One year tobacco-free...ready to tri.

Welcome. First off, a HUGE congrats to you for being 1 year tobacco free! That's an enormous accomplishment. Second, welcome to triathlon. I think you will find it equally addicting once you start seeing personal gains, which will be relatively quick once you get going. I remember the pain of running after not running for a looooong time. Don't worry, it definitely gets better. Enjoy.

Edited by DLaw 2010-12-21 9:57 PM

Congrats on the year tobacco free. I just joined and seems like a lot of info. here. Good luck on your journey.

Congrats on being smoke free!!!! I quit 5 years ago...started triing and never looked back. The weight will come off...you have already done the hard part! Welcome to BT

 When I have been 40lbs overweight, I started out walking briskly for an hour or more for a few weeks everyday. Then slowly moving into running. Diet is the key to losing weight & that much extra weight was too hard on my knees, calves, & feet. I've done this twice now(losing 40lbs). Gratz on being tobacco free.

Thats great my dad is 39 (im only 15) and i really wished hed quit but he still does. Good luck with your tris that is great to hear

If you can quit smoking this will be a breeze!

Welcome to BT! Congrats on your one year smoke free! I just passed my 4yr mark on 12/26. This is the best way to keep free of that habbit..but have to say you probably won't save and $$! Although  I did buy my first bike with the money that I would have spent on smokes! And tri's are more fun!

Welcome Sailor.  More kudos for quitting smoking!  I finally quit a few years ago and couldn't be happier.  Good luck in your training! 

Thanks for the welcome and encouragement. I had a bad start, though, with an MCL strain. Doc said, "too much, too soon." So, no running for a while - he wants me to lose some of this extra weight and regain some quad strength first to help stabilize the knee. As long as I'm not having discomfort, I can get on the bike or swim (once I have pool access). For now, I'll use the bike to help get this weight off. I managed to lose 3 lbs during the 2 weeks of Christmas and New Year with just proper nutrition ( I don't use the word "diet") and started back on the bike this week.

Edited by kenj711 2011-01-04 9:56 AM

Welsomce to BT and Congrats on quitting smoking. I am coming up on my 4 yr mark of being tobacco free myself (Skoal)

Welcome to the club - 3 years smoke free for myself and have lost 60 lbs in the last year from training for Tri's & 1/2  Mary's.

Keep up the great work and see you on the start line. You will enjoy the experience.

That is awesome my friend.  I too quit smoking a little over a year ago after smoking for 20 years.  It's amazing how much different you feel after a year.  I never could have done anything I have accomplished if I was still smoking.  Congradulations on finally kicking such a hard and horrible habbit.