I took this (http://meatrack.blogspot.com/) last week. so far I've only done two sessions w/a trainer, taking it slow, had a quick trip to London after, but I'm back and this week it's it.

the rest of the blog tells story. ya think that flabby carcass has potential? the trainer at my club thinks I can muscle up pretty fast based on my build but right now I just want the flab OFF. I'm almost 42, smoke 1/2 pack a day* and was once pretty buff but that all went to hell a long time ago.

* yeah yeah, one vice at a time, but I've cut back from 1+ pack/day so that's something at least.

Yeah, lots of potential there! Looks like you've already made some great progress, so keep it up (and crush your last cigg out as soon as you can, you'll never regret it, trust me!)


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Hey Born Sleepy,

Keep up with the blog. I look forward in reading about your progess. I think you'll do alright if you just remember your Step. #2 Don't stop working out. Stay committed. Promise yourself this for at least the month of Feburary and let us know your progress on your blog.

Take care,
-Frank

Heck yeah, you have the potential to put on some muscle. I'll be following your progress. Keep up the good work!

I took this (http://meatrack.blogspot.com/) last week. so far I've only done two sessions w/a trainer, taking it slow, had a quick trip to London after, but I'm back and this week it's it.

the rest of the blog tells story. ya think that flabby carcass has potential? the trainer at my club thinks I can muscle up pretty fast based on my build but right now I just want the flab OFF. I'm almost 42, smoke 1/2 pack a day* and was once pretty buff but that all went to hell a long time ago.

* yeah yeah, one vice at a time, but I've cut back from 1+ pack/day so that's something at least.

Yeah, quit the smokin'. I started smoking at 19 in college and am 27 now. I smoked around 2 packs a day and as of 8-05-03, I'm smoke free and feel so much better. I still think about smoking at least once a day, but it gets easier as the days progress. I honestly think dieting is harder than quitting smoking though...lol!:D Good luck with everything.

thanks y'all. I'm still stumbling around with this stuff finding what works for me (I got a new one in the fat-loss forum with some whining / confusion) and probably doing everything wrong, but I guess that's one way to learn as long as I don't hurt myself. somehow I managed to get pretty buff for about a year in college, so I must have done something right, once.

on the smoking, yeah, it's gross. I quit for three months early last year and not only did I gain weight but I turned into a raving psycho. my friends practically begged me to start smoking again. the same thing happened the time before. as my mom says "it's easy to quit smoking. I've done it dozens of times" but she did finally stop when I was a kid.

I'm smoking a lot less now, though, about 1/2 pack a day, mostly because it's been so freakin cold here and I have to go outside at work. oh and I updated the blog but mostly it's griping about how sore I am!

The best thing a smoker can do for themselves is stop smoking. But then, I'm sure I don't need to tell anyone that. It's hard as hell, and you may slip up before you quit finally, but you will feel the benefit in a few short days, and reap the rewards for the rest of your (longer) life.

GOOD LUCK!

Andrew.

I started smoking when I was 13 years old. By the time I was 20 I was smoking 20-30 cigarettes a day, and coughing up big pieces of black slime when I woke up every morning (I'm not kidding!). Walking up the stairs would leave me completely exhausted, and my throat was constantly painful. Cathing a cold was a nightmare, since I would cough like hell for the next four weeks....

I finally went dead turkey on my 21st birthday, using nicotine patches which I think worked really well. I used them for two or three weeks and then quit the nicotine completely.

I'm 27 now and wish I could say I'd stayed competely smoke-free all those years, but the year before last year I almost started smoking again. I never bought my own pack of cigarettes - I felt crossing that treshold was admitting defeat - but I "borrowed" an awful lot of cigarettes from friends of mine who smoked whenever I met them.... In the end I just felt too stupid picking up that nasty habit again and decided to quit while it was still easy. Haven't touched a cigarette since.

