Lent

This year I decided to participate in Lent. I'm not doing it for religious reasons, I am doing it because I wanted to test myself. I decided to do something easy, go without soda. I am not a big soda drinker, I maybe have three sodas a month. Going without soda has been much more difficult than I thought. There have been occasions that I have craved it... I have never really crave soda. I have found that my craving is situational. For example, Lauren and I grilled the other day. Normally I would crack open a Root Beer or a Dr Pepper, but I couldn't. Another example is we went to our favorite gluten free pizza place in Park City; they have Apple Beer. I always get a drink if a restaurant has Apple Beer, but this time I couldn't. I realize that those examples both revolve around food, but sometimes it's nice to have a soda instead of dessert, I like to drink my calories.

This soda fast has not spawned a desire to never drink soda, nor do I think I am addicted to it. However, I am looking forward to April 2nd, the day Lent is over, when I can crack open a cold Root Brewski.

If you participated in Lent, please let me know what you gave up. Write your response in the comments.