https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:15:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent/page/2#post-564881 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:52:53 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 564881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I did! I'm still working it back down. I gained 10 lbs after I came off the diet. I didn't feel like doing anything about it for a while, but now I'm back to being careful and am almost half way there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent/page/2#post-564581 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:19:19 +0000 MamaMoose 564581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: oh man. I'm gonna get so fat when the time comes!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent/page/2#post-564577 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:17:23 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 564577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I don't want to make it harder for you, but I ordered a molten chocolate lava cake! I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent/page/2#post-564569 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:14:41 +0000 MamaMoose 564569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I spend a lot of time thinking about what my "first meal" will be when I can eat freely again. The current front runner is lots of pizza followed by a chipwich!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564471 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:28:36 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 564471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Oh yeah, definitely enough! It was such a thrill to add them back in when the intolerance improved :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564466 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:27:34 +0000 Honeybee 564466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Lol, I should! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564459 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:25:16 +0000 MamaMoose 564459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennimac: OMG I didnt see your BFP announcement!!! I just teared up I'm so incredibly happy for you!!</p> <p>My LO has food intolerances so I've already had to give up dairy, soy, wheat, eggs, nuts and fish. I think that's enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564458 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:23:32 +0000 Ash 564458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not giving anything up but I'm going to use the bible app on my phone and start a reading plan. :)) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564455 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:21:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 564455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: House issues? Maybe you should give the house up for lent ;)</p> <p>@Jennimac: Double duty with the caffeine :) Congrats again. I'm so thrilled for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564447 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:14:03 +0000 singingbee 564447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: way to go!!</p> <p>I'm giving up caffeine, but that's partly due to the fact we got our BFP a week ago, and I'm giving up my time. I'm doing a devotional in the morning before I go to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564389 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:46:22 +0000 Honeybee 564389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: That's a big deal! We've been stuck in the house all day dealing with more issues, so no church for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-564384 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:43:08 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 564384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went and got my ashes today for the first time in a few years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559738 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:22:45 +0000 Happygal 559738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm attending a non-denominational church that does follow liturgy and we will be giving something up during Lent as a congregation. Sugar. Then on Sunday, people will bring something sweet to share because Sunday is a day of celebration. They stress that Lent is a communal affair that should involve conversation and prayer with others. </p> <p>Here's a general explanation given by my church : "Lent is a time of self-examination, listening, preparation, and repentance....Lent is 40 days to reflect Israel's 40 years wandering in the wilderness, and they recount Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness where he overcame Satan's temptation...the point of a practice (or discipline) is not to prove you can do something hard or to show God (or others) how serious a Christian you are. Rather, a practice provides a way to be attentive to grace, to what God is calling you into or what God is calling you out of." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559617 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:29:49 +0000 honeybear 559617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: "Giving up" is the popular slogan for the practice of mortification. The former sometimes does not really reflect the latter in practice. Like some others said, I think Lent is really about "adding in" God, rather than cutting something material or edible out (although sometimes you have to cut something out to add God in). As for the fasting component, Lent is a penitential season marked by formal fasts, but the food rules often get kind of muddled. The bishops determine the precise guidelines, as I understand it. </p> <p>I encourage you to read this from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' site: <a href="http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/lent/us-bishops-pastoral-statement-on-penance-and-abstinence.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/lent/us-bishops-pastoral-statement-on-penance-and-abstinence.cfm</a>. The USCCB has a lot of good resources online and the info there seems to be easy to find. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559570 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:36:38 +0000 HLK208 559570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Giving up sweets! I have such a sweet tooth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559565 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:52:17 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 559565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: hmmm... I cite my chocolate example, I gave up at home screen time last year, anything that has the potential to have too strong of an attachment and probably shouldn't be. I don't know that I'm in a position to debate anything theologically, but I really use lent as a time to reflect on and reassess those (maybe overly) important things that I'm attached to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559547 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:21:18 +0000 jedeve 559547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: @Mrs. Jacks: I've never seen it as giving something up that's a bad habit. But more to have a voluntary fast of something relevant to you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559152 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:07:04 +0000 matador84 559152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjacks I know and it is a shame! If you are considering giving up something for lent, I always encourage people to do fast/pray/give or just whatever part fits you. It helps get away from the "urge to purge" and then going right back to the old ways when lent is over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559145 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:59:39 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 559145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: It's so not how Catholics play it though ;) I remember as a kid gorging on candy until the day lent started and then gorging again at Easter, being so proud of myself that I didn't cheat!</p> <p>As an adult I find it really fun to be mindful of something that I'm very attached to for a period of time and see if I can change the strength of that attachment over the course of the lenten season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559139 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:50:04 +0000 matador84 559139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The whole giving up something for lent gets lost in translation often...the purpose is to eventually give it up permanentely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559138 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:46:13 +0000 anonysquire 559138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I like that idea. I just don't know what I should give up. Maybe sugar or diet coke! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-559132 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:40:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 559132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: DH really isn't religious at all-- he was baptized Catholic and that's about it-- but he usually gives something up "for lent". He uses it more as a will power exercise, so I try to tell him not to say it's "for lent" but he does anyway. So you could always just give something up or make a commitment to doing something good for 2 months or whatever, doesn't have to be for Lent :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558985 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:22:34 +0000 anonysquire 558985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Ya, I guess we don't really celebrate that or do anything significant for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558982 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:21:08 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 558982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: In Mormonism there is very little emphasis on the crucifixion, so I would imagine it's not compatible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558951 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:57:29 +0000 anonysquire 558951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Oh ok, thank you!</p> <p>@JerricaBenton: Cool video, thank you for that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558946 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:55:17 +0000 JerricaBenton 558946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: It's mainly a Catholic observance, but other Christian denominations do too, like Methodists and Presbyterians. Here is a cool, short video that gives you the basics! </p> <p><a href="http://bustedhalo.com/video/ash-wednesday-in-two-minutes" rel="nofollow">http://bustedhalo.com/video/ash-wednesday-in-two-minutes</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558944 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:52:58 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 558944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: It's a Catholic thing. (Also Lutheran, Methodist, Episcopal and Presbyterian)... but Catholics have kind of a strict set of rituals around the season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558885 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:10:42 +0000 anonysquire 558885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Naive person alert! Is lent for just one certain religion? Can anyone participate? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558884 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:10:10 +0000 anonysquire 558884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: What is busted halos fast/pray/give? I am intrigued! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-giving-up-anything-for-lent#post-558851 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:39:17 +0000 honeybear 558851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: @Foodnerd81: Yes: <a href="http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/lent/questions-and-answers-about-lent.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/lent/questions-and-answers-about-lent.cfm</a>. </p>