Lent
- Thread starter Redman97
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Keep posting, Bro. Each post becomes more stupid. Have a good life! ;-)
Not Catholic, but thinking about giving up alcohol just cause I bet I would lose weight not drinking for 6 weeks . But I really like rum, and I work out hard so that I can have rum. So we'll see if I've changed my mind by Friday.
this was my other idea, but it's already been like 3 weeks since I had ice cream so I wondering if that means I can just wait three more and call it good.
well I wouldn't be drinking until Friday anyway, so I got time.
Someone mentioned the stress of this basketball team and not drinking.........I'm diving into home buying. Also seems like something that will drive me to drink.
they're talking about Vegas in the other thread - last year, Ash Wednesday was our second day in Vegas. The husband definitely didn't fast on that day or that Friday. Had some meat too. First time I'd seen him purposefully ignore that rule. Seemed appropriate, being in Sin City and all.
Nope, you have to go all the way to Good Friday; however you could be a like a Catholic that doesn't observe a fast during solemnities.
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00clone It's unfortunate that you felt that way during college. While I was at ISU, I thought St. Thomas Aquinas was an excellent catholic church that did a nice job of living the faith and encouraging it's members to do the same.
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Oh, I actually enjoyed STA as well, but it was hard to overcome 18 years of bad examples with a few years of good...it also coincided with the explosion of the sex abuse scandal, so my summary was...this particular church (STA) is good, but the rest is a mess, and apparently the top is a mess as well.
Well, I'm more just hijacking the time frame to give up something not terribly good for me. So I'm more about the 40 consecutive days than the specific time of year. But if I've already given it up for three weeks without actually trying, maybe I should give up something that will actually show up as weight loss :spinny:
I do Hustle up the Hancock in Chicago. It forces me to get into shape once a year. Going to try and get under 20 minutes this year.
Each year more than 4,000 people climb to the top of John Hancock Center to raise funds for lung disease research, advocacy and education. In 2013 more than 2,500 participants indicated they or someone they know has been touched by a form of lung disease. Participants choose from two climbing categories--full climb (94 floors) or half climb (52 floors).
Hustle Up the Hancock
We also package $30,000 worth of food for Haiti, thru our church. We have been part of the group in charge of the about 4 years and we do it on Palm Sunday.
Each year more than 4,000 people climb to the top of John Hancock Center to raise funds for lung disease research, advocacy and education. In 2013 more than 2,500 participants indicated they or someone they know has been touched by a form of lung disease. Participants choose from two climbing categories--full climb (94 floors) or half climb (52 floors).
Hustle Up the Hancock
We also package $30,000 worth of food for Haiti, thru our church. We have been part of the group in charge of the about 4 years and we do it on Palm Sunday.
