someone rep this man I negged him by accident sorry ricka!!
No prob man.. I've done the same before..
Cheers didnt know that.
Did you quit smoking yourself? One thing I know for a fact that when I quit, (although I am on test/tren lol) is that I wont be able to maintain sub 7% bodyfat on my current bulking diet, since the nicotine is an antagonist to the insulin receptor... at this stage, the only genuine question I have is, is it really worth quitting? Smoking is something I love to do, its in my daily routine. Do I really want to live an extra 10 years as an old man??
I quit cold turkey. I had it planned perfectly, ran out of butts on Sunday Jan 2, 2011. Started Monday as my new year, new life. It was also part of my daily routine, although that routine broke down as I had tried to quit many many times. I eventually got to the point of only smoking after a meal or while drinking with friends. I bought my own place 3+ years ago, and refused to smoke indoors, which helped by not having the smell of butts, smoke, ashtrays, etc in the house. Also switching from full Marb Reds to Parli Ultra-Lights over many years made the nicotine addiction easier to break.
I took the weight gain in stride, eating as I felt I needed to. I gained weight. I didn't care. Losing weight was easier to quit smoking anyday. It is so much more mental than people think.
The other reason I quit was health. I didn't want to wind up like my Mother. She smoked for 50+ years, took her scripts for hdl/ldl, heart health, all that crap. She ate alright, never had fast food or other junk. She died just over 6 years ago. I cried at her empty bedside, promising her I would make her proud and do the right thing. After lying to her for years saying I didn't smoke(even though I knew she knew), I had to try. I tried and failed, tried and failed., tried and failed. I've since quit smoking, lost 9" off my gut(still more to go to be perfect), changed my whole life, own my house, paid off my truck loan, and am currently training for Tough Mudder. She would be proud, even most of the stuff she would call petty. She wanted me to be happy, and I know by staying healthy, and starting a good family, and being true to myself, I'll be happy...even if life sucks in general. It's a challenge I accept every morning.
I'm using e-cigs now... all the nicotine, none of the smoke. LoL
ManBeast
The only thing I hate about e-cigs, is they look like the cool thing for kids to do. Same thing in the '80s when parents said kids my age shouldn't have had candy ciggarettes. They all said it would lead to real smoking. I don't blame candy for me smoking. It was more of growing up in a house of smoke, and peer pressure. But I smoked, and I wonder what my life would have been like if I didn't. If I tried out for football or wrestling...Don't get me wrong, I'm happy now..but the wonder will never go away.
