Going sans alcohol & meat for February 2010!

Yep, that's right all you cats and kittens. This Kansan rancher's daughter is giving up the hard stuff and the meat stuff for one whole month. We'll just ignore the fact that it's the shortest month of the year. ;) As part of my Niner Project, I'm giving up all alcoholic beverages for one month. I had also planned to go vegetarian for a month, so I thought I'd do two for one (after all, February is the month of the President's Day sale).

I didn't decide on the alcohol Niner because I drink too much or because I have a problem...in fact, I think I'm a pretty responsible drinker. Regardless, I can also recognize that even a little alcohol isn't always great for your health or your organs and its about time I went through a little detox to flush out all those toxins. And hey, I might lose some weight if I'm not drinking a couple of beers each weekend. :) Bonus!

The vegetarian thing really has nothing to do with any kind of moral or ethical issue that I have with eating other animals - I haven't read all those scary books about the meat industry. I'm just going to stay in my delusional world where I believe that all cows live a lovely happy life chillaxin in a wide open pasture like the cows on K&M Ranch. This Niner really came from my motivation to know what it feels like to eat more like a caveman - just fruits, nuts, and vegetables. However, since this is my Niner Project, I'm going to take a few liberties in how I define vegetarianism. First, I won't be eating any meat, so no fish, poultry, beef, pork, or four legged creatures of any kind. I will, however, allow myself to eat eggs and dairy products. Gotta have my morning latte. :)

So I guess all these guys are just going to have to wait until March. See ya fellas! To be honest, I think the "no meat" thing will be way more difficult than the "no alcohol" thing. Stay tuned for my attempts at vegetarian cooking. And at the end of the month, I'll give you my before and after weights (I'm prolly going to regret this), so stay tuned.