Physical fitness is really important and detrimental to you overall energy and health. When you're up and moving and running, your inducing more positive energy to your body and allowing your body to build stamina.
I personally weight lift more than I run, but even so, every single day when I weight lift, it really does make a difference in how you feel about yourself and your overall energy levels.
Completely agree - and I'm speaking with over 35yrs of my 43yrs alive.
Physical fitness has such a profound impact on your life:
stronger,
better utilization of nutrients in your system,
more accurate breathing and thus your body self meditates,
cleaner skin,
more taught skin,
looking younger, and cause you're more fit you FEEL younger, you SMILE more, you FEEL BETTER about yourself,
your outlook on life is better - ESPECIALLY when your chips are down - and trust me HUGE breakups, financial crisis 3x in life and I mean MAJOR ones where a gadget and food come second to your daily thoughts(!!) you are better left mentally to take such challenges better on! On top of that you become more organized to avoid such challenges and begin new ones which you choose,
you become essentially happier and this somehow leaks off of you onto others around you ... they notice your moods becoming stable, happier they see a better side to you mentally not just physically.
The serious bonus to this "selfish" effort of work ... when we have an untimely end to our lives, your organs are better served into another's body who just may need that second chance in life who may also transcend other lives, for the better.
Happiness chant off:

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I sometimes do weights but for me I find the push whilst running is more difficult to get to, but more easy to surpass. When I hit my limit with weights I'm done for the night. With running I can continue in broken mode
I really miss it. I used to run 2 miles a night and settle down to a film whilst my body recharged. It was great fun. But yeah... in depression it can be difficult to kickstart exercise but once it starts you feel so much better. Doesn't fix it (for me at least) but makes the day brighter!
Soon there'll come a moment where you're inner core will snap and you'll just get sick and tired of being 'depressed' - hopefully. Maybe a more subtle start is the power of lies.
honestly, we all lie and for many different reasons, infants life at 8mths (ever see a baby fake a cry to see a parents' reaction before?

So ... what I propose is wake up in the morning after using the can, look into the mirror whilst washing your hands and tell yourself what you SEE yourself as, what you SHOULD SEE, yet phrase it as present tense!
example: I'm happy to see another sunshine today, I'm happy I have xxx color eyes, I have the sexiest smile (and do so whilst FORCING a smile! sometimes these acts begin to cause self belief ... do it daily ... start with just 3 things. maybe say you're proud of your child/ren, then that you've done a great job in raising them whatever it takes! Do this daily so what if you may sound stupid saying it just do it, you can ... it's in your home ...
OR if you're that depressed try just running out the blahs' ... it may help to?
Maybe favorite tracks you have or parents favorite tracks ... recall what they did while listening to them when you where very young, and try to figure that out ... you'll have a eureka moment or laugh your head off.