Giving Up Smoking, what changes in your body?
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Up to about 4 years ago i was doing any sport imaginable then for some strange reason i knocked it on the head and for a even sillier reason a started smoking,last week i decided enough was enough and gave up the ciggies and have gone back to light training.
I am eating ok and sleeping ok but am finding that i am getting unusualy very tired,i used to be able to push through tired times but am now finding it impossible,does nicotine have that much of an effect on tiredness,i guess at worst i averaged 15 a day.
I am eating ok and sleeping ok but am finding that i am getting unusualy very tired,i used to be able to push through tired times but am now finding it impossible,does nicotine have that much of an effect on tiredness,i guess at worst i averaged 15 a day.
Your body will still be adjusting to not having the stimulation from Nicotine. Hence the tiredness (IMHO and experience). Your lung capacity will still be compromised due to your smoking.
After a week - most of the actual nicotine will be gone but the effects of smoking will take a few months to completely go.
They do though! I have NEVER been fit but was astonishingly bad whilst smoking. I've since given up and after a month or so even I could feel the difference!
Good luck though... best thing you'll do as a smoker IMHO - if you see what I mean!
>> Edited by Chim_Knee on Wednesday 13th July 15:01
After a week - most of the actual nicotine will be gone but the effects of smoking will take a few months to completely go.
They do though! I have NEVER been fit but was astonishingly bad whilst smoking. I've since given up and after a month or so even I could feel the difference!
Good luck though... best thing you'll do as a smoker IMHO - if you see what I mean!
>> Edited by Chim_Knee on Wednesday 13th July 15:01
Chim_Knee said:
Your body will still be adjusting to not having the stimulation from Nicotine. Hence the tiredness (IMHO and experience). Your lung capacity will still be compromised due to your smoking.
After a week - most of the actual nicotine will be gone but the effects of smoking will take a few months to completely go.
They do though! I have NEVER been fit but was astonishingly bad whilst smoking. I've since given up and after a month or so even I could feel the difference!
Good luck though... best thing you'll do as a smoker IMHO - if you see what I mean!
>> Edited by Chim_Knee on Wednesday 13th July 15:01
Its been a week now and other than the tiredness the affects have all been positive,ime using will power rather than patches etc but am wondering wether to use patches or some other stimulant to help with the tiredness during the initial weeks,thanks for the good luck btw.
Your metabolism will slow down, so even eating the same amount as when you were smoking, the weight will stack on. Hopefully going back to the exercise will help counter this.
Problem is also that the food will start to taste better as your sense of smell (and hence taste) comes back, so the temptation to eat more is bad news.
Also, if Bruciebabes is to be believed, your IQ will suddenly rocket as you become a person of normal intelligence, as opposed to a sub-normal, dribbling cretin.
Problem is also that the food will start to taste better as your sense of smell (and hence taste) comes back, so the temptation to eat more is bad news.
Also, if Bruciebabes is to be believed, your IQ will suddenly rocket as you become a person of normal intelligence, as opposed to a sub-normal, dribbling cretin.
ZR1cliff said:
but am wondering wether to use patches or some other stimulant to help with the tiredness during the initial weeks,thanks for the good luck btw.
All a patch is, is a fag in flat form. If you're going to go the nicotene (sp) route as a stimuant it'd be cheaper to start smoking again.
Just keep going, the tiredness will fade relatively quickly. Gave up a year ago and feel better now than I did then!
Well done for giving up, and I hope your will power holds. And there's always Alan Carr if it doesn't.
IT will be 2 years this september since I gave up - and I still crave a fag, however it's not as mind draining as it is when you first give up and, simply now, I'm just a nonesmoker....
As for the after effects of giving up, whenever I'm asked I always use a motoring reference....
Giving up smoking is like servicing your car - as soon as you drive it for the first week it feels brilliant and you never knew how knackered it was before hand, however after a week it feels the same as it always did.
Well done, and good luck with staying off them.
JC
As for the after effects of giving up, whenever I'm asked I always use a motoring reference....
Giving up smoking is like servicing your car - as soon as you drive it for the first week it feels brilliant and you never knew how knackered it was before hand, however after a week it feels the same as it always did.
Well done, and good luck with staying off them.
JC
You could try giving up the night taxi work and sleeping 8 hours to get over the tiredness 
Seriously, good luck mate, but the only true test of your will power is going to be watching the footy whilst having a beer. That is when my craving for ciggies was the worst!
I gave up ciggies about 10 years ago and didn't smoke at all for about 5 years, then took up smoking cigars for some reason.
Seriously, good luck mate, but the only true test of your will power is going to be watching the footy whilst having a beer. That is when my craving for ciggies was the worst!
I gave up ciggies about 10 years ago and didn't smoke at all for about 5 years, then took up smoking cigars for some reason.
! vetteheadracer said:
You could try giving up the night taxi work and sleeping 8 hours to get over the tiredness
Seriously, good luck mate, but the only true test of your will power is going to be watching the footy whilst having a beer. That is when my craving for ciggies was the worst!
I gave up ciggies about 10 years ago and didn't smoke at all for about 5 years, then took up smoking cigars for some reason.
Well ime back on the weights nige(not the ciggies)and doing some light running so hopefully the health buzz will kick in but funny enough ime not missing a ciggie at the moment,ive just done a calculation 15 ciggies a day @£4.20 x 365 = £1,533.00,thats a lot of "doe ray me".
ZR1cliff said:
Its been a week now and other than the tiredness the affects have all been positive,ime using will power rather than patches etc but am wondering wether to use patches or some other stimulant to help with the tiredness during the initial weeks,thanks for the good luck btw.
The nicotine is long gone from your system, then, and it's all mental. You might try gum (regular, not nicotine), chews, lollipops (if you shave your head and like saying "who loves ya, baby?"
, or something. Perhaps you can mix textures and flavours, so take a browse and you might find yoghurt pots and fruit useful as well as sweets. You might also consider doing a damn good clean of the house/car/office to remove all traces permanently.
Plotloss said:
You may turn into a fat smug bastard, this is purely a side effect, though it has been known to be permanent in a minority of cases
I gave up 6 months 3 days and 10 hors ago -www.silkquit.org and put on over a stone and a half. Now have a few thousand pounds worth of suits that dont fit me, but have saved £1390 by not smoking.
Hope this helps
PS Yes I am a fat smug bastard
edited because stopping smoking micks up your spilling
>> Edited by Master Yoghurt on Wednesday 13th July 17:21
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