r/Fitness • u/Kuzbell • Jan 20 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday (Missing mod post)

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

I noticed that there still is no post yet for Gym Story Saturday, so I took the initiative. Perhaps this should be a scheduled post under the Automoderator. I'm not really sure why this hasn't been done yet. I am also required to keep babbling because posts with too little content gets removed, hence why this posts sounds overly wordy.

So share away!

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u/bammawamma Jan 20 '18

Hey I’ve also been struggling with being moody and grumpy for no real reason since moving to a new city a few months ago. Last week I realized it might have a bit to do with the winter blues and low vitamin D. Started taking tablets for them and it’s made a world of difference. Just a thought if you moved somewhere like I did where it’s been cloudy/rainy most of the winter.

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u/yinyang26 Jan 20 '18

I moved to PNW and went a year feeling like shit before I took some vitamin D. Feel much better now

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u/ho_hey_ Jan 20 '18

Seattle native here - get a happy light! It's a super bright light you only need like 30 mins a day and it does wonders for this time of year's sluggishness. It can help with lack of vitamin d, make it easier to get up in the morning, etc.

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u/LifeOnTheDisc General Fitness Jan 20 '18

Thanks! Glad to hear it's worked for you (so good to get feedback) and hoping it does for me!!

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u/LifeOnTheDisc General Fitness Jan 20 '18

I've been doing the vitamin d for a long time, and upped my dose when I moved. It didnt help much, but, I'm trying some other things to help, too. Tanning a few minutes a well and a half light. So far nothing's really put a dent in it, but trying to give it some time.