And I love that there are soccer field sprinkled all over SF, and plenty of co-ed leagues (which tend to be more fun).
Plus, having a great run, gives you a certain natural high, that it is just awesome. Running all the way to Golden Gate Bridge from my home and back, feels just great.
Soccer is _the_ jock sport in Europe.
Ultimate Frisbee is geek friendly even here, though.
Are you FAT, you would be a great for a golie (if playing small goals). Are you tough, but kinda slow, play defenese. Do you have great endurance, then midefield, are you good at sprinting and shooting, then offense.
In soccer there is a place for everybody, as long as you can run some.
Ah, probably ultimate frisby is a very geeky sport, in kinda lame way. It is a very demasculating sport.
Ultimate did not feel demasculating the last time I played. It is a very competitive sport but in terms of physical aggression is almost the opposite of soccer. You have to run a lot, too.
As soon as I am back home I'll go back to juggling, unicycling, lock picking and walking on a slackline. The real geek sports.
Yeah, it's strange. I convinced a friend who was visiting from Holland for a semester to play on a team with me, but he said he'd never do that at home.
The diet part was only hard for two weeks, which I got through by having only one day's food in the house at a time. Now not eating that much just feels normal.
Bzzzt! Wrong attitude. If you hate the exercise you are doing, find another one, there are more sports than anyone can count. If you hate healthy food, learn to cook, I guarantee that anyone who knows what they are doing can prepare a healthy meal that tastes better than pizza or a burger.
Setting out to make yourself miserable is setting out to fail.