Lent: the non-Catholic version

Since I was in high school I have participated in Lent...well, sorta.

Growing up in a town that's 95% Catholic, as a non-Catholic, I was surrounded. It didn't mean much to me till I was a teenager and decided that I was going to join my friends in giving up something for Lent.

For me, it was more about depriving myself of something that I thought I could live without. You find out in the early part of that 40 days if you can.

This year, I'm giving up soda. Though I typically drink the diet variety, it's more about money and less about sugar intake. Though I do find that when I drink soda I have a tendency to eat more snacky food. Salty chips go great with a diet Pepsi!

More than anything, I'm hoping this will help me drink more water - which was part of my New Year's resolutioning - and maybe be a little less dehydrated after workouts, and well, in general.

So tell me dear readers, Catholic or not, are you participating in this aspect of Lent? And what are you giving up?

Cheers!

-A