Good Things About Today.
1. Bowling with the boys--awesome.
2. Walking the dog in the snow.
3. Canceled nightly activities--now I don't have to miss the MSU game.
Goodbye.
Before you read the following entry please note: I ate a huge cupcake for breakfast, and throughout the day I managed to eat about 100 Reese's Pieces.
Tomorrow morning I'm saying goodbye to sweets--for 40 days. It's one of the two things I'm giving up for Lent. The other, alcohol, isn't nearly as hard for me--I enjoy a beer now and again, and the occasional glass of wine, but for the most part, I won't really miss it. I actually give it up because there are a couple events we attend during Lent that make avoiding it very hard--thus I feel it.
This is the fourth year in a row I've opted out of sweets. The definition of "sweets" gets transformed often--one year only chocolate, another year candy as a whole, one year all junk food (that was totally awful because Ben felt that all chips belonged in this category.) This year the interpretation I'm using is candy. Otherwise known as: chocolate, gummy things, taffy, ice cream (in all forms), cookies, cakes, brownies, pies, donuts, and anything else that might just taste wonderful. The only thing I'm setting aside is brown sugar in my oatmeal or on my pancakes. Otherwise, for the most part, I'm out.
I'm not sure what effect this may have on my writing or if my inner crazy will be forced out. We will all have to wait and see together. :) I'd also like to mention that last year I actually GAINED weight during this time frame--pathetic, right. Honestly, it really is.
Did anyone else think about the challenges? Give something up and do something.
Post a comment and let us all know where you're at with this. Good Luck, God Bless. Have a good evening.
Beck
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So weird... I'm giving up candy for Lent as well. I am allowing myself Skinny Cow ice cream on occasion (just for the weak moments so I won't end up eatting 1000 calories of other things to fulfill my sweet tooth), but otherwise I'm on board. Vacation will not be the same, but that is not always a bad thing :)
ReplyDeletei made it through day one! today, my goal is to PRAY more...
ReplyDeleteI usually try to add something in place of, or in addition to, giving something up. This year, my "sacrifice" is that I will NOT turn on the computer until I've had my quiet, devotions time. That means NO blogging, NO email, NO Facebook, and NO business until I've had time with God. Six days in...so far, so good! Good luck with the candy thing. I wouldn't last 40 minutes...let alone 40 days.
ReplyDeleteThis year I have given up looking at people.com. This is a sacrifice as I looked at it mindlessly about 8-10 per day. It has offered me the kind of mindless escape to my day that I shouldn't be seeking.
ReplyDeleteI have also, per your inspiration, given up sweets. I find my self too often stressing about if I am going to eat dessert or not. If I eat it I feel guilty. If I don't eat I get mad that I am not one of those people born with the kind of metabolism that can just eat whatever junk I want and still stay thin. So in an effort to rid my self of stress, guilt, self-pity, etc...and choose freedom from those things instead, I gave up sweets. It helps to want Dairy Queen and then instead of making a mental pros and cons list of what eating it would mean I can just say, "Nope, gave it up for Lent. Done."