One of the things that caused me to stop was moving to a house that was half way up a very steep driveway, and finding myself panting on the way up.
Mini-fact: Rattlers often strike a rodent and before it dies, it runs off, and there are often a bunch of similar rodents in the area. They usually find the one they struck because, scientists have recently proved, they follow the scent of their own venom.
One of the common beliefs about why people gain weight when they stop smoking is that food smells and tastes better.
When I stopped smoking, I gained 10 pounds in the first month. That was understandable since I was on deployment to Germany and the food and beer was too good to pass up.
So I went on a diet and exercise program and gained 10 more pounds.
Then I went on a very strict diet and exercise program and finally stopped gaining weight after putting on another 10 pounds.
I eventually worked off 20 of that 30 pounds.
The reason for the weight gain was that smoking was the equivalent of carrying a 30-lb weight around constantly. It was that much stress on my body. It does not merely kill you with the tar and nicotine; it wears you out with stress.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
One of the things that caused me to stop was moving to a house that was half way up a very steep driveway, and finding myself panting on the way up.
Mini-fact: Rattlers often strike a rodent and before it dies, it runs off, and there are often a bunch of similar rodents in the area. They usually find the one they struck because, scientists have recently proved, they follow the scent of their own venom.
ChristopherHeckman almost 5 years ago
A snake lighting a cigarette. That’s something I’d pay to see. Although there’s probably a video on YouTube of it.
dflak almost 5 years ago
One of the common beliefs about why people gain weight when they stop smoking is that food smells and tastes better.
When I stopped smoking, I gained 10 pounds in the first month. That was understandable since I was on deployment to Germany and the food and beer was too good to pass up.
So I went on a diet and exercise program and gained 10 more pounds.
Then I went on a very strict diet and exercise program and finally stopped gaining weight after putting on another 10 pounds.
I eventually worked off 20 of that 30 pounds.
The reason for the weight gain was that smoking was the equivalent of carrying a 30-lb weight around constantly. It was that much stress on my body. It does not merely kill you with the tar and nicotine; it wears you out with stress.
Stephen Gilberg almost 5 years ago
Not “sssssmoking”?
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
It was his smoker’s cough giving him away just before attempting to strike…
Zykoic almost 5 years ago
Quitting cigarettes is easy! I have done it thousands of times.