Ex-Smokers : Did you get fat when you gave up?

[Cort Haus]

Too much abstinence makes Jack a sanctimonious boy.

Yes, I'm wary of giving up too many vices.

[Arrian]

One vice at a time for me. The next one to tackle will be harder: diet/excercise. I've made half-hearted moves, but nothing significant enough to actually drop the weight I gained in and immediately after college. I don't need to drop it all, but it would be good to lose ~25lbs (from 175 down to 150).

I think that's gonna be a whole lot harder than giving up smoking. I love food and drink, and I dislike non-sport excercise. I think I need to get into more rec league sports. My company volleyball and softball leagues play only once per week.

-Arrian

[SlowwHand]

Nothing burns calories like a rousing game of softball. (cough)


Speaking of cough, did you see the report
that cutting back on amount smoked gains a
person nothing?
You have to actually quit. WTF??

I've cut back from 30 a day to 10...FOR WHAT?
I don't know about you, but I'm pissed.
I'm wired for sound. What do they want from me?

Sorry. Sometimes, something just comes over me and I rant.
I do feel better though.

[Arrian]

Sloww,

Actually, I play softball like a complete maniac. Trust me when I tell you I get a workout. I play CF and treat hunting flyballs like it's my mission in life.

-Arrian

[SlowwHand]

Ok. It's like, send LF and RF to the bench to rest, because you have it covered.
That's cool.

[Arrian]

Heh, I don't have THAT type of range But I certainly try. I consider it a boring day if I don't get in at least one good dive and come up with some grass stains

Of course, I typically undo the benifits of the workout by going out to the local bar with the team and eating burger & fries and drinking beer. Fun, but counter-productive from a health standpoint.

-Arrian

[Az]

LF and RF to the bench to rest

left foot and right foot?

[Lancer]

I stopped in '98 and weighed 187. Eight years later and I weigh 195, having recently lost 5 lbs.

[Aro]

I stopped in 2002, and no, I didn't get fat...

Well, I run 4 kilometers every day, and walk 2 more to "cool down". One hour of exercise. I think that's the reason.

[Aro]

Originally posted by dannubis
From time to time I still have this strange feeling that I want to smoke. However it is more like a distant nagging, not really a pressing need anymore. But when I start thinking of something else I easily forget I wanted to smoke in the first place.

Exactly the same here... But in the last two years, this rarely happened.

[Aro]

Originally posted by MikeH


Yeah, you'll soon come to loathe even the smell and become a huge anti-smoking nazi, the kind you previously hated.

It's brilliant.

Actually, I'm not an anti-smoking nazi... In fact, I like the odor of smoke...



But is very weird when you come back home, after a night playing with the band in a bar, smelling like an ashtray... I never felt this before!

[DAVOUT]

Generally the problem results from an excessive daily food ration. This is easely solved by reducing such ration. If you are not disciplined enough to eat less, exercises will just make you more hungry.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


I'm not sure I'll get that far. Plan A is to get from Monday to Saturday without tobacco. The prospect of giving up long-term was not something I had considered at first.

Besides, I don't like the smell of cigarettes anyway, and don't smoke them. Rolling tobacco is a far milder smell.

I used to smoke rollies too, depends on the brand I think...

If you've given up for nearly a week the hardest part if over should you decide to give up for good, or just continue not smoking for a while.

[Cort Haus]

The hardest part was out at a gig last night. I always used to light up when watching a band, and a few pints always accentuates the urge to smoke. I even know non-smokers who like the odd smoke when they're pissed. Good practice for the smoking ban though. Soon it won't be possible to smoke at a gig anyway.

I came through, though. It's nice to know that the first week is the hardest. I'd imagined it going on for ever.

[MikeH]

There's another danger point at between 2 and 4 weeks. You are out for a few drinks and think, I've given up, this is fine, I don't even want a cigarette, so if I just have one now I won't start again.