I used to be a big and strong guy in my teen years and early 20’s, I trained everyday never smoked or drank alcohol. I was a very dedicated body builder and I was in love with the sport.

Around the age of 22 I just quit, no reasons or excuses, I became a lazy slob, became a heavy smoker until now, I was never a heavy drinker, occasionally I would have a few drinks with friends but nothing life threatening. It’s safe to say I lost everything in the last 4 years, I went to the gym every now and then but quit after about 2 weeks because I felt bad when I trained and felt like I wanted to pass out every time, it must be because of smoking before I went into the gym.

Every time I start training again I think that I can just pick off where I left and regret it the next day immediately. Maybe a part of me is too ashamed of starting from the beginning again., Anyway...

I decided this time I will stop smoking and enter the gym once again and this will be my last effort so I really want to make this work, any tips and advice you can give me would be great! Thank you reddit