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[LunaticDay]

Im in dire need of getting back into cardio, statin to add a lot of extra weight now that my metabolism is starting to slow down. But when it comes to cardio smoking has got that idea on lock for tis hard for me to do it. I decided I've wanted to quit smoking all together cold turkey and curious too if anyone else use to smoke and quit how they did it, coped w/ it, and got through it and what not. I really want to be healthy again!!!!

[HOUSTON TEXAN]

There was a guy on here that just quit smoking.

My advice: don't smoke plain and simple, let it drive you crazy, it will improve your lift numbers.

[vamp]

Hi,

Great choice!!!! Did it myself April 1, 2008, am smoke free and working out 6 days a week!

Tips:

1. Don't put it off, just do it.

2. Use nicorette or something for 5 days max.

3. mark on a calander the day you stopped and the time. Go three weeks ahead from there and put "I am a non-smoker"! 3 weeks is the maximum time to get the nicotine out of the system and to change your habits.

4. At work have your breaks and lunch somewhere different than you usually do! And yes, eat a snack every break with a drink.

5. If you drink coffee and smoke all the time, replace coffee with something else ie, green tea, water, orange juice, etc.

6. Like to drink on the weekends or enjoy pot? Might as well quit them too because they will only get you smoking again, and think about the money you save! Put it towards a gym membership!

7. Join a gym!!!!! Get a personal trainer to show you the equipment, make a program for you, etc. The YMCA has a five step program you could try and costs nothing with your membership.

8. 6-8 hours sleep!

9. if you get an urge to smoke, do something physical ie, push ups or sit ups, vacuum, clean the bathroom, dishes, chop vegetables, just be active.

10. Love your TV?, this is the hardest part, watch less. Look at your living room ash tray and tell me where you smoke the most in your house..... in front of the TV, go read a book in the kitchen or outside.

Here is your mantra......

I quit smoking, I am a non-smoker.

You can do it!!

So be like the "Nike" person and "Just do it!"

[Christopheel]

[vamp]

Thanks Christopheel

[vamp]

[amatlack]

Something else to try is to switch to all-natural cigarettes first (Nat Sherman is a good brand). That way you kick the addictive toxins first, then only have the oral fixation aspect to deal with. Also, those cigarettes aren't as pleasurable, so you'll find you smoke less anyway. And they're hella expensive...another deterrent.

I've been smoke-free for...let's see, 7 years now?

[vamp]

amatlak, 7 years! Good for you! I'm heading towards 4 months

(actually had to stop, think and count it out lol)

As I may have said earlier, I've been a non-smoker since I quit!

[vaniont]

I became a non smoker in mid Sept 07 so I am approaching my first year as a non smoker. I really thought it was going to be extremely hard. I did it cold turkey. I did some research online and such. The ultimate best advice I can give is have a plan!

Plan the day you are going to quit and commit to it. Mark the day on a calender. Make short term goals like 3 days from the day you quit and mark it on the calender. The American Lung Assocation says that if you can quit for 3 days, you can quit for 3 weeks. If you can quit 3 weeks, you can quit 3 months and if you can quit for 3 months then you can be smoke free forever. So, mark 3 days, 3 weeks and three months on a calender. As each day passes mark it off and watch yourself approach the 3 day goal, the 3 week goal and so forth. Plan on little rewards for each of these goals. That new book you want, a new pair of running shoes, a night to the movies, that new DVD you want, whatever. Reward yourself for making it to your goals.

Figure out all your triggers, both physical and emotional/mental that make you want to smoke. My largest one was the desire to take a break and smoking gave me that excuse. When a task would get tedious, I would want to take a break and would smoke to take that break. I still would take a break, however I would walk around the block a time or two. Figure out what your triggers are and make a plan of what you will do when that trigger hits you, like walking, or situps or whatever positive actions you can do instead of smoking.

The most important thing is self talk. That little voice in our head that talks to us, telling is when we are doing good or bad. Make it tell you only good things. Like how proud you are to have made it three days, how awesome it is to be a nonsmoker, how you know you can do it, etc.

Remember the health aspects about becoming a nonsmoker, like lower blood pressure, lower risks to stroke, coronry disease, heart disease, lung cancer(any cancer), better sense of tatse and smell. The smoke that you inhale is full of free radicals that is reeking havoc on your body. It is hardening your artaries, constricting capallaries. I can't begin to tell you how much better I feel each and everyday since I became a nonsmoker.

Hope everything I have said helps and remember, you are not quitting smoking but becoming a nonsmoker!