Smoking and Gym –two separate lives

All my life I am trying hard to keep fit not to become fat. When I was younger I could do it by just dieting, but now I have to go to gym to strengthen my body.

Of course healthy life has several musts: proper food, sports, sleeping enough, fresh air and … no smoking! It would be all right if I exclude the last one, I thought. Nobody would notice it and it would be ok with my health if I keep following other rules.

So the new life has begun. Every morning I used to get up at 7, made fresh juice, and walked with my dog. Every evening I went to sleep at 10. Everything was ok, despite the gym…

When I went to gym for the first time, I met a lot of new nice people. Soon we became friends, because we all had one thing in common – healthy life. And of course I did not tell them about my little smoking secret. When they were discussing how people who smoke ruin their lives I kept silence.

Once I wanted to smoke so much before the gym and I stopped to smoke a cigarette nearby it. I haven’t noticed that Melissa – one girl from our group, had seen me.

I was shocked that when I came in they surrounded me and started talking about passive smoking, smoking and health, cancer, smoking and sport. “I was wondering about that smell from you… Now I understand everything” said Dave, the sporty guy with a constant friendly broad smile whom I liked. “Don’t you feel sick when you do sports?” wondered Kate, my closest friend in gym. “Ummm, no” answered I, though it was not true – actually I felt a little bit sick but I did not pay attention to it.

Day by day their advices to give up smoking irritated me. Finally I gave up going to gym because of it. Only now I understand that they really wanted to help me.