What are you giving up for lent?

beckyhope

I'm actually giving up stepping on the scale for Lent. I step on it every morning and am one of those people who gets discouraged when I dont see change, or worse, when the numbers go up. So I will continue to eat well and exercise, but I will not step on the scale until Lent is over, and then see what sort of progress I make!

That's totally what I was thinking of doing!

britlew

I am not catholic.. BUT i have a friend who started this and I am joining her. We have decided to give an extra 30 minutes of exercise and "religious reflection" a day..

deeharley

complaining???

Ooh - that's a good one.

Dbow0207

Alcohol, Sex, Facebook, and Excessive Spending

littlemissbogus

I'm working on giving up negative thoughts and complaining and replacing that energy with compassion for those that drive me NUTS and thinking the best of other people. I couldn't possibly give up the Starbucks though.

And btw, I'm not particularly religious either.

And for those that care, Lent is a time that's been in the seasonal cycle for thousands of years before Christianity or any of the other Abrahamic religions. It's when the stores of last year's harvest are running out and personal sacrifice was required of all so that everyone could survive. Nowadays it's more a purification practice than a practical one. Kind of a "spring cleaning" of the crap that brings us down. It doesn't need to have any religious affiliation.

lloydrt

little miss, wow, thanks for your information. I didnt know any of what you mentioned. I went to 12 years of Catholic School , lol, and none of those nuns even mentioned this fact

Im giving up wine and sugar............this ought to be interesting...lol.............Lloyd

Wandami

I'm giving up air...=0)