smoking with asthma and exercise PLEASE HELP

for all the people telling me to quit:

I have two beautiful children, 2 and 7. The day that I found out that I was pregnant with them, I quit smoking, all the way up until I was done breastfeeding them. I don't smoke in my house, or in my car. I change my clothes when i get in the house. They BOTH have asthma. I have tried to quit several other times, but with a husband that smokes and the stress of my life, i have picked the habit up again and again. I will NEVER give up on quitting. My health all around is what is at risk right now, not just from smoking. I am prediabetic, and severly obese. I am cutting down on smoking, but need to get the weight down as well. That was my reason for this post. I KNOW i need to quit. I was looking for some guidance. Walk a mile in my shoes before you type the easy workds on the keyboard. This is a place for people to get support, not for people to send messages to me bashing my choices. My mother in law died from lung cancer. I was by her bed for the month journey from diagnosis to death. I know the risks and if seeing her decline hasn't helped me any, your telling me to quit isn't going to either. Please keep your negativity to yourself.

You have responded to the people who you feel are criticising... what about your thoughts on the other advice that people have given you?

No negativity here...I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. But I have been addicted to junk carbs....and, yes, the cravings can be just as bad, and just as dangerous. That's why I have T2 now. So I went cold turkey off the junk. And it worked....cravings gone....even living with a partner who can eat what he wants and doesn't gain an ounce! Wasn't easy but when your choice is your health, you do what you have to do. I can't say I am particularly strong willed person, but I don't want to have heart problems, nerve damage, a stroke, PAD, etc. I wish you luck with your weight loss program!

And after I quit smoking, I felt like I could conquer the world :laugh:

Start walking, cut down on the smoking, and you'll know when you're ready.:flowerforyou:

I agree!

I've had bad ashtma most of my life. At one point my heart stopped beating as a child. My dad gave up smoking for me to surivive. I wouldn't be able to start an exercise program while smoking too. Your question seems a bit off as it doesn't sound like your lack of exercise is the problem. Ashtma is the problem. It's hard to deal with. Try to get it under control first. Then figure out the exercise.

I get where your coming from. . i still smoke and i still work out. . . . sometimes. . depending how hot it is, kills my asthma with being a smoker. . . but if keep cool and really drink a LOT of water i dont feel it that bad. . . the longer i run/walk/ exercise the easier it becomes, even with smoking. . . . my asthma is really bad but doesnt seem to bother me unless i smoke a cigarette RIGHT before working out, then it will give me heart palpatations from the stress and the nicotene going through my blood. . .

id say try not having a ciagette at least 2 hours before you work out and 2 hours after. . . it also can depend on what medications your on for asthma. . .

my albuterol inhaler i try to use not so much because of the steroid in it. . . . . . if anything ill take a pre-workout puff hours after my last cigarette and then go about my workout. . . .

Ive tried the Ecig and all that fun stuff and they really dont work. . . . i went through a hell of withdrawl from ciagettes when i did the fake cigarette. . . so it wasnt worth it. . . its easier to ween yourself off . . . . even still im at 3 - 5 cigarettes a day and just fine with my asthma, allergies and workouts. . . u just need to see what works for u.

one thing to keep in mind though. . . . smoking is a weight maintainer. . . meaning that if u quit smoking there is a huge potential that you could eat more and gain weight. . . .when you smoke the nicotene coats your stomach not making you hungry. . . but smoking wont make u skinny either. . . . if u can. . . cut down (for the weight loss and asthma) little by little and see if u can do that. . . try it out. if its not for u then try a different alternative.

My power comes from will power. I feel accomplished when I do more than I give myself credit for. I quit by buying a pack of cigarettes, smoking one, then putting the rest in a drawer and leaving them there. I didn't pick up more when I was out because "it can wait until I get home," and I didn't smoke the ones I had at home because "I'm too powerful, my life is too important, and if I don't I win and I have something to prove to myself." I had the benefit of living with a non-smoker, which helped of course. You and the hubs need to do it as a team, and if one faulters it's not a matter of "well s/he did it so it's okay that I do to," but a matter of "well, s/he did it, so we need to regroup and tackle this again." One mind set sabatoges you both, while the other reinforces your committment to do the thing together. If you're painting a room together and one drips paint the other doesn't say "well s/he did it so I'm going to splatter this *kitten* from one end of the house to the other," you say "Damn, well, let's see how WE can clean up this mess."

As far as exercise, start the Couch to 5K program and start lifting.

I say carry on smoking but the doctor should no longer prescribe you with asthma medications.

Are you effing KIDDING me?????? Her doctor shouldn't give her medications that could save her LIFE????? Do you realize that an asthma attack can KILL you?????? Yes, smoking is bad, but who are you to say her doctor shouldn't give her the medication to treat an ACTUAL disease????? SMH

:glasses: I too have limited lung capacity from acute anemia. I walk my treadmill almost daily for 20 to 30 min. at a pace of @ 27mph with a slight incline for the first 15 min if I can take it. I have lost 22lbs althoughbeit slowly but I'm not in a hurry to lose. I think we get too caught up in the rapid weight lose game that we forget that losing is losing no matter how long it takes.

for all the people telling me to quit:

I have two beautiful children, 2 and 7. The day that I found out that I was pregnant with them, I quit smoking, all the way up until I was done breastfeeding them. I don't smoke in my house, or in my car. I change my clothes when i get in the house. They BOTH have asthma. I have tried to quit several other times, but with a husband that smokes and the stress of my life, i have picked the habit up again and again. I will NEVER give up on quitting. My health all around is what is at risk right now, not just from smoking. I am prediabetic, and severly obese. I am cutting down on smoking, but need to get the weight down as well. That was my reason for this post. I KNOW i need to quit. I was looking for some guidance. Walk a mile in my shoes before you type the easy workds on the keyboard. This is a place for people to get support, not for people to send messages to me bashing my choices. My mother in law died from lung cancer. I was by her bed for the month journey from diagnosis to death. I know the risks and if seeing her decline hasn't helped me any, your telling me to quit isn't going to either. Please keep your negativity to yourself.

