Oh yes, don't forget the stronger muscles which will be available to carry that healthy body around!

Exercise can improve your mental state: You may have heard of "runner's high", that euphoric feeling that those who exercise regularly become familiar with. It's not just a state of mind! It is actually a result of the active body manufacturing, releasing, and/or activating "feel good" chemicals. Not only will the body and brain be exposed to natural, internal products such as endorphins and seratonin DURING the exercise period, but levels will commonly remain elevated in the regular exerciser.

Exercise to relieve depression has long been a standard in the arsenal of phychological health. Exercise and stress (which can be involved in a myriad of health problems) is a much studied area, and the verdict is in. Exercise can help improve not only depression and stress, but can even elevate the ability of the brain to function as it goes about its daily tasks, including regulating the processes of the body, and as it attempts to solve problems, learn new tasks, and make sense of the vast amount of data the moder person is exposed to.

While on the subject of how you feel, let's touch briefly on "how you feel about yourself".

When you take positive steps to improve yourself, you feel better...and better about yourself. As your body becomes leaner, trimmer, more effective, you feel better...and better about yourself. As you become stronger, healthier, and more full of the joy of living, you feel better...and better about yourself. Feelings such as these cannot help but be radiated out towards those around you, and be reflected back at you, making you feel better...and better about yourself!

Having said all that, it comes as no surprise that....

Exercise improves your ability to function socially: Not only will you feel better, look better, be healthier, and have a better self image and improved self confidence, but you will actually be better able to perform socially. Whether you want to learn to do ballroom dancing, ice skating, or simply stand face-to-face with someone who once would have overwhelmed you with THEIR presence, you will be better able to stand your ground. You will know that you are better prepared mentally and physically to meet the rigors of life, love (and sex), work, and play...and enjoy it!

Exercise does not have to be hard...at least at first. It is something that you get more out of the more you put in. However, at first, if you have not been exercising, any small change to get started is literally a step in the right direction. Oh, eventually you will probably need some good shoes, a set of barbells, a yoga mat, or a professional fitness trainer, but at the start, you will just need the knowledge of what regular exercise can do for you, and the willingness to get started and stay with it.

Maybe the reasons to exercise I have outlined above will help.

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