> Your body doesn’t really tell you to go to the gym.

I think there are, when I was lifting heavy my muscles would start to have a softer feeling to them if i was a way for a bit. Away from exercise now, Ill start to feel a little bloated and fat. maybe feeling fat is in my head.

If im sedentary for long ill have a feeling like I should get up and do something. hard to explain what it is thinking about it now.

> Your body doesn’t really tell you to go to the gym.

Oh it does. I feel like crap (including mentally) if I don't go for a few days.

Yes, but if you don't go for a year, it will tell you the opposite...

The gym didn't exist as our bodies evolved. But neither did grocery stores. Stress and depression pushing you to eat more is your body telling you to get moving, in the past eating more required exerting a lot more effort.

I suppose not only to get moving but also to get cooperating with fellow hunters (i.e. social behavior).

It seems possibly counterproductive to equate "exercise" with "stress". I find I am invariably much less stressed, emotionally, during and after exercise. I am not convinced that any amount of "stress" is good for you.

Working out give me a mood boost. I've found that if I skip workouts for a couple of months, I'm more prone to depressive moods, which is an alarm to get my ass back to the gym.

yes an I personally find that tiredness and ability to handle stress is directly correlated to amount of sleep I'm getting.

In winter I tend to stay up later at night, I get less sleep and I eat very poorly. I always put on weight and get cranky in winter.