The two things I like most about quitting smoking is that my physical condition improved immensely after I quit... It was noticable after just a few weeks, and really kicked in after a month or two. I remember moving to a new apartment having to carry a lot of heavy furniture, and I really felt like a superman being able to carry all that stuff up the stairs without even having to catch my breath! That felt just wonderful... :flex:

The other thing I like is that food tastes so much better! The sense of smell and taste really improves a lot after you quit. Maybe that's why people get so fat when they quit? :confused:

Anyway, starting a workout program at the same time is probably not a bad idea at all... It'll give you an outlet for all that agression, and will prevent you from gaining weight once you've quit.

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I started smoking when I was 13 years old. By the time I was 20 I was smoking 20-30 cigarettes a day, and coughing up big pieces of black slime when I woke up every morning (I'm not kidding!). Walking up the stairs would leave me completely exhausted, and my throat was constantly painful. Cathing a cold was a nightmare, since I would cough like hell for the next four weeks....

I finally went dead turkey on my 21st birthday, using nicotine patches which I think worked really well. I used them for two or three weeks and then quit the nicotine completely.

I'm 27 now and wish I could say I'd stayed competely smoke-free all those years, but the year before last year I almost started smoking again. I never bought my own pack of cigarettes - I felt crossing that treshold was admitting defeat - but I "borrowed" an awful lot of cigarettes from friends of mine who smoked whenever I met them.... In the end I just felt too stupid picking up that nasty habit again and decided to quit while it was still easy. Haven't touched a cigarette since.

The two things I like most about quitting smoking is that my physical condition improved immensely after I quit... It was noticable after just a few weeks, and really kicked in after a month or two. I remember moving to a new apartment having to carry a lot of heavy furniture, and I really felt like a superman being able to carry all that stuff up the stairs without even having to catch my breath! That felt just wonderful... :flex:

The other thing I like is that food tastes so much better! The sense of smell and taste really improves a lot after you quit. Maybe that's why people get so fat when they quit? :confused:

Anyway, starting a workout program at the same time is probably not a bad idea at all... It'll give you an outlet for all that agression, and will prevent you from gaining weight once you've quit.

:gl:

haha, yeah, I've put on about 20LB's and am still VERY edgy and short fused. :spaz: I'm on a good diet/workout program now though and will reap the benefits soon enough......hopefully! :)

Another thing you can try is juggling :jumping:

Gives you something to do with your hands, and keeps your mind off the cigarettes... A friend of mine quit smoking and became a very good juggler at the same time. You can even buy some really heavy power balls, up to 500g each, that'll give your forearms a decent workout too! ;) (500g may not sound like much, but try juggling them for a while and you'll see what I mean!)

I quit on Tuesday. This is the 293482938472394378234 quitting this year...or so it feels like it. I've tried the patch...the gum....the inhaler....guilt...thinking about how much it would suck to have cancer...nothing worked...

BUT I quit tuesday cold turkey and the first two days were rough but now I'm fine...I have gone through every major thing that used to get me smoking again...drinking at the bar...after meals...stress...etc so far so good..


I hope to start my diet/training in the next week or two here and I think it will be easier to stay quit after I get going.


Good luck with quitting ...it is hard...but not impossible....I just know this time is the final time for me.

I quit smoking early November. I never smoked more then half a pack a day, but I did smoke from ages 13 to 27 and it did damage my lungs. I am not getting as much oxygen as I used to, even after having stoped for over three months. Its not so bad that I cant get through a good cardio workout, and hopefully cardio and increased blood flow will help my lungs heal. But some of that damage is permanent! These are the only two lungs I get! I will never smoke (cigarettes) again.


I may smoke other things, but only on special occasions.

I quit with my snus (wet tobacco placed under your lip) when i started training. I figured that if i had something else to think about (workouts) it would help me to quit. I have not used snus or cigarettes afterwards.
I problably tried to quit 3-4 times in late 2003