What have you done instead of riding your bike?

[short cut sally]

Becoming more and more inactive as the days go on. I hate it. It's my own fault. I procrastinate awful. I eat more. I get lazier and lazier. My clothes are getting tighter. I've bailed out on trying to lose weight, And this is just the beginning of winter. I've decorated though, haven't done that in a couple of years. Have decorated the tree now twice-(have posted a thread about my cat and the destruction of my tree, he's managed to do that another time)! I can't bring myself to ride that stationary bike that I thought was really great up until I realized what a bike should fit like, and I don't have a trainer or rollers. It indeed is going to be a long winter. I wish we would get some snow so at least I could x-c ski or something. Nothing but rain or sleet or ice. YUCK.

[Geonz]

The riding is taking longer - studded tires and the caution in our yuck (which isn't *that* yukky - we've dodged the worst of it) - but I'm still cycling. That's how I get to work.

[invsblwmn]

Been off the bike since a little accident on 9/26, but I am getting better. Starting outpatient therapy tomorrow! Finally out of the house every so often. Can't wait to be able to get my leg over the bar and get on the trainer in a couple of months. Enjoy each day you have, it is all that we are guaranteed.

[Starfish]

Pass the time? Wow, I wish that was the issue!

Right now instead of riding, I'm mostly doing the gym. These days, mostly cardio circuits...15 minutes each on the bike, elliptical, cross trainer, and rowing machine...as many circuits as needed for the scheduled time frame. Also abs & back, which helped a LOT last year.

Unfortunately, I don't currently have a 4WD, or I would be up snowshoeing and X-country skiing a lot more.

[elk]

I'm liking riding in the cold..layers of wool and a wind cutting jacket, a buff, gloves and I'm happy. I take my big dog trotting for about a mile a day on the bike and I walk her 2 miles a day. AM and PM.
She's my personal trainer.

Of course I do live in a rather temperate zone. 30-45 degrees, overcast, drizzle or flurries...If it's RAINING hard...I just do the walks.

By now I' get it that I'll feel ALOT better about lying in bed reading all day if I've gotten out and MOVED...that's the bottom line. It's just the getting out the door part that's hard...

[crazycanuck]

Since i've been off my bike i've mainly swam 2 or 3 times a week plus water walking and modified pilates.

I start physio on my knee on friday! I look forward to being able to bend my knee to 90 degrees in due time.(atm about 20 degrees)

We don't have a christmas tree nor any decorations...I can't be bothered buying them nor putting them up...It's not christmas without snow.

C

[kelownagirl]

Bought a trainer and started running again. Taking swim lessons in january. Joining the gym soon too.

[teigyr]

Am working on running and swimming. Once a week I do a spin class.

It seems like I have less time than what I did before!!!

DH would like to hike more. Our house needs organizing and we've been traveling.

Oh and I started going to yoga and then got busy but I'd like to go back. I think working on balance and flexibility would really help

[Bklynmom]

Actually doing the work I've needed to do for my business since last Spring--
Total re-design of web site, developing mailing lists and a whole new marketing strategy.

I have been running on the treadmill at the gym and sometimes outside. Today here in Brooklyn is actually pretty warm, but rain is imminent. I have discovered I am a fair weather biker -- but maybe I'm a cold weather runner, which would be OK.

We also took up Salsa dancing and we try to go out one night a week and to class one night a week. It is really fun, a bit of exercise and actually a good complement to biking. Really great to learn that the person you've been marrried to for 20 years is often the best dancer in the place - go DH .

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Becoming more and more inactive as the days go on. I hate it. It's my own fault. I procrastinate awful. I eat more. I get lazier and lazier. My clothes are getting tighter. I've bailed out on trying to lose weight, And this is just the beginning of winter. I've decorated though, haven't done that in a couple of years. Have decorated the tree now twice-(have posted a thread about my cat and the destruction of my tree, he's managed to do that another time)! I can't bring myself to ride that stationary bike that I thought was really great up until I realized what a bike should fit like, and I don't have a trainer or rollers. It indeed is going to be a long winter. I wish we would get some snow so at least I could x-c ski or something. Nothing but rain or sleet or ice. YUCK.

Shelly, If i lived closer to you I would take you on my 3 mile brisk walk around the town where I live. Even when it's cold and grey and drizzly, I'll bundle up and get my lazy butt out of the house and go for a walk. Do you have any friends or acquaintances that you could set up walking dates with? It's very motivating and fun to have someone to walk with.

[IFjane]

Shelly, If i lived closer to you I would take you on my 3 mile brisk walk around the town where I live. Even when it's cold and grey and drizzly, I'll bundle up and get my lazy butt out of the house and go for a walk. Do you have any friends or acquaintances that you could set up walking dates with? It's very motivating and fun to have someone to walk with.

Take me, too! Since mid-October I have been completely unmotivated and I can't figure out why. I have gained weight, gotten lazy and am so tired when I get home from work that I don't have the umph to get on the bike or anything else. Today is 64 degrees and sunny (snow forecast for the weekend) and now I can't ride because of hand surgery.....poor me.....whine whine whine.....HELP ME GET GOING AGAIN, PLEASE!!!

[sarahkonamojo]

Shoveling snow
running
walking the dogs
skiing
knitting
visiting TE forums

riding (a little) when the roads are clear. this may not be until 2008 if the current storm pattern holds. Yikes!

sarah

[roadie gal]

Snowshoeing with the dogs, cross country skiing, riding on the trainer. I still can't run because of the plantar fasciitis, but at least I can ski.

[short cut sally]

You know Lisa, you must read my mind sometimes. I"ve thought, how far apart do we really live? I was actually thinking of you when I posted that reply to this thread. Boy, wonder if Lisa would want company snowshoeing! My riding partner, I haven't heard from her since the beginning of November..we plan on xc skiing this winter- but no snow here yet. She's a runner, there would be CPR involved if I ran. Last year we rode our bikes to mid-January then started riding in April. I actually thought about getting bundled up and put my Brooks night life apparel on and going for a walk outside today, but the wind is so bad and being 30 out I was optimistic about going outside. It was dreary and sleety. The cold doesn't bother me, it's the driving force behind the wind that makes it even colder is what gets to me. I am actually looking towards walking out in the snow at least once this winter..reminds me of youth. IFJAne you can come up for a visit, hopefully we'll get a horrible snow storm, you'll be stuck here for days, I wont be able to work, and we can bum around the country side on xc skis and snowshoes and eat hearty. Then we will be out of our funk, I hope!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Jane and Shelly-

Yes, we must just get ourselves bundled up and WALK, even just for a mile. The more often I walk, the more energy I have and really the more I enjoy it. The less I walk or bike, the less I feel like doing it and the more listless I become.
Today we had a break in the weather after the past few days of ice and cold...it is 40 today and not raining! But still too many salty puddles and mystery ice patches to bike. So I extended my usual walk by doing some of the loops around various blocks twice- I was very inspired today because the forecast is for more nasty sleet over the next few days. I turned my usual 3.6 mile walk into 5 miles!! On the last leg I go down through our village Main street- bought a few xmas decorations and then trudged the last leg up our steep hill to home.
So I got some decent exercise in- yay! This afternoon and evening I'll be working at my desk to make up for my morning adventures and playing hookie.

Just because we all live far apart doesn't mean we can't walk together....in a cyber sort of way.
Nothing but frustrating snow "dustings" so far here- I can't wait to get the first 6" snowfall to go snowshoeing in.