How to get an Ex-smoker fit!

pseudonym1

I have recently stopped smoking- quitting 15-20 a day after 17 years- this is part of a new found get healthy attitude. After years of debauchery its time to cop on and look after myself better.

Diet :has always been OK - uped my veg and fruit in-take and cut out a lot of the crap (which has also added to my unhealthy state)

Exersice - mmm this has been drasticaly neglected - I was fit once- its vague!

I have started to walk run walk run - can do this for 30 minutes before feeling the need to collapse.
Heve began jogging which I can now do for all 12 mins. Yes! was 4 now 12 !

Enrolled for jazz dancing classes in november and dont really like Gyms. Love the water good swimmer but my bod in a swimsuit would depress me.

So oh healthy ones what advice could you offer to help me build a healthy reigeme and get my lungs pumping asap?

Also what would be excessive*? After I exersice I feel I have to cough up a lung! Is this good/bad?

shameful stats - 5"7 12 - ish stooone!

Thanx


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Highway_To_Hell

Similar to you up until January this year I smoked 20+ a day, I also had a slight weight problem and did not want to add to this due to the normal weight increase when you stop smoking.

Last January I couldn't run more then a few 100 meters without stopping but I set a goal and trained for that. My goal was the 10k great run in April. Once that was completed I set more targets for myself and worked towards them and hence during the summer I completed in a few Triathlons, Duathlons and the Addidas race series. My current goal is the Dublin Marathon and next year I have signed up to do the Half Ironman in Lisbon. Without the goals/targets I think I would have slipped back down the slippery slope also the weight loss was a great motivator for me (was 16 stone now I am 12st 13lbs)

If I can do it anyone can. There are a few short charity runs on in the December timeframe that could be a good target for you to aim for.

Over time your walk time will decrease and run time increase. You should also try to increase the amount of time to 40+ mins of exercise. Don’t worry about the lung clearing, look on that as a positive and within a few weeks this will stop and from the moment you stop smoking your lungs start repairing themselves.

Best of luck and enjoy life as a non smoker, I found it liberating as I don’t have to plan my day around when I can have a cigarette.

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Highway_To_Hell wrote: »

Similar to you up until January this year I smoked 20+ a day, I also had a slight weight problem and did not want to add to this due to the normal weight increase when you stop smoking.

Last January I couldn't run more then a few 100 meters without stopping but I set a goal and trained for that. My goal was the 10k great run in April. Once that was completed I set more targets for myself and worked towards them and hence during the summer I completed in a few Triathlons, Duathlons and the Addidas race series. My current goal is the Dublin Marathon and next year I have signed up to do the Half Ironman in Lisbon. Without the goals/targets I think I would have slipped back down the slippery slope also the weight loss was a great motivator for me (was 16 stone now I am 12st 13lbs)

If I can do it anyone can. There are a few short charity runs on in the December timeframe that could be a good target for you to aim for.

Over time your walk time will decrease and run time increase. You should also try to increase the amount of time to 40+ mins of exercise. Don’t worry about the lung clearing, look on that as a positive and within a few weeks this will stop and from the moment you stop smoking your lungs start repairing themselves.

Best of luck and enjoy life as a non smoker, I found it liberating as I don’t have to plan my day around when I can have a cigarette.

thats an amzing acheivment, i don't know anyone who has smoked and turned themselves around that much

pseudonym1

Highway_To_Hell wrote: »

Similar to you up until January this year I smoked 20+ a day, I also had a slight weight problem and did not want to add to this due to the normal weight increase when you stop smoking.

Last January I couldn't run more then a few 100 meters without stopping but I set a goal and trained for that. My goal was the 10k great run in April. Once that was completed I set more targets for myself and worked towards them and hence during the summer I completed in a few Triathlons, Duathlons and the Addidas race series. My current goal is the Dublin Marathon and next year I have signed up to do the Half Ironman in Lisbon. Without the goals/targets I think I would have slipped back down the slippery slope also the weight loss was a great motivator for me (was 16 stone now I am 12st 13lbs)

If I can do it anyone can. There are a few short charity runs on in the December timeframe that could be a good target for you to aim for.

Over time your walk time will decrease and run time increase. You should also try to increase the amount of time to 40+ mins of exercise. Don’t worry about the lung clearing, look on that as a positive and within a few weeks this will stop and from the moment you stop smoking your lungs start repairing themselves.

Best of luck and enjoy life as a non smoker, I found it liberating as I don’t have to plan my day around when I can have a cigarette.

Thanks Highway thats inspiring.
Im upping the lenghts gradually and plan to do be able to run a local road which is 5ish miles by xmas. Its also very hilly so will hopefully have me looking hot for the festive season too.
Anyway well done to you and thanks

the_syco

Although you may feel great, after 17 years, your heart may not be in great condition. Be careful, and talk to your doctor