Lent?

[KarenC725]

Is anyone else giving anything up for Lent? Coming from 13 years of Catholic school, I think the guilt lives on:)

I'm giving up all forms of caffiene. Chocolate, pop, whatever. I'm also cutting back fast (fried) food.

[SparkliiQTMTSU]

I'm cuting back on fast food...*I need to save my money plus I so don't need the fat!!* I don't know what else I really need to cut back on yet but I know me and I'll add more to the list lol.


Nichole

[bucutie02]

I *think* i am going to cut back on fast food too! lately it seems like ive been spending all money on lunch! :rolleyes:

[IowaHawkeye]

i'm giving up caffine - its so hard - i love coffee and tea, but i need to get myself off of it!

for lent every year i always try to add something to my life in addition to giving something up - so i'm working out more and i'm volunteering a the peds oncology floor at the hospital.

[KSigkid]

I'm giving up cursing - I have a habit of swearing a little too much, so I decided that this would be a good time to give it up and see how it goes.

Collin

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by KSigkid
I'm giving up cursing - I have a habit of swearing a little too much, so I decided that this would be a good time to give it up and see how it goes.

Collin

I will be in the same boat as KSigkid.....swearing is my vice.

[carnation]

I'm going to give up cursing too. I just filed 3 FAFSAs online and got kicked offline 11 times while attempting to file them and a few hours later, I'm very ashamed of what I said.:o

Since I hadn't chosen anything to give up, thanks to Honeykiss and KSigKid for the idea!

[LexiKD]

Well, we fast;no meat products. I have a hard time with the animal biproducts, but no meat until Easter. It is always my goal, but I have only done it once 100%. It is rough, but good.

[queequek]

I'm giving up soda for lent. And meat every Friday.

[Eirene_DGP]

I am giving up Chocolate.

[dzrose93]

I'll carry on the "fish on Friday" tradition, and will probably give up Coca-Cola. :) My boyfriend is Catholic also, so he'll help me stick to it!! :D

[SATX*APhi]

I go to a Catholic University, so I do feel a little guilty for saying this, but I do not think I am going to give anything up. I won't eat meat on Friday's, of course. I just do not know what to give up!

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by IowaHawkeye
for lent every year i always try to add something to my life in addition to giving something up - so i'm working out more and i'm volunteering a the peds oncology floor at the hospital.

That's taking Lent to a whole new level, Nicole. That's a really great idea :)

I'm also trying to cut back on my swearing. It's weird, my husband is the sailor but yet I'm the one with a potty mouth! I won't do the meatless Fridays, but I will abstain on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday I think.

[bucutie02]

yeah, i dont eat meat on Friday's or Ash Wednesday either. Sometimes its tough, but does chicken count?

[prospectiverushee]

Since my computer is on the fritz at home,I might as well give up surfing the net for Lent:p :rolleyes: :D

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Well, I am not Catholic, but if I had to give something up, I think it would be drunk dialing! Getting to be a bad habit of mine.

[Unregistered-]

I'm also a product of the 13 year Catholic school system.

I should really refrain from posting what I'm giving up...but, for a hint...check out the previews for the upcoming Josh Hartnett movie. My friends are doing the same for me. ;)

[AchtungBaby80]

Last year I gave up religion for Lent, and it stuck! So I guess now I'll have to find something new to give up...

[cash78mere]

i have never given anything up and don't plan to!

[Optimist Prime]

I'm giving drama. Not theatrical drama, will die before i give that up. On the stage hopefully. I'm giving up BS in my personal life. I'm not the savior to everybody (read:pledges). Let'em screw up.

[Optimist Prime]

ok the read :p ledges was suposed to be read: pledges

[cash78mere]

this is totally off topic--

billy, i just noticed the little song you have as your signature. i thought my chapter made that up! ours goes like this (CAPS are said first and lower case is echoed by other sisters):

HIGHTY TIGHTY, highty tighty
GOSH ALMIGHTY, gosh almighty
highty tighty gosh almighty who the hell am i?
flim, flam, hot damn, i'm an ALPHA CHI!!

:D

what a great song!

[juniorgrrl]

I'm a product of 9 years of Catholic School, and a pretty strict Catholic upbringing. I always fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and abstain from meat on Fridays.

