Six days into Lent

[Anonymous]

I'm Orthodox but stopped fasting as an adult. I was an anorexic teen. All of the fast days didn't help. I can't bring myself to make my kids do it.

I also do not eat meat almost anytime (in fact, I do not eat enough protein). If I was fasting for Lent, it would be worse.

I think being raised like this gave me terrible habits with food.

However, I am amazed you are eating potatoes and losing weight? No oil? Are you that strict?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm Orthodox but stopped fasting as an adult. I was an anorexic teen. All of the fast days didn't help. I can't bring myself to make my kids do it.

I also do not eat meat almost anytime (in fact, I do not eat enough protein). If I was fasting for Lent, it would be worse.

I think being raised like this gave me terrible habits with food.

However, I am amazed you are eating potatoes and losing weight? No oil? Are you that strict?

OP back. I am not really fasting though. I mean I am observing Lent, which is not a fast for me. I am eating potatoes and losing weight. They are boiled and then sauteed with a tiny bit of olive oil and onions.
I would certainly not recomend fasting to anyone with a history of of eating disorder. My DD has it and definitely she is not with me when I observe lent. Meaning, I am working in another country now.

[Anonymous]

So Lent is a diet? I had no idea. MyFitnessPal is way more fun and more educational.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So Lent is a diet? I had no idea. MyFitnessPal is way more fun and more educational.

Ok?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am going no card for Lent. Going well so far. No weight loss though.

Do you mean no carb? I mean your choice of course, but sounds like an indulgence to me.

What?

Not the PP, but the thing you do for Lent is supposed to be a sacrifice or a practice intended to help you be closer to God. Going on a diet for your own personal reasons isn't really in the spirit of the thing. People use Lent as an excuse for a diet.

[Anonymous]

I’m Lutheran (ELCA). We don’t give anything up for Lent. I thought the people who observe Lent by giving something up are supposed to give up one thing that they enjoy, with the idea being that as you think about the thing you’re missing, you remember how much greater Jesus’s sacrifice for us was. I didn’t think weight loss was more than a pleasant side effect of giving something up for Lent. I didn’t think the thing you gave up even had to be food related (although I know some people avoid meat altogether or on Fridays during Lent).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m Lutheran (ELCA). We don’t give anything up for Lent. I thought the people who observe Lent by giving something up are supposed to give up one thing that they enjoy, with the idea being that as you think about the thing you’re missing, you remember how much greater Jesus’s sacrifice for us was. I didn’t think weight loss was more than a pleasant side effect of giving something up for Lent. I didn’t think the thing you gave up even had to be food related (although I know some people avoid meat altogether or on Fridays during Lent).

Orthodox Christianity lent is based on habits of monks modified for present day needs and health of parishioners. Many Catholics as well, such as Portuguese follow the same Lent rules, such as no animal products apart from fish.
Nobody needs to give anything up for Lent, it is a personal choice. However, to think that people observe Lent in one way that you are used to is a bit narrow minded, no?

[Anonymous]

I’m Lutheran also and many people in my family and church fast during Lent. I’m surprised you don’t recognize that common practice in your faith. We all like to talk about how giving up chocolate and beer for 40 days makes us a bit healthier too. Do you even go to church, pp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m Lutheran also and many people in my family and church fast during Lent. I’m surprised you don’t recognize that common practice in your faith. We all like to talk about how giving up chocolate and beer for 40 days makes us a bit healthier too. Do you even go to church, pp?

Fasting during Lent usually means meatless Fridays, not no meat for 40 days.

[Anonymous]

No meat is the practice of “abstaining.” Fasting means limiting the food you eat, like cutting out a meal - rather than a category of food.

Fasting, prayer, and almsgiving are the three main devotions practiced during Lent. Christians of many denominations observe Lent this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m Lutheran also and many people in my family and church fast during Lent. I’m surprised you don’t recognize that common practice in your faith. We all like to talk about how giving up chocolate and beer for 40 days makes us a bit healthier too. Do you even go to church, pp?

Fasting during Lent usually means meatless Fridays, not no meat for 40 days.

Means animal product free except for fish for observing Orthodox Christians. Clearly not for all orthodox.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m Lutheran also and many people in my family and church fast during Lent. I’m surprised you don’t recognize that common practice in your faith. We all like to talk about how giving up chocolate and beer for 40 days makes us a bit healthier too. Do you even go to church, pp?

Fasting during Lent usually means meatless Fridays, not no meat for 40 days.

Fasting during Lent for Orthodox Christians is no meat at all except fish. If you are strict, it is no meat, dairy, or oil for the entire Lent.

No meat on Fridays all year with some exceptions. If you are strict, it is no meat or dairy on Wednesdays or Fridays all year.

[Anonymous]

The purpose of Lent is not weight loss.