HELP!! I need a laziness intervention!!

[extra-vert]

You probably don't even remember me. I haven't been here since november last! My bike has not been ridden in as long! The last time I got on my bike I noticed what seemed like low air in the back tire. The thing is I don't think that's the problem - I think it has to do with the wheel or something. But the point is, the little snaffu (sp?? lol) has been an excuse way too long for just getting my fat butt back into shape. I'm noticing the whole new tire around my middle and I'm freaked by my inactivity! This bike hiatus extends to the gym - it's really pathetic! I know I've been terrible busy - but c'mon aren't we all?

I have not been working out since Christmas - Intervention please!!!!

[extra-vert]

Love the tips in there. For me, my sister in law - my training buddy, (who is extremely disciplined!) got pregnant, so when she stopped working up - so did I. But that tip of just telling yourself you're going out for 10 minutes is a great one! Course getting my bike to the shop to get it's issue figured out might be a different story.
But, btw, for those San Francisco cyclists out there, a new cafe/bike shop just opened up, where you can have your bike worked on while you hang out with a coffee, and do all the work that you need to do so that you can make the time to get out on the bike!

[Zen]

Takes things a little bit at a time.

Get the bike outside.

once the bike's outside you might as well ride a little, right?

Is there a problem getting the bike to the shop? Maybe somebody from the shop can come pick it up.

Then the bike's at the shop, you're hanging out and you meet a potential new riding partner.

and everyone lives happily ever after

[bouncybouncy]

I could not help but get a little chuckle with the irony of it all...because of a tire you are now dealing with another tire around the waste


***please take this with a grain of salt and then GET BACK OUT THERE AND RIDE!!!!!!

[extra-vert]

[jobob]

Welcome back, e-v.

One thing that helps motivate me is to have a tangible goal, such as a specific ride, to prepare for.

Why not start training for a ride in a few months time? Like maybe Bike Against the Odds in mid-September?


Also, what & where is this new cafe/bike shop of which you speak?

[ptenoid]

Over the long term, the only way to keep up with an exercise program is to find something you like to do. If you enjoy riding, you'll do it because it's fun. If you don't much enjoy riding, it's easy to find excuses not to do it.

Do you enjoy it? Then pump some air into that tire (in fact, check the pressure in both tires--they do lose air and need to be topped off regularly) and go for a spin around the block. If it goes flat, you won't have far to walk to get home. If it holds pressure, then you can venture farther.

If, ultimately, you don't enjoy riding enough to want to do it, then for goodness' sake, don't feel guilty about it. Try something else instead. Biking should be fun, not a chore.

[shadon]

Welcome back, e-v.

Also, what & where is this new cafe/bike shop of which you speak?

Yeah! Where? I'd love to hang out at a place like that.

[extra-vert]

Well, I'm back in the saddle! I kept thinking about the one piece of advice that I read about just thinking about it like you'll just go out for ten minutes - then when you're out there, 10 minutes just ain't enough! Then again, I also had a mountain of homework staring at me. So at a 5:48, sunday night I jumped on the bike, - thru golden gate park, then along the coast, (wind-YIKES!), then 22 miles later, at 7:37 - I was home. But no homework got done that night - OOPS!

[jobob]

Is this the bike shop you were talking about, e-v?

http://www.mojobicyclecafe.com/