> Being fit is not going to change some of the most unpleasant things in a lot of people's lives. A commute is still a commute. A bereavement is still a bereave

> Being fit is not going to change some of the most unpleasant things in a lot of people's lives. A commute is still a commute. A bereavement is still a bereavement. A boring job is still a boring job. Debts are still debts etc etc. It changes your baseline level of comfort and happiness, every single one of these things is less unpleasant than it would be otherwise. Speaking from experience as a formerly obese person, now capable of hundreds of pushups and running numerous miles in my 40s. It seems every moment of every day is better this way, except perhaps the sometimes annoying unwanted attention from the opposite sex.