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Smoking & exercising.

Kimsoontobe
Kimsoontobe Posts: 110 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Trying to quit smoking and I'm totally failing.I get so out of breath when I'm working out. Any advice on how to quit smoking?

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  • buffie_101
    buffie_101 Posts: 8
    Hey, fellow smoker here so I feel your pain... literally lol I've quit once for about 3 months, but started back because I was around my aunts who also smoke. My advice would be to try to cut back like I'm doing. I usually smoke about 5 a day, so I'm shooting for about 3. It makes a huge difference believe me. Also take moderate breaks during your work out until you start building up your lung compacity. This is what I do to make it go better. Hope everything goes well! :)
  • Kimsoontobe
    Kimsoontobe Posts: 110 Member
    buffie_101 wrote: »
    Hey, fellow smoker here so I feel your pain... literally lol I've quit once for about 3 months, but started back because I was around my aunts who also smoke. My advice would be to try to cut back like I'm doing. I usually smoke about 5 a day, so I'm shooting for about 3. It makes a huge difference believe me. Also take moderate breaks during your work out until you start building up your lung compacity. This is what I do to make it go better. Hope everything goes well! :)

    Thank you & good luck to you.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    yeah, when i was getting started i still smoked. i was never too heavy of a smoker though. i'd go through a pack in a week... maybe more if i went out.

    there are a lot of ways to quit smoking. i'd set a date, and tell everyone that you're going to quit at the end of this month. and you just smoke a little less every day. maybe tell yourself you won't smoke between certain hours.

    i personally never tried the gum, only the patch. didn't like it, but your mileage may vary. but that was post college, and i went back to smoking a couple of years later.

    what finally got me to quit for good was just getting fitter and fitter. i wanted to do more, run faster and further, and i just couldn't do that with cigarettes.
  • Kimsoontobe
    Kimsoontobe Posts: 110 Member
    Capt_Apollo wrote: »
    yeah, when i was getting started i still smoked. i was never too heavy of a smoker though. i'd go through a pack in a week... maybe more if i went out.

    there are a lot of ways to quit smoking. i'd set a date, and tell everyone that you're going to quit at the end of this month. and you just smoke a little less every day. maybe tell yourself you won't smoke between certain hours.

    i personally never tried the gum, only the patch. didn't like it, but your mileage may vary. but that was post college, and i went back to smoking a couple of years later.

    what finally got me to quit for good was just getting fitter and fitter. i wanted to do more, run faster and further, and i just couldn't do that with cigarettes.

    Thanks for the advice.
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