How does exercise make you feel good?

I am in similar boats with both of you. The three of us knows the importance of exercise but doing it regularly is not that easy for us. For me, I think cutting sugar intake would help a lot because I know that sugar in our body would make us feel lazy in exercising. I used to be such a hard-worker in terms of exercise, but when I got addicted to softdrinks or soda, I am now suffering from that laziness that I never thought I would have. I would then advice anyone to not underestimate the power of sugar to make you feel dull and lazy, thereby making it hard for us to maintain a regular exercise. after having a diet of less sugar, I'm sure I would be on the right road towards a more regular exercise and towards a more healthy and fit future.

Yes Micmac, I can attest that I do feel tired easily due to drinking softdrinks often. Anyway, congratulations for having overcome that softdrinks habit and therefore losing those extra pounds. Yesterday I didn't drink softdrinks and today I plan not to drink it as well, so hopefully this is really the start of a new habit.

I too am not so regular with exercising especially jogging, but plan to do more of same.

I agree with what all of you have said. Knowing that having a consistent exercise routine would give great benefits for us and actually doing that exercise on a daily basis for months and months would be two different things. I am actually speaking for myself, because now I have this type of problem that it has become harder to motivate myself to continue to exercise. Anyway, all your advices helps a lot for me to at least start again with that initial step with the hope that the motivation would continue to create the habit of exercising regularly again.

In fact, if you didn't do exercise for a while, you will feel pain and a bit tired a bit when you do exercise back, but keep doing exercise in next days, that pain will be gone and you will feel good with it... I hope you can keep doing exercise regularly...

yes we can get the results only after, some time, and that will definitely make us happy, as we can see improvement in our body in every aspect

I can understand how possible it is not to lose some pounds simply by walking, but for me it's hard to imagine that you won't lose a pound when you ride a bike. My brother used to have long distance biking and I saw him lose 3 to 4 pounds in one day due to that exercise. I never saw him so fit as when he was active in biking. Anyway, I love coffee too but I drink them only occasionally because I usually have problems sleeping when I drink it.

Indoor bicycle or stationary bikes are good ways to shed pounds. I tried them before and it works well. I agree that laziness is one of the enemies of having regular exercise. Finding a good motivation may be one of the keys, so I would need to dig deep again and seek a motivation that would be effective for me. I also feel great after an exercise and taking a shower after that really makes you feel great!

I hope we both are able to go back to our usual routine and once again experience that good feelings we felt before. This week, I am ready to start that habit and hopefully if I felt that good feeling today and the coming days, that they may serve as motivation to continue on as days and years pass by...

I wish too that I can go back to my daily routine. Not only to loose weight but also to make my self feel lighter and better.

Good luck to both of us! I will remember this phrase I read in a book "The journey of a thousand mile begins with a single step."

Yes I also felt one of the best ways to exercise is to play the sports the you have passion with. In victorkrish case, it would be soccer which is an excellent sports to get fit on. In my case it would be tennis, and if only I would step up my playing time again to at least twice a week that would have a good enough effect on my overall health and fitness. Just like prashu I also have that experience of lightness after exercising, and I agree with woverineclint that exercise fights diseases as well, and this could only lead to good health and when you are healthy you would naturally feel good about yourself.

i agree, we feel light and active after exercise,and more active all day

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I agree.

I would also say that regular exercise should be one of our priorities in life. As I say this, it is as if I'm speaking for myself and trying to convince myself to once and for all push myself to exercise more.