This morning a cab drive honked and yelled at me as I crossed the street (the little walk/don't walk signal wasn't working, so I didn't realize that the light was soon changing). Anyway, he kinda flucked up my mood. However, I don't want to spend the day all crabby and angry. Here ate 10 'surefire' ways to shake a funk. Feel better!

1. Fight the Urge to Mope. Get committed. This is the first step. Do you want to be happy or do you want to wallow in bad feelings? When you're ready to be happy, just make the choice and go with it.

2. Smile. Smile at everyone you meet today. It's OK to fake it at first if you need to, but pretty soon it will be real and it will make you feel good. As you feel yourself becoming happy, remember not to fight it!

3. Laugh. Tell some jokes. Seek out jokes, funny people, and funny videos. Be silly. Crack yourself up. Just start laughing. That alone can make you laugh. And when you laugh you release your body's own natural opiates: endorphins which make you feel good.

4. Yield to Others. Let others go first in line, on the road, and at any other opportunity you encounter during the day.

5. Count Your Blessings. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Heard it before, right? Well have you done it? It works. List 50 things for which you're grateful and without which your life would be worse. Go ahead. Try it!

6. Make Someone Else Happy. Who could you cheer up today? Who could you thank or compliment? Who could you send a quick handwritten note to? You can really have fun with this, so go ahead and do it!

7. Take an Action Step on a Goal. If there is a goal you've been dreaming about for a while, take the first or next step today. This will give you a feeling of control over your life and that will make you feel good. Just one step is all it takes and then plan the step you'll take tomorrow!

8. Exercise. Moving your body creates endorphins which make you feel good. Exercise will also make you breathe more deeply activating your lymph system which is the body's waste removal engine. Removing toxins through exercise will make you feel great!

9. Music. Get a good dose of your favorite music. Sing along! Dance! Play some air guitar. Heck, get in your car and sing at the top of your lungs! Silly, you say? That's the whole idea! Have some fun. Enjoy!

10. Treat Yourself. Pick a little something and treat yourself to it. Maybe some chocolate cake, a movie, or something else that will make you smile.

You know that I'm all about a healthy lifestyle. My goal is to live such an active life that my scheduled exercise is really only for fitness and to provide a way to challenge myself. Of course this is easier said than done. However, an example of one such way that I'm doing this is by walking distances that I would normally cab/bus. With the gorgeous summers that we have in the mid-west, there really is no excuse to avoid being outdoors.

I found THIS ARTICLE, which provides a number of other suggestions to subtly change your lifestyle. It beefs up your overall fitness level w/o making you feel as though you're making any major changes.

However, if you're someone who really likes to push themselves, then here are some more traditional workout routines that may jump start your exercise program:

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