Weight loss 2k10

So about a week ago, one of my new roommates and I decided that we would work out, run, and diet this summer because we both are fat, lazy, and really out of shape. I should have posted yesterday, because today is technically day 2. The diet started last night after Chipotle, and is going to consist of something like flexitarian - that is, mainly vegetarian but with some very lean meat occasionally, because we love chicken and fish (both lean and healthy).

It's going to take me awhile to get into the desire for more exercise than what we've done so far, which is just a run followed by a healthy breakfast. Two days of running in and I have to say - when you run in the morning it makes the whole day feel awesome. And though I'm a night person, I'll put up with it for the summer because I need to lose weight and get into zombie shape.

Counting calories starts today, a number that I KNOW will be way over 3000 if I ate what I normally would eat. My goal, with how sedentary I am most of the day (computer guys rarely move), is around 2000 or less. I'll be taking pictures of myself to document my change, and for a way to berate myself if I go a month and there's no obvious change.

No fast food, no red meat, and actually measuring and portioning my food is going to be a challenge. But it's going to be really worth it in the end. My girlfriend and one roommate think it's stupid: "why be a vegetarian when you can just eat healthier?" - spoken by my girlfriend who is known to eat TV dinners as lunch at work because it's "easier", and my other roomate who just laughs and eats delicious and crappy food just to be a jerk, and says that he "knows what it is to eat healthy and chooses not to". My hope is that after 3 months of my new diet (if I can keep it up that long), those jests will cease.

We'll see.