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Tobacco
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:20 pm
by Zzyzx
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About three weeks ago I decided to stop smoking my pipe. This is not the first time I've done that -- once for 25 years, another time for 5 years and another for 1 or 2 years. Note: I started smoking the pipe when I was about fifteen -- sixty years ago -- so about half my life I have puffed contentedly (very professorial, you know).
The reasons I stopped are 1) the ladies at the VA hound me a bit, and 2) it started making me cough (mostly the latter).
As a side-effect, my weight went up -- from 180 to 185. So, now I have to get rid of the excess (which is generally no problem for me -- just cut down on food intake). I don't eat junk food anyway so that is not an issue, but even too much healthy food will cause one to "wear it."
I'll post when I get back to 180 (which provides a bit of incentive).
Z
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:15 pm
by Zzyzx
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Well my weight hasn't changed much but breathing and endurance sure have. My test of those is a bicycle. I ride fifteen miles out-and-back on a new bypass highway often enough to be very aware of changes in performance.
Today the five mile mark came up so soon and so easily that I was surprised. And I have plenty of energy left to go to the fitness center soon. Maybe a weigh-in there will show some desired results.
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:49 pm
by OnceConvinced
Good on ya Z. I'm also trying to improve my eating habits at the moment. cutting down on eating things like chocolate biscuits and cheese for snacks. Normally at work, if I buy my lunch, I buy some kind of cake or slice to go with it. I heard that if you eat a banana, it takes away the craving for things like chocolate, so I thought I'd give it a go and have been buying a banana instead of a slice. I couldn't believe it. It actually works!
Re: Tobacco
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:10 am
by scourge99
Zzyzx wrote:
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About three weeks ago I decided to stop smoking my pipe. This is not the first time I've done that -- once for 25 years, another time for 5 years and another for 1 or 2 years. Note: I started smoking the pipe when I was about fifteen -- sixty years ago -- so about half my life I have puffed contentedly (very professorial, you know).
The reasons I stopped are 1) the ladies at the VA hound me a bit, and 2) it started making me cough (mostly the latter).
As a side-effect, my weight went up -- from 180 to 185. So, now I have to get rid of the excess (which is generally no problem for me -- just cut down on food intake). I don't eat junk food anyway so that is not an issue, but even too much healthy food will cause one to "wear it."
I'll post when I get back to 180 (which provides a bit of incentive).
Z
Congrats on quitting smoking. You probably extended your life span.
"The fact that tobacco is hazardous to health should not be news to anyone. But smokers might be surprised to learn just how long the list of hazards is. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body. It is estimated to cause 87% of lung cancer deaths, 32% of coronary heart disease deaths, 79% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and â…“ of all cancer deaths"
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/smo ... -care-act/
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:59 pm
by OnceConvinced
Good on ya Z!
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:34 pm
by Overcomer
I'm so glad to read this, Zzyxz. Smoking is one of the world's worst scourges and I know it's a tough habit to break.
May you never pick up tobacco in any form ever again and enjoy a longer, more healthy life because of it.
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:15 pm
by McCulloch
Way to go.
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:29 am
by ttruscott
Zzyzx wrote:
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Today the five mile mark came up so soon and so easily that I was surprised. And I have plenty of energy left to go to the fitness center soon. Maybe a weigh-in there will show some desired results.
Congratulations...tobacco is a tough one!
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:20 pm
by Sammaiel
Keep the good work.
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:59 am
by Nithya
Smoking causes cancer especially
lung cancer. The particles in the cigarettes act as carcinogenic agents that lead to cancer. smoking can cause other life breaking diseases also. one should not practice smoking or if practiced should learn to quit.