No, not if you set your mind to it. I'm a vegetarian and have been for thirteen years - it only gets easier.

Once you stop eating meat, that includes fish, chicken and meat by-products, you are a vegetarian.

Yes, as stated in the premiere of Celebrity Apprentice All Stars, Kelly Ripa is a vegetarian.

it is more opinion than an actual rule. i think about a month.

It's the beginning of the month in the Chinese calendar. Some Buddhist Chinese keep a vegetarian diet on the new moon and full moon each month.