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Old Jan 15, 2015, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by alk2601 View Post
I'm curious how much exercise you do newgal, and how vigorous it is. I walk my dog 3-5 miles a day and while it sometimes helps me feel a bit better, that's usually because it's the only time I leave the house (he bugs the shell out of me and destroys everything if I don't walk him consistently). But it doesn't really change how depressed I feel. I used to hit the gym 4 days a week for about an hour each day, doing both cardio and weight training, and that certainly didn't prevent me from falling back into a depressed hellhole. It made me feel a little better for a short time, and that's it. It seems like I have to exercise pretty intensively in order to feel any effects, and like others have said, I just don't feel like I have the energy to push myself that hard.
Alk, what really improves my mood is jogging. Brisk walking will help too, but not as much. I'm doing a couch-to-5k training program now. It's 3 times a week, a combo of jogging and walking, for maybe 25 minutes.