Like the title says 6 years now.I owe that to this site and the people here.Thxs for the insperation.
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09-19-2012, 03:51 PM #1Registered User
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6 years smoke free
If you think you can or think you cant, your right.
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09-19-2012, 04:14 PM #2Grumpy old fat man!
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Outstanding! good on you. I bet you feel lots better now.
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09-19-2012, 04:20 PM #3Bored
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Great job! Proud of you. What always gets me is that nicotine is even better for weight loss than ephedrine...
I'll take being fat over cancer any day tho.
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09-19-2012, 04:52 PM #4Registered User
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You can get nicotine without the tobacco if you want to lose fat. I tried the patch a few years ago, but it just made me feel sick. Oh well. I guess I'll have to lose fat the old fashioned way.Originally Posted by drudixon
Great job! Proud of you. What always gets me is that nicotine is even better for weight loss than ephedrine... I'll take being fat over cancer any day tho.
Congrats OP. I have so many friends who've quit smoking, sometimes just for a little while. It takes strength to quit tobacco and stick with it over the years.
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09-19-2012, 05:10 PM #5Not afraid of food!
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Good job backer!
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09-19-2012, 05:12 PM #6Registered XFA User
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Congrats! Lookin' forward to having one of these threads in the future. I'm 19 days smoke-free.
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09-19-2012, 05:35 PM #7Registered User
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For anybody that feels nicotine is good for weight loss I lost 96 lbs after quitting smoking.Granted it was a total lifestyle change but I am able to train twice as hard now that my lungs work.
Good job Bosho ,go one day at a timeIf you think you can or think you cant, your right.
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09-20-2012, 03:25 AM #8Bored
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I gained 50 when i quit.Originally Posted by backer
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09-20-2012, 06:45 AM #9Registered User
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awesome! Keep it going!
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09-20-2012, 06:48 AM #10Registered User
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Lost about 25lbs when I quit 9 months ago. But only cos I was dieting anyway.
I still get pangs, but overall, I'm glad I gave up.
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09-20-2012, 08:40 AM #11Getting Toned
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Good job backer !
I eventually have to get off this stuff before it burns a hole thru my skull:
But for now it is just too good
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09-20-2012, 08:43 AM #12Registered User
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Pretty close to 10 years here.
Regardless of the duration, congrats to you, OP, as well as everyone else that's made that extremely important and tough change in their lives.
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09-20-2012, 11:37 AM #13Registered User
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5 years for me in August. Probably one the things I've done that I'm the most proud of. Just because I tried so many times and failed. Don't quit quitting! Gained some weight, but it's mostly muscle!
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09-20-2012, 11:40 AM #14
Been about 5 months for me. I stopped for 13 years and started again after my divorce. Smoked for 2 more years and quit. I have never felt better and this site pushed me to get healthy.
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09-20-2012, 11:45 AM #15
I'm still fighting. I'll stop for a few months, but always wind up smoking again. I'll get it once and for all.
Great job to those of you who quit.Goals:
1.5 bw Bench
2.0+ bw Squat
2.5 bw Deadlift
Gain 20 lbs
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09-20-2012, 01:04 PM #16Registered User
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Nice job backer. I'm going on 12 years. It was rough at first when drinking a couple beers, coffee too. I tell my wife I'm going to start again when I'm 65. She's not amused.
Tom
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09-20-2012, 02:51 PM #17Manlet Extraordinaire
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Congrats!
I was 2 packs a day for 29 years. This September 30th will be 10 years clean for me. Don't miss 'em at all now.*Official Misc Photography Crew *
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09-20-2012, 02:51 PM #18Homegrown
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Good choice Backer and congrats on staying away from it!
I'm tabaco free now for 8 years now. Started smoking when I was twelve.
Smoking wasn't so hard to quit once I put my mind to it...... it was the dip that was the hardest. I still have dreams from time to time that I put a big ole dip in my lip and then feel shame Very vivid dreams..., I can taste it, smell it, down to the very texture! I wake up thanking God it's just a dream. That **** was hard as hell to give up!
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09-20-2012, 08:08 PM #19Registered User
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Hi
Two and a half years stopped, this time around.
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Regards
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09-20-2012, 08:36 PM #20Registered User
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Good on all of you
If you think you can or think you cant, your right.
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09-22-2012, 12:14 PM #21Registered User
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That's great.
How can you visualize training a muscle if you don't know its structure?
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09-22-2012, 12:23 PM #22I grunt
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I avoid putting anything in my mouth with "Rape" in the title.Originally Posted by steffo99
Good job backer !
I eventually have to get off this stuff before it burns a hole thru my skull:
But for now it is just too goodI'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ~ Thomas Jefferson
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09-22-2012, 12:58 PM #23Registered User
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Well done.
I may look like Santa Claus.....but I'm feeling like Elvis...........
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09-23-2012, 04:35 AM #24Registered User
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Holy hell, you're not kidding! I'm currently on my second week with no chew. Congratulations to those who've quit and hello to O35 forum folks (I'm now at that age).Originally Posted by socket
Good choice Backer and congrats on staying away from it!
I'm tabaco free now for 8 years now. Started smoking when I was twelve.
Smoking wasn't so hard to quit once I put my mind to it...... it was the dip that was the hardest. I still have dreams from time to time that I put a big ole dip in my lip and then feel shame Very vivid dreams..., I can taste it, smell it, down to the very texture! I wake up thanking God it's just a dream. That **** was hard as hell to give up!"What one man can do, another can do." -The Edge
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09-23-2012, 05:21 AM #25Registered User
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Quitting smoking is the best thing you can do for your health
The smoke and the tars = lung cancer----the nicotine=heart problems
Next best thing is diet ( unless you are somebody whose genetics let them eat anything with no diabetes or heart worries)and exercise ( unless you are somebody whose genetics lets them be a lump with no problems )
But even you if are genetically blessed exercise and diet makes you look better unless you don't care less what the mirror revealsLast edited by uncbob; 09-23-2012 at 05:27 AM.
I know muscle has a memory but I think mine has Alzheimers
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09-23-2012, 06:46 AM #26stretching blows
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congrats to all that have kicked the habit.
i'm at 4 months. i'm still white knucking it at times, so i think i'mnotdoingitright. oh well. my work capacity with the weights has improved drastically.
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09-23-2012, 04:15 PM #27meow
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7yrs for me. I dont cough anymore and I didnt realise how much it stinks! Now when I get near a smoker ooowweee that old smoke smell!!
Living life clean and loving it!!
I'll take being fat over cancer any day tho.
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