Quit Smoking - Case Study

Just a short post today. Passed the 22 month mark since my last cigarette. Weight on October 1 2006 was 212 buck n*ked. Could not do yard work. Could barely make it up a set of stairs without resting to catch my breath. After 3 minutes on the exercise bike at minimum resistance, I was totally out of breath and it took 10 minutes or more to regain normal breathing and heart rate.

June 24, 2007.
Weight 187
10 minutes on the exercise bike at level 4 resistance.
2 minutes recovery time.

I apologize for those supporting me. I slipped a little bit and enjoyed too many carbs and too little exercise during June. July will be spent in Canada, fishing and getting in better shape. It will be a real challenge to my diplomacy as I visit friends and relatives and attempt to maintain some resemblance of a low carb diet.

Next post planned for early July.

PS. A good friend of mine Don Schmidt, did not have a smoking challenge, but was significantly overweight. He is around my age, about 60 and about my height at 5 foot 10 inches. His weight last fall was 235. He set out a 1.3 mile walking course last fall walked it once per day. When he started he had to stop about every 100 feet and rest, sit down and rest. People would stop their cars and ask him if he needed medical assistance. He did not care. He finished the walking course every day. He went on several diets and a cleanse and detox regimen. We chatted this month and he reports his weight at 180. He can complete the walking course easily now and often does several circuits per day. He has totally turned his life around. He did not smoke. That is the factor he did not need to defeat. Through will power he has got his weight under control and gets regular exercise. Without the extra burden of recovering from smoking he is seeing results of his exceptional effort sooner and more dramatically. Just another reason to not smoke or quit smoking. Life is hard enough as it is, do not complicate it further by added a very negative component to your quality of life. Enough preaching, see you next month.