You have responded to the people who you feel are criticising... what about your thoughts on the other advice that people have given you?

I think it's all great. I was just checking out online the ECig, hopeing that maybe I can do as one person suggested and cut down on the junk stick, and then cut it out completely. when my son gets up from his nap, we three are going to walk to the market (which is about a mile from my house) so that way I can get some walking in. (which also saves on gas, which is a plus) I am thinking about just not buying any more. The idea teriifies me, but the others are right to, if I want to make the changes in my life, I can't just talk about it, I have to be about it.

Good for you girl, go get it and don't look back. The past is behind you and you only have today to worry about, dont worry about tomorrow yet. I quit cold turkey after 6-7 yrs of smoking. I decided and just didn't buy any more. I picked a date and threw away the rest of my pack right before i get in bed the last night-didn't sit there and finish them. Then it has never even been an option to buy or smoke any since. Literally i don't sit there and think oh i could just have one or i can always pick up a pack if things get to rough. Your kids deserve to have at least one parent who doesn't smoke for a good example. Your kids will be so proud of you and so will you. It's like being an alcoholic-one day at a time!! Now get your walk on and enjoy it!!
wanted to add, my husband smokes and at the time all my friends smoked, i was in pool halls, having fun and everyone else teased me that i couldn't do it because i'd tried before. l think it helped really because it was like saying a big F U to them when i actually quit and they couldn't. Tell me i can't do something and watch me show you how strong i can really be.

Maybe if you can't give up cigarettes entirely, take it on a day-to-day basis and just try not smoking only on your workout days. Then the more often you start to work out, the less you'll be smoking. This way you can do it without feeling like you're "quitting" and your lung capacity will feel at least modestly better on those smoke-free, workout days.

I say carry on smoking but the doctor should no longer prescribe you with asthma medications.

Are you effing KIDDING me?????? Her doctor shouldn't give her medications that could save her LIFE????? Do you realize that an asthma attack can KILL you?????? Yes, smoking is bad, but who are you to say her doctor shouldn't give her the medication to treat an ACTUAL disease????? SMH

Asthma plus smoking plus medication that enables you to carry on smoking. I assure you, that if an asthmatic who smoked could no longer have medication to cure the asthma attack then being a smoking asthmatic becomes a thing of the past.

So I am not effing kidding anyone, in the same way that I could think of numerous drugs that enable people to carry on with an unsustainable lifestyle.

And as a UK citizen, my taxes go to paying for billions in unworthy medicine, top of the list being sports injuries. So, why should I care about someones medicine if in the long run they are committing a slow suicide. And this opinion is not aimed at the OP, it is EVERYONE.

I walk my treadmill almost daily for 20 to 30 min. at a pace of @ 27mph with a slight incline for the first 15 min

I can barely get up to 5mph. How many cals do you burn at 27mph?

/smack



lol.

My problem is similar but different. I have a problem with chronic fatigue so I can't exert myself in a workout which means I couldn't do cardio or I would burnout. Much like you, I could not get to the point I was breathing heavy for very long. I got my eating right starting with getting an ACCURATE 2000 diet down and started weights. A light work out, one set of 12 one about 6 weight machines which took about 20 to 30 minutes. At first I could only handle once a week but I was able to slowly increase to twice and 3 times a week and 3 sets of 12. My diet goal was/is 45% protein, 45% carb, 10% fat. That was may GOAL. I slowly gained strength but was not loosing weight and made two adjustments to my calories, first to 1800 and then to my present 1700. I'm now at about the weight I feel I might want to stay at so I'll be going to 1800 calories soon and can hopefully stand up to doing some cardio in the near future.

Slow moderation was my answer with commitment.

I say carry on smoking but the doctor should no longer prescribe you with asthma medications.

Are you effing KIDDING me?????? Her doctor shouldn't give her medications that could save her LIFE????? Do you realize that an asthma attack can KILL you?????? Yes, smoking is bad, but who are you to say her doctor shouldn't give her the medication to treat an ACTUAL disease????? SMH

Asthma plus smoking plus medication that enables you to carry on smoking. I assure you, that if an asthmatic who smoked could no longer have medication to cure the asthma attack then being a smoking asthmatic becomes a thing of the past.

So I am not effing kidding anyone, in the same way that I could think of numerous drugs that enable people to carry on with an unsustainable lifestyle.

And as a UK citizen, my taxes go to paying for billions in unworthy medicine, top of the list being sports injuries. So, why should I care about someones medicine if in the long run they are committing a slow suicide. And this opinion is not aimed at the OP, it is EVERYONE.

^this for sure! So you have kids who have asthma, you have asthma and you smoke around said kids? JESUS WHAT THE *&$% IS WRONG HERE!? Stop smoking or stop *****ing.