wanted: happy pill

I don't know if it is simply that the weather outside still has remnants of winter or what, but I've felt "out of it" lately. It is something that I am continuing to perpetuate myself. I come home from work, have a "snack," watch tv, take a nap, and repeat the cycle again. Although not noticeable to anyone else, I feel like I have gained a little weight lately. It's so annoying. Essentially, weight maintenance is about self-control, and I guess that I haven't had that lately. I haven't been exercising either, which isn't helping the matter.

I can see how so many Americans automatically rely on pills for solving problems. Instead of taking the initiative and changing certain parts of their lifestyle, they simply take a pill. It seems so much easier. I, however, am also one of those people who thinks many Americans are overmedicated and/or misdiganosed. The thought of using medication to control any aspect of myself freaks me out. I feel like if I was under the influence of meds, then I wouldn't be putting myself out there for the world to see---it'd be an altered version of me.

Of course, some people and their emotional conditions need to be medicated --- bipolar people, for example. I'm not feeling that high or that low... just feeling a little down lately. Hopefully, it subsides soon. I go by the tenet that being sad or blue is actually not so bad...you can only go up, once you're down to a certain point.