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I quit smoking cold turkey on January 1, 2014 after 37 years of 2 packs a day, plus. Over the next two years I also lost 120 pounds. You can do this--most of the craving for me was mental after about 1 month of using nicotine patches. I bought an e-cigarette as a crutch. I never used it, but I knew it was there, and every…
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Hi Rob! I quite on January 1, 2014 and I now consider myself a former smoker. I had smoked at least 2 packs a day for 35 years. I quit because I was hospitalized with a partially collapsed lung and a diagnosis of Stage 3 COPD. I was in the hospital 10 days, and by the time I was released I had pretty much gone through the…
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I've lost that much over the past 2 years, and still hope to lose 80 more pounds. You can definitely do this--you just need to be patient, patient, patient. The longer you go, the slower the weight will come off. But it WILL come off.
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Hey vansnyder, I use a Polar FT4 hr monitor and it works really well for me. My workouts are elliptical, recumbent or upright stationary bike, or treadmill (occasionally a rowing or climbing machine), with weight machines interspersed. I can pause the hr monitor when I stop the cardio to do the weight work (since I…
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I cannot recommend yoga more highly! I'm 59 years old, been losing weight now for about 2 years (125 pounds so far) and after about 14 months of weight training/cardio (with a trainer) I started yoga when a studio opened up next to my community gym. After a couple of months I liked it so much I started working with an…
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Yep, I hear you on the "eventually go off of most of my medicines"--I want to do that too. Nothing can bring you down more than counting out a bunch of pills to take every day! Sorry about the waiting until March--I was told to expect to wait 6 months before getting in with a rheumatologist, but luckily a new one started…
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Yep, psoriatic arthritis here. That diagnosis came about one year after I joined this website--first indication was trigger finger on one hand, followed soon by hands that seemed "frozen" when I woke up each morning, and didn't really return to normal until late in the afternoon. My MD thought I might have rheumatoid…
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If you can, change your environment. My trigger was a 10-day hospital stay, with treatments for a partially collapsed lung. After 36 hours I woke up with a breathing mask on and a nicotine patch on my arm. When I was awake and well enough to move around, I just kept thinking, "This is like being on an airplane. You can't…
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Nicotine patches for about 21 days and a total change of environment for 10 days (hospitalization for respiratory problems) worked for me after 2 packs a day for 40+ years. I've been clean for 20+ months so I think I made it. With me it seems to have been more of a psychological addiction than a physical one--your…
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"No longer have to ask for a table instead of a booth at the restaurant." Oh yeah dksmith20110, I LOVE that one!
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My fingers look longer!
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A personal trainer has done great things for me, but that really does depend upon the trainer. I got a recommendation and signing up with him motivated me to regularly go to the gym. He was able to show me what machines and weights and cardio to do and at what levels. I am a 59 YO woman who started at 345 and am currently…
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5' 6", sw 345, cw 234, gw 145 Been at it about 20 months and stopped smoking at the same time. I have seen tremendous changes in those 20 months, physically and mentally. What is the best, though, is the way I can get around now. When I started I was climbing steps by taking one step, then moving the other foot up to the…
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Yes, you should ask your doctor, but I bet s/he will tell you that the right cardio will help your condition, not hurt it. In the space of 18 months I went from Stage 3 COPD to Stage 2/borderline Stage 1, all while working out. I started with recumbent cycling and treadmill walking, and under a trainer's supervision worked…
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It is not at all uncommon for people to suffer from depression after suffering an injury, or a prolonged illness, or similar. Do you still have physical pain from your injury at all? People with chronic pain also can suffer from depression, and I believe that sometimes the same or similar receptors in the brain are…
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Eating back about 1/2 of the exercise calories has been working for me.
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On January 1 I was hospitalized with a partially collapsed lung after 38 years of smoking two packs a day (or more). I was put in a bipap mask, and when I tried to take it off I was told it was that, or intubation. I had the mask on for 36 hours before it was first removed, and spent 10 days total in the hospital receiving…
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58 here. Dropped 66 since January, and need to drop twice that. Think I might make it this time. Please add me if you'd like.
