I feel great right now. Yep, I just worked out for the second time since my minor surgery, and I feel absolutely fannn-tastic! I feel like I could accomplish anything right now, and my body feels alive and revitalized after I worked out for a half hour on the horizon elliptical machine in our basement and did my muscle weight training afterwards. I was not able to work out for three weeks straight, and with someone who is used to working out at least 4 times a week on average, this is basically a very hard thing to do. I literally felt as though at times I would climb the walls or that I would go mad without exercise.

This only strengthens my belief that exercise is not only excellent for your health and longevity, but is almost as necessary as diet in keeping you functional and sane when it comes to brain function and mood control. They say that exercising makes your body release these chemicals that account for that feeling of happiness and exhilaration, called endorphins. Few things are capable at releasing the amount of endorphins that exercise can, at least not anything that’s actually healthy and not a chemical substance that people frequently abuse!

Exercise on a daily or weekly basis is vital in maintaining your thought processes, ability to think clearly and problem solve, and is also crucial at maintaining a positive mood and overall outlook on life. Many of the people I know that have problems with depression and problems controlling their moods or their feelings do not work out! What’s that tell you? It may be unfair of me, but it’s impossible not to draw the conclusion that working out, or lack thereof, is a big contributing factor to mental instability and mood fluctuations.

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