{"id":491,"date":"2012-08-15T10:58:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totallyshould.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2012-08-15T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T19:42:11","slug":"done-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Done riding??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s strange being back!<\/p>\n<p>For the last month I have experienced things differently. Whether these count as leaving my comfort zone, or they are just a symptom of changing scenery, some changes from the norm include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintaining an average velocity of 1.8 mph for 27 days.<\/li>\n<li>Consuming over 3,000 calories daily (including bacon, beer, donuts, and pasta) and losing ten pounds<\/li>\n<li>Blogging two and a half times daily.<\/li>\n<li>Taking an average of 35 pictures per day without days off.<\/li>\n<li>Talking to strangers every day.<\/li>\n<li>Making new friends. <em>(Should this be on the list? Why is it harder to make new friends at 30 than at 20?)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Flirting.<\/li>\n<li>Receiving unsolicited hot food from strangers.<\/li>\n<li>Reading food containers trying to maximize calories per dollar and per pound.<\/li>\n<li>Finding fruit by the road and eating it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what do I do now? I had to mentally shift gears as I walked into the grocery store tonight. I was able to buy things that require refrigeration, and I had to think about meals that are appropriate to my reduced level of activity. I lost some weight on this trip, and although that wasn&#8217;t the point of any of this it would be cool to keep it off or continue to lose a few more pounds. If I go back to how I&#8217;ve been eating for the last month, I&#8217;ll outgrow my pants in no time! I also found that it didn&#8217;t feel right to just sit around all day, and I needed to go climb the Lake Chabot hill on my bike just to get the blood moving. If this trip turned me on to regular exercise, how weird is that?!?<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;plan&#8221; now is to find a job as an engineer, and to move into my own apartment. In the meanwhile, I am aiming to get rid of some of my physical possessions and to work on a couple of projects that will get their own pages here. Keep an eye out, and I&#8217;ll have more here soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s strange being back! For the last month I have experienced things differently. Whether these count as leaving my comfort zone, or they are just a symptom of changing scenery, some changes from the norm include: Maintaining an average velocity of 1.8 mph for 27 days. Consuming over 3,000 calories \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/?p=491\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyshould.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}