If you smoke -- Quit - I smoked for 17 years and got prescribed wellbutrin. This stuff is awesome!! Believe me I tried eveything. Smoking definatly affected my work outs and couldn't help your gains.
I agree about it being easier if your not around people who smoke. I quit six months ago This past weekend i went out for some fun. Decided to take the weekend off from training and work But ended up in some bars and pool halls even went bowling at 230am.. anyway. Everywhere smokers hang out... I succeeded in not smoking myself-- but this morning when i woke up my lungs and throat hurt... Never thought too much about second hand smoke but fuck... It effected me!
I quit smoking and dipping without help. I smoked for 12 years and dipped for about 6. One day I just woke up looked at my self in the mirror and said, "What a fucking piece of shit you are!" I used to have to get up in the morning and run to the store to buy smokes before I could do anything else. I finally came to the realization that inside my head was a mind, and that it belonged to me - not some chemical. I made a commitment to myself that if I couldn't beat a nicotine addiction, that I was a complete waste of life - a total piece of shit not worth pissing on.
Once you break it down to the elemental level and really do some soul searching you will have a solid foundation to stop. It disgusts me so much now that if I ever went back to smoking or dipping - i'd just shoot myself in the head. After all if your mind is not strong enough to beat nicotine, does your mind really deserve to live? Anybody who really wants to quit smoking can shoot me an email and I will give them some tips that worked for me.
Getting through the first week or two is the hard part.
i agree kidcrush. i was the same way. i just decided one day fuck this, i dont want to do this anymore, and threw everything away. its been 5 years and havent had any since that day. i agree the 1st 2 weeks is the hardest, but if you can make it past that, it gets a lot easier. cutting down never worked for me, i believe cold turkey is the way to go
Yea smoking really sucks. I smoked 2 packs a day for 2 years while i was in the Marines and My 3 mile run went from 21 Min to 25 min in bout 6 months. I got married and my wife made me stop. whell i actually wanted to stop myselft after 3 tries cold turkey finally worked. I just stopped dipping 2 days ago also. I hope I can stay away from it also.
2 months for me and I'll never go back. Drop that shit, it really hinders your progress, trust me. You'll make very good gains with all that shit out of your body.