It's amazing how quickly reasons become excuses. The weather got hot enough that I stopped riding my bike to work as often. Then Kevin was out of town for a few days. We were bust on the weekends. Before I knew it, I was barely getting in one bike ride a week, and I wasn't exercising at all outside of that.
I knew this was going to happen. There always comes a point in summer when the last thing I want to do is go outside. So biking to work as my only form of exercise wasn't going to be sustainable for long. This is why I started building up a home gym back in January. I have everything I need to work out down in the basement. The trick now is to actually do it consistently.
My plan is to start getting on the exercise bike for a half hour in the mornings again. That worked well last winter once I made it a habit, and I think I can do it again. Then I'll lift a few evenings a week and still go on long bike rides when I can on weekends.
The real trick here is going to be the evening work out. Somehow this wasn't really a problem when I was going to the gym, but I'm usually starving when I get home from work. The last thing I want to do is delay dinner 45 more minutes than I need to. Which is where snacks come in. I'm really not much of a snacker, but I bought some yogurts to have when I get home. Hopefully that will be enough to tide me over for a little while.
This should all work. I just need to stick with it. Wish me luck and motivation.
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