No smoking, no soda. An occasional beer. Too much red wine.

i'm a saint.

i love all the finger wagging. a thread about cancer sticks. who'da thunk it.

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Single most ignorant thing I've heard in a long time.

I no longer smoke, but I didn't quit because of cycling. Just because someone is addicted to smoking they can't also gain the benefit of working out through cycling?

True smoking will limit your ability to cycle to some degree. But it doesn't mean you can't do both. One does not have anything to do with the other.

I'm impatient.

Six miles. Six fuggin miles of cigarettes. Think of the bike I could have purchased with that money!

The point was: if you care enough to be active, why are you smoking? Does not compute.

Smoking is a stupid habit to get into, period. One should not smoke, period. Anyone's attempt at justifying, or rationalizing their smoking habit is just a self delusion.

I'm not sure why you imagine the universe is binary. Is it not possible both are bad? I can name more than 10 people I know who died from smoking related illnesses. I can name a few people drinking killed as well, and several it sure could. The bottom line is it's great you stopped drinking if it was an issue for you, but it doesn't make smoking a less destructive thing to do.

use to think mine would circle the planet. did the math. not quiet, but more than 6 miles.

+1 Hate the little buggers. Quit on 12/31/09. As for other guilty pleasures, good beer(dogfish head, brew dog, etc.), Ch Ch Cookies, pot and pure MDMA

Where I come from, we call that BAIT!

Mountain dew and currently flavor blasted goldfish.

No cigarettes here for the past 20 years.
I still drink (like a fish on occassion), but I have a strange condition that either resists or prevents hangovers, so I can drink unitl 2:30 or 3:00 and then jump on the bike for a 20 mile ride @ 7:00.
My friends all hate me on Saturday/Sunday mornings because while they are trying to hold down a cup of coffee long enough for the aspirin to dissolve, I'm already out on the bike!
(I have an "over-achieving" liver!)
+++

Intoxicated saturday night fishing on city owned property bait

some of my best rides and races have been after a long night of beer drinking. something to do with the excess carbs/calories i think...

Working on quiting smoking, down to a pack a week. I do love a good beer, bought a 12 pack of Blue Moon 10 days ago, I have 2 left. Biggest guilty pleasure is coffee.

I do have some vices, though.

Starbucks pumpkin spice latte was one, but it's gone now.

I don't drink soda (I'll have an occasional Pepsi) but love sweet tea.

Any if you give me this I'll eat it all (but usually don't eat sweets).

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smoking is good for your cycling. it expands your lungs. i always light one up and pass it around before a big climb.

Alcohol. Many cycling seasons suffered. Now that I don't drink I am much more productive.

Also, how come you are always a recovering alcoholic, but when someone quits smoking you are just an x-smoker? Even when the chemically addicting affects of cigarettes are well documented, but the addicting affects of alcohol seem more phycological?

Possible that your response is the answer.

Oh, I enjoy beer and alcohol in general, but I have restricted myself to one night a week in order to lose weight.

I have occasional junk food binges.

Guilty pleasures include: Dance music, Krispy Kreme Donuts

I smoked for 25 years - quit when my daughter was born and took up cycling. I like bikes but it's hard to keep them lit.

I also like eating chips, but have stuck to baked versions. The bag still only last 2 days in my house though.

vegas buffets and buffets in general!

Once I started getting more serious about riding, I gave up cigs AND beer... The only thing left to give up now is sweets.

BTW, I don't consider myself an ex-smoker. I consider myself a non-smoker. It's a subtle but important twist for me mentally.