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How long after you quit smoking can you start working out?

August 18th, 2010 | Author: admin

How long after you quit smoking can you start working out? Have been smoking for 4 years a pack and and half a day.

I smoke and work out regularly. I don’t see why you couldn’t have worked out before.


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If you have quit smoking or are trying to quit, what is your biggest challenge?

July 20th, 2010 | Author: admin

I quit smoking in 1971. Except for a few cigars I haven’t smoked since and my last cigar was in 1977. Have you quit or are you trying to kick the habit? I quit cold turkey without a support group or any kind of medicine or other aid. Once I firmly decided to quit I had no trouble staying quit, but I did backslide several times on the way to successfully quitting. I never doubted I could kick the habit, though it was not easy to quit after years as a smoker.
Between my first serious attempt to quit smoking and my final successful attempt there was a span of six years and probably four or five tries to quit. It was not easy, and the hardest part was being around other people who smoked. In one of those tries I was smoke-free for nearly three years before I backslid into the habit. So I respect anyone who has tried–failed or succeeded–and I fully sympathize with those who have the habit and want to quit.

Great answers, everyone. Thanks for participating. If you’ve quit, congratulations. If you’ve tried and failed, I respect your efforts and wish you the best.

The cost is one factor that helps me stay quit. When I last smoked cigarettes cost about 40 cents a pack.

Hi warren..

congrats on that time its impressive.. i have been free for over 5 years now.. after smoking for more than 40 years.. the thing that worked for me was a support group..

the biggest challenge, was to become convinced, i couldent smoke just one..

Nicotine Anonymous is a Non-Profit 12 Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives. Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids. The primary purpose of Nicotine Anonymous is to help all those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form. The Fellowship offers group support and recovery using the 12 Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to achieve abstinence from nicotine.


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How can I quit smoking and keep on track with it without starting again?

June 28th, 2010 | Author: admin

I have been trying to quit smoking for months now and I always manage to buy cigarettes. I keep making excuses for myself which leads me to buy them and I always feel left out from a group of people who are smoking and I’m not. I have the gum and went one week without buying cigarettes but I still scabbed smokes. I really want to quit for my healths sake.

Stop thinking that quitting is a difficult thing, we have an anti-smoking culture so people think of smokers as a great evil rather than victims of an addiction, this culture effects how we approach quitting. People think that if smokers continue to suffer in order to smoke that they must enjoy smoking thus quitting will deprive them of something so will be difficult, when logically the fact smokers suffer should make quitting easier. Did you know there are laws in place so methods that don’t require willpower are restricted, being told constantly that you need willpower and quitting is difficult you believe it too and that is hardly motivation to quit!

I seriously recommend EASYWAY it has a 90% success rate and once quit very few start smoking again, there is no weight gain, no moodyness, and no feeling deprived. Easyway is easy as there is no willpower required, instead it helps you understand the nature of the addition to overcome it and feel positive from day one. It deals with the mental addition rather than the chemical, after all smokers can go all night without being woken up by cravings, nicotine may be highly addictive but the cravings and withdrawals are minute, it’s all mental. A lot of it is common sense that the addiction cancels out, sure you know smoking will kill you horribly and costs you a fortune but you still continue, that darn addiction is overriding your own brain. Easyway gets rid of the addictions grasp on your logic and deprograms the brainwashing about quitting being difficult or social dependancy on having a cigarette in your hand, then you quit successfully and happily without any ill effects. The course comes in different forms, you can get a book from Amazon for practically nothing, I tend to buy copies for £3-£4 to give away, the books also give you 20% discount off the clinics. The clinics offer the same information but more support, they are £220 but you can go as often as you need and they offer a full money back guarentee. http://www.allencarrseasyway.com

There are of course other methods, tips to help you quit, most are about as much use as, well, as continuing to smoke is to your health. Some methods work for some people and not others, but with the right attitude anything can work. If you go cold turkey try drinking coffee which feeds the caffeine addiction so takes the edge off the nicotine addiction, the bitterness also puts your off smoking, and coffee helps clear what will be coming off your lungs. Bitterness of range juice and dark chocolate can also put you off smoking, don’t use lollipops as although they keep your mouth busy it’s positive reinforcement – your body is craving nicotine so you are rewarding it with candy. Avoid quitting with friends as if one fails then it gives you an excuse to give up too, but by all means find a support group. If you find yourself laying in bed reflexting on how much you want to quit get up and write it down as in the morning you’ll forget those thoughts. There is a mouthwash you can use which is like the bad tasting nail polish used to stop biting nails, it’s sprayed onto your tounge to make cigarettes taste horrible, but it makes everything else taste horrible too. Herbal cigarettes totally help as they keep your hands and mouth busy, the problem is that you can’t smell them but everyone else can, they don’t smell nice, so use them when you’re alone. There is nicotine replacement, lozenges, patches, gum, inhalator, these are expensive but if you live in the UK you can get them free on the NHS as long as you go along to smoking clinics that monitor your progress – if you fail you have to wait six months before you can try again. You can also get drugs like Zyban, again free on the NHS, these drugs act on your brain to stop cravings, you start them a few weeks before you want to quit. My friends parents used a similar drug to Zyban and were so disgusted by cigarettes that his father threw up at the mere smell of his cigarette tin.

http://www.costofsmoking.com

http://stopsmokingcoach.ca

http://www.megalink.net/%7Edale/quitcigs.html


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QuiT sMoKiNg???

May 15th, 2010 | Author: admin

ive quit smoking im on my 5th day! but i feel realy ill just feel like crap. i feel like i wann throw up!! lost my appetite, carnt consentrate got no energy atall. just wounderd if this could be withdrawal symtoms from not smoking? and im useing nicotine patch , gum , and nasal spray! thanks !

It is normal, just hold out because you will feel so much better when you get past it. It has been a year for me, and even though I still think about smoking, now it is a feeling of pride that I was able to quit! Try to exercise, even if it is just walking it will give you more energy and help you stay committed. I hope you make it!!!

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Hello can you hear me?

May 11th, 2010 | Author: admin

www.Ecigarettestoreonline.com

I’ve been smoking for over 25 years. My wife wants me to quit smoking, my children want me to quit smoking and to tell you the truth I want to quit smoking. Have I been able to do it? No, but I’m getting closer. I found a new product called e cigs and they really help me out. I’ve gone from smoking up to three packs of cigarettes a day. All the way down to only smoking a half a pack of regular cigarettes a day.  That is a big accomplishment for me. I found a great site www.Ecigarettestoreonline.com and they’ve given me great service and a very fair price. They also called to check to see if I had my order and if there was anything they could do for me, I thought that was great, you don’t find customer service like that anymore. So if you’re trying to quit smoking or if you’re trying to cut back on smoking and the patch and or gum did not work, well try e cigarettes they might help you. They are not a FDA regulated approved stop smoking devise or chemical or whatever they classify them as, but they will give you the nicotine and it will help you stop breathing the 4000 chemicals that regular cigarettes have and that’s a good thing.

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