This is the crazy thing. I completely agree with all of the above. If you asked me why I ride to work, I'd tell you that it's more fun than driving. I really don't like driving, and especially in bad weather. And yet....

Part of my problem has been with my sleep schedule. I have a very flexible schedule, so I tend to sleep in. But at a certain point I feel like I should be at work and so I tell myself I don't have time to bike in. Biking in takes maybe 15 minutes longer, plus the time to change clothes when I get to the office, but I have this mental block about it. The worst part about this is that I sleep better when I've been riding regularly so it kind of feeds itself.

Even over the past couple of years when I've felt like I lapsed I usually manage to ride to work two or three days a week. When I get to as much as a week without having biked in it makes me very grumpy. The trouble is apparently 2-3 days a week isn't enough to rebuild lost fitness and it definitely isn't enough to counteract my eating habits. Have I mentioned that my daughter has taken up baking as a hobby? Now that's a double edged sword if ever there was one.