BMI

President Obama's BMI: 23.7 Upper range of normal.
Mine: 23.9 Even more upper range of normal than the president =(
L's: 25.1 In the overweight range.

I know I know BMI is not completely accurate. I discounted it when I was told during a physical while on the high school varsity cross country team that according to my BMI, I was a little heavy for my age and height. My response? Fuck you. I was running 20-30 miles per week and I'm "heavy"? What messed up test is that? The weakness of the BMI is that it does not differentiate between muscle's and fat's contribution to a person's weight. Thus, there are skinny people with normal BMI who are not healthy because they lack muscle mass.

Point is, I need to lose 15 pounds. *whining* But it's sooooo hard. To start exercising consistently I mean. I know it's a lot easier to do this if I do it together with someone. However, since XC, I'm really picky about my running partners. They have to have about the same pace as I do and be consistent in that pace, meaning not running fast then slowing down and running fast again. I guess it doesn't matter too much on the treadmill. Still, that is not the ideal place to run. I'm just being picky. I'd love to get to a point where I can go out on Saturdays and do a nice 10-12 mile run on the beautiful trails in San Diego while running 4-6 miles daily. It'll be relaxing.

I know I tried to start at the end of last year but the holidays totally ruined that. I'll start again tomorrow. And do it everyday. If not, what should the punishment be?