Tiffany B. Brown

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Happiness is 20 minutes a week

The researchers found that more activity conferred more mental-health benefits and that “participation in vigorous sports activities” tended to be the “most beneficial for mental health.” But their overall conclusion was that being active for as little as 20 minutes a week is sufficient, if your specific goal is mental health.

From the New York Times Phys Ed blog post Phys Ed: How Much Exercise to Avoid Feeling Gloomy?

I have fallen off the exercise wagon HARD. It started about a month ago after I strained my back. That knocked me out of my habit, and I haven’t returned to it since. Needless to say, I don’t haz a happy.

The good news is that I can get back on the wagon. And I need to do it soon. I feel that familiar gloominess standing in the corner waiting to grab hold. Can’t let that happen.

  • RPM
    This is SO true. About two weeks ago, I finally re-committed myself to what used to be a religious 5 day a week workout schedule. I re-gained some weight over the past year and then allowed myself to wallow in the misery of that for a bit.

    Unhappiness germinates. Quickly, like an infection. I noticed immediately (post workout resurrection) how much my perspective on my life improved, among other things. Make it so, Tiff. Don't wait too long. You have a really great sense of what it takes to "move the cloud." Keep on pushing, girl. Keep on pushing.
  • tiffanybbrown
    Agreed. All of the drinking and eating in New Orleans didn't help. I know alcohol disrupts my mood something fierce, and yet ... they were so delicious. I need to ask a certain fellow hedonist to stop encouraging that business.
  • I will be more mindful of the boozin'. But not the floozin'.
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