What are you doing for Lent?

[TealSister 296]

Giving something up? Or doing something?

We received a 40 chapter book from church at Christmas, so I may try to read a chapter per day. I *need* to give up sweets or commit to a liquid reset. Oh, the possibilities!

What are you doing?

[Valentina 2,642]

Eating fish, fish, and then some fish! I'm going to try to eat fish five days a week and meat the other two.

Of course, since I was 7yr, there will be no chocolate for 40llloooonnnggg days and 40 llllooonnngggg nights.

I also try to spare some time every day to reflect on "my world"---family, health, community.

[Margie122 845]

Giving up chocolate and Peanut Butter. Limiting myself to two cups of Decaf coffee a day. That was my original intent.

I am now going to add to the list:

Limit - coffee - decaf, no more than 2 cups a day, Power Crunch Bars - no more than 2 a week.

NO - chocolate, Peanut Butter (I'm the most about this one!), crackers, Cookies, candy. It's mostly stuff I shouldn't be eating anyway, so I can/need to do it!

[GibbsGirl 483]

Adding a bible study every day about self esteem by Beth Moore.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Adding a bible study every day about self esteem by Beth Moore.

What is the title of the bible study? I downloaded several of her books to my Kindle a while back.

[ad5707 9]

Since I'm only 2 weeks pre op my diet is so limited o can't give up any food or I won't eat lol so Im saying a rosary everyday

[wwboy 141]

I'm Protestant so I've always had a different relationship with lent than some. But I've still practiced it from time to time. Ive found it a helpful spiritual tool. However a lot of times I've given up health related things and so lent becomes conflated with a type of diet. These were never good for my health pre surgery ultimately speaking. So I'm going to abstain this year and maybe pick a different non food issue next year to focus on.

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[GibbsGirl 483]

I did run into a bit of a pickle during communion. Up till Wed my sister always had a small cup of Water set aside for me, during the pre and post op diet. We both forgot and she was breaking the bread and I walked up and we both froze. I only took the size of my pinky nail, and drank the grape juice, it's a tiny bit.

Something I am going to have to think about each time.