I never usually give anything up for lent. My reasons are thus: There are two types of things in my life - things that are necessary for sanity and things that are merely dispensable, that I can take or leave. I figure if I give up something I can take or leave (watching Friends, for example) it doesn't do much for me. If I give up something necessary to my existance (i.e., caffiene) I'll go nuts.

Therefore, I always try to just be a better person during lent. I don't let the collection basket pass me by at Mass just because its not my home parish. I set aside more time for prayer each day. I think the spirit of the season is to prepare oneself for Easter, and in that preparation, we should focus on becoming more Christ-like. To me, that is achieved by doing more, not a mindless act of self-deprivation.

The only thing I hate is the fasting! I can go a whole day on one meal no problem any other day. But when you tell me its what I have to do, I go NUTS. Man, its only 12:45 AM and I'm starving already! :p

[33girl]

I am giving up "fressing" (pardon my Pennsylvania Dutch) from the lunchroom vending machine for Lent. My cubicle-neighbor is under orders to kick my butt if I come out with M & M's or anything other than a can of pop. If I gave up caffeine, the results would be dangerous for both myself and everyone in my orbit. :p

[h2oot]

I'm giving up chocolate, which is a biggie for me since i'm a chocolate freak.

[amycat412]

Originally posted by juniorgrrl
I'm a product of 9 years of Catholic School, and a pretty strict Catholic upbringing. I always fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and abstain from meat on Fridays.

I never usually give anything up for lent. My reasons are thus: There are two types of things in my life - things that are necessary for sanity and things that are merely dispensable, that I can take or leave. I figure if I give up something I can take or leave (watching Friends, for example) it doesn't do much for me. If I give up something necessary to my existance (i.e., caffiene) I'll go nuts.

Therefore, I always try to just be a better person during lent. I don't let the collection basket pass me by at Mass just because its not my home parish. I set aside more time for prayer each day. I think the spirit of the season is to prepare oneself for Easter, and in that preparation, we should focus on becoming more Christ-like. To me, that is achieved by doing more, not a mindless act of self-deprivation.


VERY WELL SAID!

12 years of Catholic school, er, 13 with kindergarten here.

my plan is to simply work harder at inner peace. :) Sounds awfully Buddhist for a Catholic girl I know... but I think too much, analyze too much and what if this and that WAY too much. I need to learn to live in the moment and take things as they come. I can't worry about next week, because that's next week. And its ridiculous to worry about next year, because as the past few months have taught us, life can change in the blink of an eye.

and its my hope that if I can cut back on or stop my compulsive obsessing over things I have little or no control over, it will set a good example for my friends who do the same thing to themselves, some of them worse than me, IMO. ;)

And I fasted today and DAMN the headache it gave me! BLECK!

[HotDamGam]

Honestly, I probably would have forgotten about Lent if my friend hadn't mentioned it to me yesterday. I too have decided not to give anything up for Lent, which has been going on pretty much since I came to college. Instead, I'm going to begin frequenting our campus gym at least twice a week. Why give something up when you do something good for yourself instead?

[AOX81]

I'm not Catholic but my stepfather is and I usually do give something up. This year I am going to quit drinking Dr. Pepper. I've got pretty good will power...I gave up drinking Mt. Dew in 1998 and haven't touched it since. Pop rots your body, we should all drink more water anyway :)

[greeklawgirl]

Wow, I would love to be able to give something up for Lent. That would be a blessing.

We Greek Orthodox types give up meat, dairy, fish with backbones, and olive oil for all 40 days. :eek: I can't do that, because I would starve. I usually just give up meat for all 40 days, plus dairy on Wednesdays and Fridays.

[AXiD Sweetie]

I gave up ice cream last year... Easier said than done. (Well, it would have been easy if I didn't work at Dairy Queen.) I think I'll give up homework this year :)

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

Originally posted by AXiD Sweetie
I gave up ice cream last year... Easier said than done. (Well, it would have been easy if I didn't work at Dairy Queen.) I think I'll give up homework this year :)

Maybe you should give up bumping 2.5 year old threads...:D :p

[AXiD Sweetie]

*Pouts* Well, fine then, be that way!!!

[lifesaver]

Dont let him hate on you. All of us did it when we first started posting here. This chit is addictive. I spent a whole weekend one time reading old posts and commenting on them.

[AXiD Sweetie]

Exactly!!! Plus, I don't have a TV, so I get REALLY bored :) Does anyone else love these things? :) (The smilies, not the posts) ;)