Thanks to God, I could achieve what I vowed since the beginning of the last weekend: no booze, no meat, no dessert. I am holding the line!
Remember: it’s always darkest just before dawn!🙏🏻
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Why?
To prove oneself he still has Faith and Will in his heart. To increase the anticipated joy before Christmas and also to unload the brain pleasure center so they readjust themselves to lighter loads. There’s plenty of reasons why someone could fast. It’s an ordeal.
why no meat? if anything only meat with salt and water. Plants are quite chemically diverse/complex/poisonous.
Jordan Peterson is a great example. Tried it for 2 weeks in 2019 to think clearly. Seemed to work great.
Because I love it, like alcohol, and like this pinch of sweetness ending a meal. I am denying myself any solace I’d otherwise find in food.
Also, not cooking meat will make me be more creative in the kitchen. I currently cook soufflés, curries, gratins…
Rock on.
Some people fast food altogether. It's not a diet, it's a giving up for a short period.
The Sisters and Brothers (Nuns and Monks) used to refer to is as “the mortification of the flesh”. It is most usually associated with the Easter season, the Lenten abstinence from meat and sweets as a self-sacrifice leading up to the Easter feast and celebration of the resurrection. Self denial during the Advent season is less common but no less valid or valuable. Both seasons should be a time for the expression of charity as well. Charitable acts and the mortification of the flesh remind us of our duty to our brothers and sisters, our duty to our faith and the transitory nature of our lives.
I applaud OPs devotion.