Lent (no advertising)

Dear users, dear authors,
Carnival is over. With today’s Ash Wednesday, Lent begins—at least for Catholics.
Who among you is fasting? What are you giving up? Sweets? TV? Cigarettes?
This thread is a place for you to share your resolutions and motivate one another.
But no cheating. :-)

I’m not fasting at all.
But since I don’t smoke anymore anyway, hardly drink any alcohol, and eat a very healthy, almost meat-free diet (with a few sweet exceptions—but that’s okay once in a while ;)), I don’t think it’s necessary :)

I do wish everyone who is fasting lots of perseverance and a wonderful Lent :)

I’m not fasting either. I don’t always eat healthily, but I lack the discipline to fast. I try to go meat-free two days a week.  As long as I don’t run into a ham sandwich or something like that, it usually works out! :-)
I’m lucky that my husband is a great cook, and when I get home at 9:15 p.m., a delicious meal is waiting for me! 

I’m not fasting either—at least not when it comes to food and drink.

But since I have a bit of a passion for video puzzle games, last year I started for the first time by not touching a single game for the entire Lenten season. I stuck with it and was amazed at how little I actually needed it.

That’s exactly what I want to do again this year. These days I hardly play at all, but I can easily do without it entirely. And when I’m on the go, I always have a little crochet project in my purse, because unfortunately, I can’t go without any distraction at all.

I’ve already been thinking today about what I could give up for Lent,
I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t eat meat, I don’t smoke, and I enjoy chocolate in small amounts (2 squares with my coffee), but as Tina already wrote, that’s a must!
Giving up knitting or crocheting would be a punishment, not fasting,
now I know something: I’ll leave out the pasta when I cook (I don’t like it anyway!), so I’ve found something
!!
but now, to everyone who’s seriously fasting, I wish you lots of perseverance.

I’m not fasting, but I’m currently trying to lose a few pounds, so I’m cutting out sweets completely. And that’s hard.... *sigh*
But I have a goal in mind, and I want to reach it. ;-)

I can't fast! Otherwise my scale screams for help.

I don't drink alcohol - so that's out
Smoking - you can forget about me there; then nobody could stand being around me
Television - I don't do that anyway
so I'm giving up sports ;-)



@Michaela,

I know what you mean, after child no. 5 I was 30 kilos overweight and they had to come off (because of my slipped discs).

I always set myself a goal of 5 kilos, then maintained that for 2 months and rewarded myself with something.... after 20 kilos, the reward was a huge ice cream sundae...

I wish you lots of success and perseverance, and don't forget the rewards :-)

For me, not eating or drinking enough can trigger migraines, among other things—so this kind of fasting wouldn’t really make sense. As for sweets, my own sense of my body makes sure I don’t overdo it; then I simply prefer sour things.
Otherwise, I’m trying to focus on more relaxation and mindfulness—that is, doing what needs to be done more consciously, taking in what nature has to offer right now in the spring even more fully, and taking deep breaths, etc.—in other words, letting my body and soul unwind. I call that “fasting from self-inflicted stress”—grin.

No, I’m not fasting. But since the beginning of the week, I’ve made one change to my diet. Instead of the wheat muesli roll with raisins from the bakery, I’ve been having homemade muesli for breakfast—made with rolled oats, plain quark, honey, fresh fruit, sunflower seeds,  chia seeds, nuts, etc. I can already tell that it keeps me full for a long time and my acid reflux problems are gone. I’ll keep testing it out and will probably stick with it. Once the fresh fruit from my garden is ready, it’ll taste even better.
To everyone who wants to consciously give something up for 40 days, I wish you the best of luck.