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As I've been trying to tell those on here who have complained about their moods, lack of motivation, etc., exercise is good for what ails you! :p


An Equal Opportunity Upper (http://www.realage.com/news_features/tip.aspx?cid=16624#rateTip)


It's free. It's legal. And it can make you feel good -- really good -- even if you're down.

It's exercise. And although you've probably heard that it acts as a natural mood booster, here's the kicker: you don't need to be down for exercise to bring you up. In a study, women who were already feeling fine experienced just as much of a mood boost from exercise as women who were depressed and anxious. So be a feel-good overachiever and get moving.

RealAge Benefit: Exercising regularly can make your RealAge as much as 9 years younger.

Don't think you need a mood boost? That's fine. You'll still feel more energized, think more clearly, and experience a general high if you grab a workout anyway. Of course, if you are feeling angry, confused, down, tense, or tired, working out will help alleviate all of that. So for the sake of your mind as well as your body, get active for at least 30 minutes on most days of the week. Choose an activity you enjoy, whether it's hiking on neighborhood trails, conquering a challenging path on your mountain bike, or playing a rousing game of fetch with your dog. Just get moving. Because -- really -- can't everyone use a good mood boost?

What if you're depressed and lazy?

This is news? Physical activity releases endorphins. Endorphins improve your mood. This has been known for years.

And what is Real Age?

What if you're depressed and lazy?
Then at least you can't be bothered to commit suicide.

Wouldn't it be easier and less strenuous just to smoke some marijuana?
Edit: or to think about smoking it; that's great fun.

It's not free and horribly expensive if you're a gym junky. :)

And what is Real Age?

I think it's your biological age rather than the number of consecutive years you've gone without dieing.

Wouldn't it be easier and less strenuous just to smoke some marijuana?
Yep. Though I find out the more weed I smoke, the more weight I put on, because I get the munchies rather bad. Apparently salvia gives you a similar high and without the munchies, but it's never worked for me. :(

I think it's your biological age rather than the number of consecutive years you've gone without dieing.
Ah...so if you smoke 20 a day your 'Real Age' will be higher? That sort of thing?

What if you're depressed and lazy?
Then you're doomed. :p

Ah...so if you smoke 20 a day your 'Real Age' will be higher? That sort of thing?

yeah

This is news? Physical activity releases endorphins. Endorphins improve your mood. This has been known for years.

And what is Real Age?
http://www.realage.com/

I walked several km home from the train station today. I was hot and sweaty at the end of it, despite it being raining at the time. Anyway, it didn't put me in a good mood.

RealAge Benefit: Exercising regularly can make your RealAge as much as 9 years younger.
But I don't WANT to be 4 years old again!

Ha, i'm two years younger than I should be according to that thing. Time to start hard drugs, then!

Just tried it, woahhh...that's some heavy grade A shit man....

Just tried it, woahhh...that's some heavy grade A shit man....
:D

interestingly, reactive oxygen species in the cells leads to aging. where does oxygen come from? breathing. where does lots of oxygen come from? breathing heavily, and breathing heavily comes from exercise.

exercise kills you folks, and that's the sad truth.

http://www.realage.com/
Heh. I'm 20.7 years old, and my real age is apparently 15.5. That's not even legal! :eek:

Heh. I'm 20.7 years old, and my real age is apparently 15.5. That's not even legal! :eek:

Yeah, hang on, after I did the rest of it, I got 16.3. :/

Now I have to play catch-up. Where's that whiskey?

-0.6 ... OK, I'm not prematurely aging for now.

Yeah, hang on, after I did the rest of it, I got 16.3. :/

Now I have to play catch-up. Where's that whiskey?
whiskey? pshaw! ouzo, now that'll put hair on your chest.

whiskey? pshaw! ouzo, now that'll put hair on your chest.
Only because it tastes like medicine, not because it's actually worse for ya. :p

Only because it tastes like medicine, not because it's actually worse for ya. :p
hey! that drink was the foundation for logic and western civilisation. show some respect. :)

hey! that drink was the foundation for logic and western civilisation. show some respect. :)

No!

:p

RealAge Benefit
Eutrusca has so many posts that companies are starting to use him for product placement.

Yeah, hang on, after I did the rest of it, I got 16.3. :/

Now I have to play catch-up. Where's that whiskey?
Mwaha! I'm younger than you! Just start using cocaine and heroin heavily, and the years will pile on.

Mwaha! I'm younger than you! Just start using cocaine and heroin heavily, and the years will pile on.

That's the plan!

Maybe i'll also include some unprotected sex with hookers, getting high off car exhaust fumes, and possibly even pretending I have tourettes syndrome.

Wait, wait, wait...does this mean I can have sex with a 16 year old, if she chain smokes, is lazy, and drinks a lot? Cause that should make her at least 18 "real age" wise.

Yep. Though I find out the more weed I smoke, the more weight I put on, because I get the munchies rather bad. Apparently salvia gives you a similar high and without the munchies, but it's never worked for me. :(

Salvia is nothing like weed.

Salvia lasts about 10 minutes, but it feels like hours. The second time I did salvia I sat there watching reruns of my old early 90s black sitcom that I used to be on...

I have never acted, but it really felt as though this was happening.

The last time I did it I thought I had become inanimate and eventually panicked, ran out my bedroom door and back into reality... I've been nervous to smoke more since that, I hate making an ass of myself.

Yep. Though I find out the more weed I smoke, the more weight I put on, because I get the munchies rather bad. Apparently salvia gives you a similar high and without the munchies, but it's never worked for me. :(

Salvia is much different. Salvia is a powerful hallucenogen... get the 40x extract, torch lighter, and bong it. First time for me was 25 minutes, and was powerful as hell. If you smoke it casually from a bowl, with a less powerful extract, you just get a little weird feeling, and the feeling of being pushed in one directon. :D

/safe-drug nerd
//catnip and kava kava are relaxing, but nothing is better than MJ

Salvia is nothing like weed.

Salvia lasts about 10 minutes, but it feels like hours. The second time I did salvia I sat there watching reruns of my old early 90s black sitcom that I used to be on...

I have never acted, but it really felt as though this was happening.

The last time I did it I thought I had become inanimate and eventually panicked, ran out my bedroom door and back into reality... I've been nervous to smoke more since that, I hate making an ass of myself.

You should really get someone to be a sitter the first few times you do anything... I've always been motionless and vacant-starey during my Salvia excursions though.

You should really get someone to be a sitter the first few times you do anything... I've always been motionless and vacant-starey during my Salvia excursions though.

Had one. :D

Salvia is nothing like weed.

Salvia lasts about 10 minutes, but it feels like hours. The second time I did salvia I sat there watching reruns of my old early 90s black sitcom that I used to be on...

I have never acted, but it really felt as though this was happening.

The last time I did it I thought I had become inanimate and eventually panicked, ran out my bedroom door and back into reality... I've been nervous to smoke more since that, I hate making an ass of myself.
A friend of mine uses salvia fairly frequently and he always has great trips off it, as do his friends. It was because of him that I eventually tried it (with a couple of other friends), but it had absolutely no effect on me. It was 15x strength from a bong, but I didn't get anything. Meh. The cost of it was easily met by the antics of one of my friends who had a rather bad trip. Claimed he was in the wall...

*sputters*
Gah! Stupid test, it took my email addy, then told me I'm too young to take the test. Grr.

Hehe!