downloaded an app call myQuitTime - you put in how much you smoked, how much they cost, etc. and over time it tells you how much money you've saved, how long you've gone without, how much of your life you've gotten back, etc. Love it - and it was free. When I have a craving (and years later I still do if I'm hanging out with smokers) I look at the app and remind myself how far I've come. You will feel so much better if you quit. With that being said, I had an uncle who ran marathons, participated in Iron Man competitions and lit up afterward. You can be a smoker and be superfit - but why would you? You'll just be that much better if you quit. And, he eventually quit smoking too. Good luck...it's not easy, but it's worth it.

    Oh I wish I had known about that app back in 2012 when I did it manually on a paper calendar. The amount of money saved alone was enough motivation for me to never light up again. And that was not my first time to quit in the 20+ years that I smoked, but hopefully it is the last.

    I was one of those thin, fit smokers, but really, I'm done with the nasty habit.
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    If you can quit when you're pregnant and nursing, you can quit for good. Anything else is an excuse because you just don't want it bad enough.
  • Colleen118
    Colleen118 Posts: 491 Member
    Currently 51 days smoke and nicotine free. No "substitutes". I know it sounds crazy, I had the book for YEARS before I read it. Took me over a month to read through it but it really worked. The Easy Way to Quit Smoking by Allen Carr. I read the version The Easy Way for Women to Quit smoking. Seriously changes the entire philosophy of quitting and how hard it doesn't have to be.
  • Colleen118
    Colleen118 Posts: 491 Member
    Jordan_Gregers wrote: »
    If I told myself I had to quit before I could get in shape, I would still be 60 lbs overweight, and I would still be smoking (which I am).

    I'm not proud of smoking, and am actively trying to quit, but I smoke a pack a day and I can run a sub-2 hour half-marathon, a 45m 10k and a 22 minute 5k.

    You don't need to quit before you start working on other aspects of your health, it probably helps, but don't let the fact that you smoke deter you from being active and watching what you eat.

    Just go out there and do it. It won't be easy, and smoking will be a huge reason for that, but you can still do it.


    This too. I smoked for the first two years of my lifestyle changes. It was hard to start but I made it. Quitting smoking is one of the very last steps in the all new healthy me.

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