Red Beans and Rice Didn't Miss...Him?

As you may have noticed from the picture I've posted, I'm a bit of a tank-ass. I've been chubby for a long time, but now I'm finally ready to do something about (mostly because I don't want to die of a heart attack in my early 30's). Now I'm not hefty due to a grand problem or because I just gave birth to a set to twins. I'm fat in the old- fashioned American way: I'm lazy and I eat too much. That being said (for the millionth time) the Wife and I have decided on a plan of diet and exercise. As Harvey from Celebrity Fit Club would say, it's time for me to "get off my lazy butt".

Today the Wife and I started on the South Beach diet and I plan to get back to running this week (I was running back in the Fall until I injured my knee bending down to pick up some towels). At the official weigh-in this morning I clocked in at 240 lbs. (a member of the super heavy-weight class). We didn't take my measurements, but, believe me when I say this, Sir Mix-a-Lot would want to get all up and in this...if I were a chick.

Goal: To get to 200 lbs. by the year's end and to be able to run a 10k without vomiting or dying.

There it is, the first New Year's Resolution of 2007.