Vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian...??

I never realized how many different variations there are on the "vegetarian" diet until I started researching it.

• Vegan—eats no meat/chicken/seafood and no dairy
• Pescetarian—eats veggies and seafood; no meat or chicken
• Flexitarian—a "flexible" vegetarian—a vegetarian who occasionally eats meat (Seriously!!??)
• Pollotarian—veggies and chicken; no meat or seafood

Do people actually use these terms to describe themselves? These sub-catagories seem a bit ridiculous to me...

As I've started talking to people about vegetarianism, I'm finding a lot of people have tried it for a while (me included) and then turned away from it. I haven't asked people why they loose motivation, but I suspect that it could be that they get bored with their choices or maybe they didn't have access to a variety of products where they live.

I am also hearing a lot people say that they are vegetarian, only to see them crack open a can of tuna or eat a piece of pepperoni pizza a few weeks later.

PEOPLE:  If you eat animal, bird, or fish flesh you ARE NOT a vegetarian!!