if your a smoker and lift weights will you not gain muslces as fast.?
373755
The smoking wont effect whether you gain muscle or not, it will however make you more winded and possibly not lift as often.  But the actual cigarette itself does not inhibit building muscle mass.
544935
Maybe, but youll die sooner if you dont stop. I know ppl who have quit smoking and they are still thin. You can lose weight, if you begin to gain. So dont let being worried about getting fat be your only priority. Stop smoking for you, life, and family. I hope you do. Take care and good luck.
506672
Smoking increases the amount of oxygen needed for a specfic task. for example if you run 500 miles your going to need a hell of a lot more oxygen so it takes more energy, and a lot of atheletes don't have that extra energy to spare because they are trying to be the fastest, or run the farthest, you should get the point.
688881
not if you realize the fact that you might eat to take the place of smoking and only eat healthy snacks like fruits and vegetables or drink a lot of water or chew gum or get one of those plastic cigarettes from cvs that helps you put something in your mouth besides smoking a real cigarette it has a little nicotine to help ween you. but once you quit you will have more energy for excercising so take advantage of it and that wil help you not gain weight also.
854365
I know smokers well. I was one for 20 years. Your moms excuse is just her way of not having to quit smoking. A smoker will make up all kinds of things to justify smoking. \nIt relaxes me. I like it. Well I don't cough? I'll gain weight.\nI'll quit someday. All excuses to continue smoking.\n\nTo answer your question though. She probably will gain a few pounds. It's because she'll eat when she gets the urge to smoke. Big deal? So you gain weight for 6 months. Then all you have to do is diet. She needs to understand this when she quits smoking. It's just a part of the process. \n.
588418
No....your breathing rate doesn't jump that fast...and if you've been running for a while, you'll be exhaling as fast as you inhale....
768892
As an ex smoker I can tell you the symptoms are normal.  When you smoked it helped digestion and curbed apatite.  Your body kinda pushed the appetite button more so you would eat and got lazy as far as digestion.  Your body is just learning to work on its own now. Which is good I'm proud of you.  If you want to speed up the recovery though,  I would try to work out 3 to 4 times a week to get things back on track metabolically.
785921
Yes.  Assuming your working out, it goes straight to building and repairing muscles, which weigh more than fat, which will cause you to gain weight.  It will probably work even if youre not working out, just more slowly.
248032
You don't HAVE to gain, but it's common to put on about 10 pounds.  It's not because you quit that you gain, it's usually because you feel the need to have something in your mouth!  Try having a lot of low-cal snacks around, like carrot sticks and celery.  You'll be fine.  Congratulations for quitting!
325789
Quiting smoking will not make you gain weight by itself.  Weight gain is a direct result of calories consumed, and calories expended during exercise, daily activity, etc.\n\nQuiting may make you feel like you need to do something with your hands- thats partly why people start eating more after quiting. If you begin to feel like this, you should have some gum, go for a walk, or find something constructive to take your mind off of smoking.\n\nSo if you're thinking about quiting... Go ahead and do it without worrying about gaining weight- you'll feel better in the long run.\n\nGood Luck
8723
I think you will show results pretty quickly.  There are some pretty amazing things that will start going on in your body.  Your body will actually start building more capillaries that will get blood to your muscles more quickly.  As this starts happening, you will start to see results.  Your metabolism will increase and you will be a calorie burning machine!
87866
it all depends on if you do activities or not because if you do activities then your not going to gain weight becaude your moveing around alot. but if you don't do sports then your weight will come on you very soon
654064
weight lift, then your neck will get bigger.
1096419
yes it does, but like weights you need to be at it all the time. when i was using one i gat lean much quicker and i gained some strength. now if you compair it to weights i got more bulk with free weights but just as much strength.
214284
i have smoked pot daily for years as well as my on/off boyfriend of three years and i have never noticed his boobs growing! we are both in good shape and quite slender naturally so pot hasn't even made us gain weight from munchies. side effects i guess are the typical lowered sex drive, lowered sperm count and amotivational syndrome in some people although it's typically associated with an already lowered motivation/depressed mood and is not causally linked to pot. incidentally, munchies might just be a learned behavior but there is some evidence that it stimulates parts of the hypothalamus that stimulate appetite. as for boobs hurting, i have never felt that and neither has my guy! if they are, maybe you should get checked, guys can get breast cancer too, in fact it is more common than most realize.
1077454
You have gained wait because you substituted your oral habit by eating when you wanted a cigarette. Now all you have to do is reduce the amount of calories  you eat by 10%. Increase your activity by 10% and you will lose between 2- 3 lbs. a week. When you lose the weight you wanted too lose, maintain you weight by moderate exercise at least 3 times a week.
936860
Yes.  1. It does take a certain amount of cardiovascular effort to lift the weights.  2. Muscle burns energy.  More muscle requires more energy to maintain it.\n\nWhat's tricky is that you can lose fat, but gain weight.  Muscle weighs more than fat.  So if you take off 10 cubic inches of fat and put on 10 cubic inches of muscle, you'll actually gain weight.