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Jonty Smith

At the age of 18 I was a real fat kid. I was probably some 70 lbs overweight, had long tangled hair and was exceptionally miserable. At that age, the hormones had kicked in and I was desperate to get out there socialising with the opposite sex. However, my weight battered my confidence and self-esteem levels, rendering that kind of social interaction almost impossible.

So, I made the decision to lose weight. I simply cut out all junk food, all soda, and started running as far as I could each and every day. By the time four months had gone by, I had dropped the best part of 60 lbs and I was running an easy three miles every day. On top of this, the number of push-ups I could do had risen from one (when I first started) to 400 over the course of several sets.

So where does smoking fit into this little story? Well let me elucidate. After I had lost the weight, I had a ton of people come up to me asking how I managed to shift the fat. When I replied that I had simply eaten less and exercised more, they wouldn’t take that for an answer. Most overweight individuals want a magic bullet, an instant cure, and they were convinced that I must have been doing a special diet or exercising with unique technique.

I lose weight the natural way. And if anyone else in the world wishes to lose weight and keep it off, they will eventually learn that they have to do it the natural way. No fad diet is going to work for them long-term. This is one of the laws in life - we must do things naturally. If something seems to good to be true, then it usually is. You need to stop smoking the natural way.

So how does one stop smoking the natural way? Well, it’s pretty simple. Don’t use the patches, don’t use the gum, don’t use the substitute cigarettes, don’t use the herbal cigarettes. If you want to quit smoking, then just stop smoking.

Don’t replace your smoking habit with another habit, such as gum or patches - all you’ll end up doing is replacing one addiction with another. Half the success in quitting cigarettes is in beating the power of addiction. If we substitute habits, we will never kick the power of addiction and, just like the individual doing the latest fad diet, we will be destined to have an ongoing battle for the rest of our lives by harbouring a viper in our bosom.

However, just because you choose to stop smoking the natural way, don’t start to worry that it has to be difficult. I was thoroughly addicted to cigarettes for over a decade, smoking two packets a day, and yet I managed to quit the habit within a few hours of trying a certain technique. And what’s more, it was easy and peaceful to do; I’ve never craved a cigarette since then. There are many methods to help you stop smoking the natural and easy way, particularly with hypnotherapy. Just resolve to quit the habit properly instead of using half-hearted measures.

Jonty Smith is a former smoker based in the U.K.

After 10 years of smoking two packs a day, Jonty finally managed to quit in 2006. His story of how he managed to beat the habit is available for free reading at (http://www.How-I-Stopped-Smoking.com)

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