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Going slow on quitting smoking
Programming note: CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows Donna Watts-Brighthaupt's progress on American Morning's "New You Resolution," Tuesdays, 6-10 a.m. ET.  Donna Watts-Brighthaupt is trying to quit her "smoky treats." SPECIAL REPORT(CNN) -- A lobbyist assistant in Washington, D.C., Donna Watts-Brighthaupt hopes to persuade herself to give up fatty foods and quit smoking. This trendy, sarcastic, quick-witted political moderate likes to go running, but she likes to follow her runs with a cigarette. "When I get back I do have to have my cigarette, my smoky treat," Watts-Brighthaupt said. She picked up the habit a year ago while working on Capitol Hill. Watts-Brighthaupt joined the "New You Resolution" to help control her love of fatty foods and find the will to give up smoking. She is joined in the "New You Resolution" by her boss, Frank Purcell, a lobbyist for the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. Watts-Brighthaupt signed both of them up for the "New You Resolution" program without telling Purcell first. She broke the news to him after they were selected. Here are Watts-Brighthaupt's goals for the "New You Resolution": 1. Lose 20 pounds. 2. Eat healthier and increase cardio workouts. 3. Stop smoking. January 17 updateDonna Watts-Brighthaupt came to New York last week for cooking and workout lessons during the first week of the "New You Resolution." She was encouraged to shoot for four or five days of cardio workouts per week, and three days of strength training. And she's going to try to quit smoking by easing her daily intake. "I'm going to try to stop smoking," the lobbyist assistant said. "I'm not promising anything, but to try to find ways to incorporate the smoking thing with the eating and exercise. For example, just take two cigarettes out of the pack and putting it aside for the day." 
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