Food cravings during the great Fast

Anhelyna said:

It's hit me much earlier than usual I can't really see why .

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rusmeister said:

I’m just trying to stay alive. No spiritual father, no close friends nearby, a family and children that leans leftist (in spite of all my efforts) and a very mercurial relationship with my wife, my mother (my chief confidante in life) gone and buried in a Muslim grave, a refugee in yet another foreign land on temporary rights only, trying to support not only immediate family including mother-in-law, but pay rent for my older daughter in Germany who can’t support herself yet (heck, SHE’s a student in another foreign land), just had a major source of income cut off thanks to “sanctions” (which pretend to target the rich and powerful, but actually leave them mostly untouched while screwing over ordinary folks). Facing a doubling of the rent for the summer months and don’t know how I am going to pay it. If I can say “no” to little things here and there, that’s about as much fasting as I can do.
On the flip side, I got to Confession for the second time since my arrival six months ago, when the stars are aligned amd I can get to the church when the English-speaking priest serves on Saturday evenings. The rain has finally stopped and it’s sunny, if cool. It’s been a struggle to fast for years, and now I just do the what very little I can, and try not to feel guilty about it.

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rusmeister said:

I’m just trying to stay alive. No spiritual father, no close friends nearby, a family and children that leans leftist (in spite of all my efforts) and a very mercurial relationship with my wife, my mother (my chief confidante in life) gone and buried in a Muslim grave, a refugee in yet another foreign land on temporary rights only, trying to support not only immediate family including mother-in-law, but pay rent for my older daughter in Germany who can’t support herself yet (heck, SHE’s a student in another foreign land), just had a major source of income cut off thanks to “sanctions” (which pretend to target the rich and powerful, but actually leave them mostly untouched while screwing over ordinary folks). Facing a doubling of the rent for the summer months and don’t know how I am going to pay it. If I can say “no” to little things here and there, that’s about as much fasting as I can do.
On the flip side, I got to Confession for the second time since my arrival six months ago, when the stars are aligned amd I can get to the church when the English-speaking priest serves on Saturday evenings. The rain has finally stopped and it’s sunny, if cool. It’s been a struggle to fast for years, and now I just do the what very little I can, and try not to feel guilty about it.

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rusmeister said:

I’m just trying to stay alive. No spiritual father, no close friends nearby, a family and children that leans leftist (in spite of all my efforts) and a very mercurial relationship with my wife, my mother (my chief confidante in life) gone and buried in a Muslim grave, a refugee in yet another foreign land on temporary rights only, trying to support not only immediate family including mother-in-law, but pay rent for my older daughter in Germany who can’t support herself yet (heck, SHE’s a student in another foreign land), just had a major source of income cut off thanks to “sanctions” (which pretend to target the rich and powerful, but actually leave them mostly untouched while screwing over ordinary folks). Facing a doubling of the rent for the summer months and don’t know how I am going to pay it. If I can say “no” to little things here and there, that’s about as much fasting as I can do.
On the flip side, I got to Confession for the second time since my arrival six months ago, when the stars are aligned amd I can get to the church when the English-speaking priest serves on Saturday evenings. The rain has finally stopped and it’s sunny, if cool. It’s been a struggle to fast for years, and now I just do the what very little I can, and try not to feel guilty about it.

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gzt said:

for some reason, during Lent, going by some of the worst and most disgusting dives imaginable, I suddenly think of how nice it would be to have some horribly greasy burger or sausage...

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ArmyMatt said:

that’s like me when Burger King starts smelling good.

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gzt said:

At least BK has the Impossible Whopper! Pretty much the only burger joint where there's something Lenten.

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ArmyMatt said:

indeed, if you don’t mind they at least were made on the same grills as the regular burgers. Fr Eric Tosi was not happy when he overheard that.

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FenderTL5 said:

yeah, my son the vegetarian was off-put by that also. otoh, my first priest told me that if I'm reading the fine print I'm doing it wrong.

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ArmyMatt said:

yeah, Fr Eric just happened to overhear it, he wasn’t being a Pharisee about it.

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FenderTL5 said:

I didn't mean to imply that he was.
One of the things I struggle with is keeping the spirit and intent of the fast in balance with the letter of the fast. It's easy to lose sight of the purpose.

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prodromos said:

Meat substitutes don't sit well with me. They are not inexpensive and require a lot of processing to produce. They don't feel to me as though they fit the spirit of the fast.

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prodromos said:

They don't feel to me as though they fit the spirit of the fast.

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