cigarettes, cycling and my health

brad g

I had smoked from the age of 18 to the age of 24, about 1 pack a day. The way I quit was one day I was driving down the street in my truck, I looked over at the pack of cigarettes and the lighter on the dash. I had an instantaneous urge to pick them up and chunk them out the window, which I did. I never bought another pack of cigarettes. That's been seven years ago.

P.S. I gained 50 lbs in the few months afterward, which lately I've lost 25 of.

distincthead

I smoked from early teens to age 24 (right now, that is) It's rough, but at least I wont gain any weight. I actually lose appetite when I'm going through quitting. Gotta force down enough to keep me cycling. Good for you guys on quitting though, even if it was 30 years ago.

pieralberto

I quit 34 days ago, the first days I was very down depression was horrible. I am feeling better now but weight gain is the crap, I was down 15 pounds when i was riding and smoking( not at the same time) and now I gaint the 15 back, i am riding much harder now and my question is how can you determine your muscle gain vs weight gain?..............hope im making sense.....

Piero

tes151

I quit just over a year ago when I was 44 years old. I had been smoking since I was 13 or so. Took that long to finally get tired of it enough to quit. Now I'm riding a Trek hybrid on the rail trail whenever I'm home ( truck driver ) trying to lose the weight I gained on top of the flab I had before I quit. Best thing I ever did was quit. Now I can live long enough to be a burden to my children.

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distincthead

Good for you!! It doesn't matter how often you ride, or what you ride, just that you do. It inspires people.

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john74

i quit 6 weeks ago from a 40 a day habit. the first week was hell but now i only think about it 2 or 3 times a day now and there not major cravings just little niggles. to be honest its not as hard to give up as the media and government makes you believe. maybe they dont want to lose their tax money. and i treated myself to a giant xtc carbon on the day i quit just to put that little bit of pressure on myself to use the money i would spend on ciggies and pay off the bike so there was no going back i couldnt afford to do both.

distincthead

Awesome! Too bad I couldn't treat myself to the same motivation!

john74

have you set a day yet. also read a book called the easy way to give up smoking by allen carr. its amazing i thought i was one of these peopple who could never give it up i was certain that i was going to die from lung cancer in my 50s or 60s all of my family thought the same. i really used to enjoy it, it was the only unhealthy thing i did. i dont even drink. to be honest i really enjoyed smoking, but i read half this book and that was it i stopped. good luck. where abouts are you i could send you the book.

Archibald

good work John!