Depressed and deprived...not feeling so Sexy

Oh my sweet friend ~ Things WILL work out. They may not be "perfect" but life is not perfect. I too can get stressed about what my wife and I call LOM Disease (Lack Of Money). But it has worked out. The man you love, trust me, sees you with eyes that see you for you. Inside and out. I only see the one photo of you, you are a very beautiful woman. I only know you from what you've posted in this thread. But you have a great job, one that helps and inspires others to evolve to a healthier and happier live. I wish you many, many days of happiness. Remember, we can't always live on the mountain tops. If we didn't have the valleys, the mountain tops would be as sweet.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=workout+videos+cardio&sm=1

I just typed "workout videos" into the youtube search bar and this is the first page that popped up. The first three to four videos are 50-30 mins long. I post that, not to be a smart *kitten*, but just to point out that several folks mentioned the insanity video as maybe bitting off too much too quick and you commented on not being able to afford another DVD. I used that excuse a million times, then my DVD player broke and that was a great excuse too. Unfortunately for me, those excuses were shattered by folks in this site pointing out that several videos were available free on youtube and if you have a Netflix account there are dozens of them on there as well, streaming and in-the-mail DVD. Not to mention the fact that walking around the block is completely free and probably less dangerous for someone with asthma if you want to include the hubby.

When I'm dealing with depression, I have to remember something an awesome therapist told me. You can't think you way or reason your way out of depression, you have to get up, make your bed, shower, eat, and get outside and start moving. Here's ling to a phenominal (sp) blog article about dealing with situational depressions and getting the motivation to start moving again. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/obesely-speaking/201312/there-are-no-victims-only-volunteers

Exercise not only kicks off endorphens, as several folks already mentioned, but it's also, the only way the body has to release stress hormons. My brain reads stress hormons as a threat to survival and kicks in fight or flight responses. So, when I'm stressed or anxious, and I sit in it, my brain thinks I'm either not getting the message and increases the hormon flood making the stress or anxiety worse, or it thinks I'm trapped and can't fight or flight, which means I'm doomed and most likely getting ready to be eaten by a saber toothed tiger, in which case it really freaks out, which makes the stress/anxiety worse and certainly doesn't help the depression at all.

When I start moving and burning off some energy, my brain thinks I'm doing something about what ever it is that's causing me stress, even if I'm not, and burns off the hormons, because it assumes I got the message and am taking care of the "danger." I live out here in the real world. My brain lives in a chemical soup that was formed by hiding from saber toothed tigers. We like to think we're oh so very advanced and clever as human beings, but the reality is, from the chemcial stand point, we're not so much, we're still pretty primal.

Pop so good upbeat dance tunes into your mp3 player, strap on the sneakers, and walk for 45 minutes. Try that every other day for a week and see how you're feeling at the end of the week. It was shocking and annoying to me to find I did actually feel much better after I tried that. I wanted it to be more complicated than that. So, now I just imagine that saber toothed tiger stalking me while I'm walking and I've managed to not only pick up my pace, but I've even occassionally added and little jog to the walk as well.