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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ragboy" data-source="post: 2050394" data-attributes="member: 4151">Hey Ledded! I heard that updating your story hour burns like 5000 calories and helps with the nicotine cravings...  Sorry. Couldn't resist.  I'm in the same boat brother. I went my entire pre and early adult life disparaging cigarettes and smokers and then I got stuck in the Saudi desert for six months with nothing to do and a carton of cigarettes won in a poker game. Now, fifteen years later, I'm trying to kick, too. All last year I used a generic brand of nico-gum and damned if it didn't work worth a darn. Every time I chewed one, I wanted to wash the taste out of my mouth with a pack of cigarettes. I broke down over the Christmas holidays and bought the Nicorette (mint and coated...i.e. chiclets with a kick) and it was like a switch turned off as far as cravings. I cruised along smoke free until this last week when the addiction bug came down like a sledgehammer (I think it had to do more with approaching deadlines and half a book to complete). Anyway, I'm chewing again today, and things are snappy.  Other than that, I started a workout regime in December. I do about 3 miles of cardio (usually walking home from the gym) and lifting (muscle concentration - Monday: triceps and chest, Wed. Biceps and back, Friday: shoulders and lower back) and then as much abdominal exercises as I can take. I found this website to be extremely helpful. I'm not going for the bodybuilding look, but the proper execution of exercises (and a wide variety of exercises by muscle group), as well as some great balanced diet tips had me sold:  <a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com" target="_blank">www.bodybuilding.com</a> If you're going the weight route, remember that the more muscle you build, the more calories your body burns just sitting still. As long as you feed the muscles and get them to the level you want, you'll have an easier time with diet and cardio. I used this type of regime to lose about 50lbs of fat (gained about 20 lbs of muscle) three years ago, and have finally had the time and money to get back into it.  Good luck everyone!</blockquote>

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