Pressure's on now, this got featured. Good luck to you. I believe if you have the will to lose the amount of weight you did, then you also have the will to quit smoking. Quitting cold turkey is the way to do it too. I smoked a little longer than you did and had to quit twice. I tried the gum the first time and it just made me want cigarettes AND gum. I think most "stop smoking aids" are actually just a last ditch effort to make you spend the most money possible before it's out of your life.
PS maybe consider disabling chat because nicotine withdrawals make you rage.
This will be easy for you Ret. To have the willpower to lose all that weight. I am sure you can do it again.
I am somewhat surprised that you were drinking all those coca colas and energy drinks. I had the impression that you would be probably the kind of guy who would just stick to green tea and water after your successful dieting all those years ago.
Good luck. I hope you can stay motivated this time to reach your potential as uberawesomebestdutchiprogamerofsewurld for once. Been waiting for ages for that one *growl*.
Good luck, Ret! I've been smoking for about 11 years, now- ever since I had a concussion remove me from my Texas HS football team. Quitting was so hard for me, every time I tried- still can't shake the habit... Maybe your effort will be an inspiration for me to quit, too! =0)
I've been a smoker for 6 years as well, and unlike you Ret i have a chronic disease which makes smoking for me prohibitive. I haven't been able to quit smoking since i started it when i was a teenager. I have no idea how you're gonna quit smoking immediately... In my experience, every time i tried quitting this way it was a really painful experience. I think the best way to quit smoking is to take it easy and start smoking less every day/week and eventually reach a point where you only smoke a few. Then it might be a lot easier.
However now that you shared that with the community, if you were to start it again or even smoke one or two, you're gonna hate yourself which I'm sure will stress you a lot. All i can say is good luck man. I hope you do it.
But saw many friends getting into it and now being stuck.
I was fat as well a few years ago (has been 4 years now) : i was 90 kg (200lbs?) for 1m75.
Wasn't ultra obse but i wasn't feeling good at all being like this. Gaming was (still is in some way) the best way to escape that reality - being fat -. Though i was fat i loved sport, especially basketball. So when I arrive at the University i had the chance to do a shitload of sport (resulting in failing my first year : D) but I reached 72 kg (158lbs) in 6 months without changing much of my food habit.
So my food habit wasn't that bad but had too much meat. Now - since i have a gf - my meals have more vegetables than meat (and than ever), and cooking is being a pleasure. SO IS GAMING, when you feel healthy, when you feel you ate well but not too much! You can sit on that damn fucking chair and be ready to play, watch and rage because that damn T shouldn't have been able to max like this.
I wish you the very best Ret. Going to the gym ? try swimming : once you are in water it might be too shitty to get out of water, change and go smoke . Instead just keep on swimming. It is a very nice exercise to be healthy and to get some breathe back. It is very balanced and doesn't damage at all (compared to weight lifting/running for example). But alternating the two is good : one day easy swimming and shit, good for recuperation. The second day go weight/run, you'll be healthy in no time. Don't forget that the time you spend sitting can be assessed as time of recuperation.
Stopping smoking ? Best challenge ever for hard smokers are you seemed to be. Want to smoke ? Drink a fucking shitload of water, and focus on your amazing macro. I guess it is all about Focus and determination.
I was focused and determined when i wanted to lose weight. Determination actually, I enjoyed doing sport too much for me to actually focus.
damn it will be so great to see you play that much again. I was so fond of your style
Good luck Ret, don't let yourself down! If you lost that much weight in the past it shouldn be a piece of cake, right?
Although I personally can't really relate with quitting smoking though as I never started in the first place but shouldn't that be just pretty much down to willpower, sounds much easier than losing over 1/3 of your weight at least..
Really rooting for you, this is gonna be hard and you're gonna feel like shit initially. My friend's dad quit last year and he had been smoking for at least 20 years. My friend said that he was grumpy for like six months after he quit.
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Good luck to you. I believe if you have the will to lose the amount of weight you did, then you also have the will to quit smoking. Quitting cold turkey is the way to do it too. I smoked a little longer than you did and had to quit twice. I tried the gum the first time and it just made me want cigarettes AND gum. I think most "stop smoking aids" are actually just a last ditch effort to make you spend the most money possible before it's out of your life. 
