"Get up and do something! It'll make you feel better!"

Unless it doesn't.

Everyone should exercise at least some, no matter if you are trying to get in shape, stay in shape, lose weight, what your age is, etc. It's quite literally one of the most important things you can do to improve your overall health and quality of life. If exercise is not part of your routine, it really should be. It doesn't have to be a walk. The exercise you should do is the one you will do. The one that doesn't make you miserable.

In addition to boring health benefits that many westerners don't care about (like cardiovascular health, preventing and managing a wide range of diseases from metabolic syndrome to cancer), it improves mood, helps you sleep better, and can even improve your sex life.

Tuesday was great.  I went for a three mile walk out here:

and would have gone further if not for the onslaught of bugs that love to dine on sweat and human flesh.  Walking here is great because not only is it very pretty and pleasant, it's also hilly, which works the glutes, and that's great because I hate squats.

Today it was a struggle to get two miles in.  Not even half way through I was winded and struggling.  Even though the fresh air was energizing, the view was stunning, and the time with Nature was refreshing, I could feel the blood vessels in my head swelling.  Then it started.  From the top of my head down to my feet, everything started aching.

Yay! Almost halfway through!

If someone had been with me midway, you would see a pic of me jumping in the air excitedly.  

By the time I got back, I was done.  Stick-a-fork-in-me done.  I came in and leaned over the counter for close to 30 minutes waiting for the nausea to subside.

Why do I do this to myself?  Because it improves how I feel when I don't have a migraine.  Also, I like looking at myself in the mirror.  

However, I cannot push myself like this every day. Getting up and moving doesn't fix every health woe. Try exercising when you feel like you're going to vomit.  Doesn't sound like much fun, does it?  It can be like telling someone with a broken leg, "get up and walk on it, it'll feel better and heal faster!"  

Granted, most people don't move enough, but try to have a little compassion.  Sometimes we're already doing everything we can to overcome our weaknesses.