What are you giving up for LENT?

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  • tifalva
    tifalva Posts: 220 Member
    Maybe mine will be giving up potluck lunches, drug rep lunches and eating out during the week at work. I have a bad habit of packing a healthy lunch then not eating it when something else smells better.
  • nightdragon70
    nightdragon70 Posts: 94 Member
    As much as I hate to.... ugh... I'm going to give up alcohol .. so no more beers for me. Except for the one that I may have Tuesday night, just as a last hurrah until Lent is over
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    I'm giving up cocaine
  • Flossie1981
    Flossie1981 Posts: 160 Member
    I'm giving up giving stuff up!!
  • Gregg_SRQ
    Gregg_SRQ Posts: 2 Member
    alcohol! Lord give me strength!
    Empty calories plus it leads to my sweet tooth.
  • GabriellaMaria
    GabriellaMaria Posts: 150 Member
    Apparently I'm giving up the Pope. :frown:

    Hope his health is okay.
    TOO FUNNY!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Karollea
    Karollea Posts: 13 Member
    I've decided on fast food because I still haven't been able to kick the habit. I also will be fasting every Friday, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, along with no meat on Fridays. Always hated that a ton of my family birthdays are during Lent, including my own lol! Oh well :D
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Breathing.
  • jdr0p_
    jdr0p_ Posts: 64 Member
    Swearing. Totally not food or fitness related. But will probably help me more than a size 0 figure would.
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    MFP, But I don't believe in god so when I fail it will be meaningless haha
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Nothing. What I'm doing right now is working too well to tinker with it. Of course that might be because I already gave just about everything up!

    Not coffee, though. You can't have my coffee!
  • transparentenigma
    transparentenigma Posts: 565 Member
    I have been pondering this for weeks now and I still haven't figured it out. A few years ago it was easy, it was Facebook, and my affair with it has been off ever since. I can't think of anything right now that would be a sacrifice. I think I will have to take on something to make this work...

    Ah well, hopefully Early Morning Mass on Ash Wednesday will solidify what I am to do doing this Holy Season.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Apparently I'm giving up the Pope. :frown:

    Hope his health is okay.
    TOO FUNNY!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/11/us-pope-confirm-idUSBRE91A0A120130211
  • diadojikohei
    diadojikohei Posts: 732 Member
    Wild parties, binge drinking and illicit sex.

    Me too!

    Wait.......Gave that up 25 year ago when I got married!!
  • londacake
    londacake Posts: 2
    I'm still thinking but the journey will be worth it. keep pushing:smile:
  • ♥Faerie♥
    ♥Faerie♥ Posts: 14,053 Member
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  • Joyjmb
    Joyjmb Posts: 221 Member
    Biting the bullet this year and giving up abstinence and sobriety.
  • cliver67
    cliver67 Posts: 7 Member
    would love to give up Lent itself... not going to happen

    tried coffee once, worst 6 weeks ever

    this year giving up sweets / chocolate / crisps / cake / etc
    basically everuything i shouldnt be eating anyway!
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    calorie counting and exercise
  • jenns1964
    jenns1964 Posts: 384 Member
    I like the Facebook idea....could be really hard since that is how I keep in touch with my family in Cali!
  • Julzanne72
    Julzanne72 Posts: 468 Member
    I am giving up Diet Mountain Dew(which is going to be TOUGH since I drink at least 2 a day) and am going to be sure to read my In Conversation with God Devotional daily, and pray the rosary daily.
  • griffga1
    griffga1 Posts: 31
    I have been thinking about this for a few weeks and just cannot decide. I like the idea of complimenting a stranger each day, but I still feel the need to give up something. I have a couple days, I'm sure I'll think of something.
  • SamanthaL81
    SamanthaL81 Posts: 4 Member
    Television, this is going to be a challange but I am hoping to really begin to make better choices on how to spend my time.
  • allisonlane61
    allisonlane61 Posts: 187 Member
    I'm not giving up anything, but I'm going to go to daily Mass twice a week (and of course Sunday Mass). My best Lent ever though, was around 7 years ago and I gave up sugar. No sweets, no adding sugar to coffee or anything else...and to this day, I've maintained it. Once in a great while, I'll eat sweets, and I do use honey in tea, but I haven't touched a box of sugar or any other refined sugar in darned near 7 years, except when baking Christmas cookies.

    I consider my giving up sugar a miracle, lol.
  • KimLovesDon
    KimLovesDon Posts: 152 Member
    All the fat I can possibly lose. AND I DON'T want it back!!!!!!
  • allisonlane61
    allisonlane61 Posts: 187 Member
    As much as I hate to.... ugh... I'm going to give up alcohol .. so no more beers for me. Except for the one that I may have Tuesday night, just as a last hurrah until Lent is over

    That's right! Fat Tuesday!
  • dmaloof2013
    dmaloof2013 Posts: 134 Member
    I think I may give up weighing myself. Might as well see what can happen in that amount of time. Have my fiancee hide it on me and then after Easter take it out and see what it says.
  • goldied01
    goldied01 Posts: 149 Member
    I am constantly taking my grandaughters to McDonalds! It's not good for me or them. So, that is what I'm giving up. As for the post on where I would use the money? I will give it to St. Judes Hospital for kids with Cancer.
  • sarahmoo12
    sarahmoo12 Posts: 756 Member
    anything sweet related including juice and booze! :)
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    Biting the bullet this year and giving up abstinence and sobriety.

    I like your style.

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