Quote Originally Posted by limewave View Post
Catrin I'm in a similar boat. It's nice you can have regular fitness assessments, they are so helpful.

I had one recently and it was good/bad. I was down 10 more pounds. However, 4 of those were muscle loss My workouts this winter have decreased in quantity and quality this winter. And I'm not eating as nutritional of foods.

I'm at 23.25% body fat---which is the lowest I've been. But I'd like to get down to 19-20%. I have some work ahead of me.

I just can't seem to find the motivation. It is a tough time of year in Michigan. It's grey, cold, snowy, icy. I'm hoping to "maintain" for the rest of February. Hopefully some longer days and warmer weather in March will get me going again.
Limewave, I'm right here with you in Michigan and I know exactly what you mean about motivation and the grey skies and with all the snow on the ground it seems like it will be forever until we can ride outside.

In our climate it is work to motivate, I'm fortunate that this year I got a trainer for my bike and as much as I love to ride outside and all that comes with it is how much I dislike the trainer riding indoors.

It stinks and I have to force myself to do it. But I try to keep my eye on the prize of not being sore in the saddle come spring or with wimpy leg muscles etc.

My winter goals are not impressive, just ride a minimum of 4 times a week. I just started mixing it up this week with intervals to try something new and hopefully get better at hills. We'll see. At this rate I'll be happy to keep from having any winter weight gain, a modest weight loss will be a plus and being ready to hit the ground running in the spring will be a big plus.

Let's just hope that springlike weather comes sometime in March and not June!