Ok everyone, today is the first day of Lent. For all my non-Catholic friends, this pretty much means that Catholics around the world (and lots of non-Catholics as well) are about to give up something they really like for the next forty days (Lent ends Easter Sunday). I typically give up cokes this time of year, but since I stopped drinking cokes a few months ago, I gotta do something different.
Let me first explain that I am not a 'serious' Catholic. I have my beliefs and I have my faith, but I don't follow the dogmas of any one religion. Call me a Cafeteria Catholic if you want. I pick and choose what traditions I wish to observe. Lent is probably one of my favorite traditions because it invites you to test your willpower. Can you live without something (or make a conscious effort to do something) for forty consecutive days, without slipping up? Ususally, I can.
So what to do this year? Since I'm always striving for a healthier lifestyle, I've decided to give up calories. Not all calories, of course, just the unnecessary ones. From now til Easter I will not eat more than 1,000 calories per day. Seriously. I know it won't be too difficult because I've been doing a 'test run' for the last few days (You didn't think I was jumping into this blind, did you?). I know it will be difficult on those days when all you wnt to do is eat a giant baked potato smothered in butter and cheese and sour cream (mmm...), but that's when you have to limit yourself (you know, only eat half the potato).
Maybe I'll even be down a dress size by Easter. We'll see. I also encourage you guys to give something up or make a healthy lifestyle change. See if you can keep it up til Easter. I'll keep you posted on my progress.
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