Yes, I haven't been riding my bike since the weather has begun its shift into Fall and soon afterwards into Winter. I didn't prepare myself for the change so I haven't had a chance to get on my bike in the last 2 weeks to ride it. Also, I haven't went to purchase a bike helmet which is also another excuse I've been giving myself for not riding. The crazy thing is though, that because I came up with excuses (reasons) for not riding, my health is suffering a bit because instead of losing weight I'm slowly gaining it again.
It has to become a routine, it has to be something that I force myself to do whether its raining or down right cold because that is why I got the bike so that I could save gas money and lose weight. The problem with changes is sometimes we have to force our minds and bodies to change the way we do things. Like, I have to force myself to go to bed at 11pm, because trying to get up at 5:45am is really a challenge since when its cold outside all I want to do is stay in bed and sleep. Getting up at 5:45am allows for me to get some breakfast into my system before starting my day, and it allows me to move towards being more healthy. So, I really have to stick with my routine no matter what and adjust to changes in the weather as they come.
Besides the weather changes, trying to pack light when riding to work has been something that I've been thinking of doing. In the past, I'd bring my lunch in my bag, and also my heavy external disk drive, but now I came to the conclusion to just find small lunchables to leave at my desk for lunch, and leave my external hard drive at home. There is always a way to working out a solution when it comes to changes we need to make in our lives, to allow for new ways of living. I don't believe in just quitting and submitting to the fact that the weather is crappy. The weather is the weather, it has its normal patterns and so do humans. And sometimes as human's we will find a way to make adjustments in our lives when things become uncomfortable, we have to adjust and make changes as they come. I'm a creature of habit, so I'm really starting to understand that I have to reach the exercise threshold so that I can separate myself from the gym freaks to the non-exercisers. Because I know that when I do my daily cardio bike rides to and from work, I'm all energized to lift weights and I just feel good all over when the day is coming to an end.
So either tomorrow or Thursday, I'll find a way to get a helmet and get back on my bike, but even if I didn't have a helmet there should be no reason for not riding my bike to work. And I want to start adding pictures to my bike blog entries to add a bit of incentive to document my daily challenges.
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