Endorphins are a government conspiracy.
The thing with the moving and sweating always works for me. Diet doesn’t make so much of a difference as far as I can tell but miss exercise for a few days & I am a mess. Laying down under the bright fucker up there (and man, it is a BRIGHT fucker down here) does help if I am sick & can’t exercise. Not as good though
Seconding it. When I’m really out of shape it can take a few weeks for me to start feeling better, but it always happens and I kick myself for letting myself get out of shape and miserable.
Anyone who thinks they’re the exception do it at a reasonable pace and suck it up for a month. If you hate the activity but like how you feel when you aren’t doing it, try a different one. Running sucked for me, but it turns out once I’m in proper shape I love being on a bicycle.
because you’re habituated to it.
if you never exercised, your feelings would be the inverse.
It takes 6 weeks to build a habit - do it for 6 weeks then decide. At that point, usually you will feel better on days you exercise than days you don’t. So yes, habituated but it doesn’t take years.
It can be done in 6 weeks, but that’s no guarantee. I spent like a year and a half in weight watchers, exercising daily. After I hit my goal, as soon as the next winter came around and it wasn’t convenient, exercise started going bye bye. My brain is in this picture and I don’t like it.
Brain: It doesn’t count if you haven’t rubbed the rubby place 🤷♀️
Brain: Did you do the thing with lying down unconscious for a minimum of seven hours?
Only seven? Your brain sure doesn’t ask a lot.
it’s different for everyone. for me it’s 6-8 hours, but some days i sleep all day long
And once you hit 9 you’ve gone too far and are back to unhappiness
Fuck, I knew I forgot something.
I find mine only gives me the happy chemical when I’m eating junk food and playing copious amounts of video games. It’s really inconvenient to deal with.
Mine demands oldtime crpgs, but not those I have already played. 😓
good/healthy habits don’t make you happy.
happiness comes from knowing what you are doing is good for you in the long term.
It’s like upgrading the PC but keeping Windows installed.
