Gave Up Chocolate For Lent

Well, I gave up chocolate for Lent. Not for health reasons - I would feel kind of guilty using Lent for that - I did it for spiritual reasons.

But still, I am noticing some definite health effects! First of all, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be (and it still is). I thought it would be easy to give up chocolate, because I can still eat other sweets.

It is not the same, though. Nothing else satisfies that chocolate craving. I did not realize how addicted I was to chocolate. I still crave it a lot, although the first days were the hardest.

I wonder what it is about chocolate. Is it the caffeine? Or the fat? But I can eat other fatty foods and drink tea for the caffeine. I still crave the chocolate.

On the plus side, I am not as tempted to eat sweets. Maybe my craving for sweets was really just a craving for chocolate? I have been eating a lot of sweets anyway, just to try and quiet that chocolate craving. But it doesn’t help.

I think I will just have to give up trying to satisfy the craving. Nothing works anyway. I might as well eat healthy.

What a concept!

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3 Responses to “Gave Up Chocolate For Lent”

  1. tmhd Says:

    Seems as if you’ve really taken a “spiritual” track with your commitment to bodily purification on the path to God. Why not volunteer at a soup kitchen and actually DO SOMETHING FOR LENT?! What a good Catholic you are, eating all of those sweets so you don’t feel as if you’re missing out on something. Give me a break. You should be ashamed of yourself.

  2. Lucy Says:

    Everyone has their own spiritual practices, and I don’t think people should criticize each others’ spiritual practices. I am not criticizing your choice to volunteer at a soup kitchen. I think it’s great that you are doing that.

  3. Vertanno Says:

    To the first reply, don’t be such a**, who do you think you are?

    Whether your Buddhist, Catholic, Muslim or whatever Lent/Fasting is great.

    But remember giving up something isn’t a challenge or a test, it’s just suffering. That is the whole point, or this is just the way I have always seen it. Isn’t the whole idea to suffer and share empathy with the world?

    Unfortunately children, whatever faith may be, are often not taught why they fast or give up something they just follow blindly and gain absolutely nothing during the period.

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