tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975445349407458580.post2063760559796799007..comments2023-06-17T02:58:20.231-07:00Comments on Earthenware Vessel: Why I'm Fasting for LentVirgie P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16518011349978725414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975445349407458580.post-4310834606471806092009-03-26T14:37:00.000-07:002009-03-26T14:37:00.000-07:00Meat, dairy AND sugar? Man, you guys are making me...Meat, dairy AND sugar? Man, you guys are making me look like a wimp. I just gave up sugar for lent. (Though I think I can use the "nursing mom" exemption for not giving up the other categories.) <BR/><BR/>You hit the nail exactly on the head! Whenever I feel like I am going to break down and weep for wanting sugar so much it's not so much because I want it that very moment (though sometimes that is also the case). It is that I am trying to fundamentally change my relationship with sugar for the long haul. Sure I can have some sugar on Easter, and that will be nice, but what I fantasize about is being able to consume vast quantities of sugar with impunity. I'm such a "if some is good, more is better" kind of person, I'm afraid that I'm incapable of eating sugar in moderation. And since I don't want to go back to eating sugar the way that I was, that might leave only one option. Which makes me feel unbelievably sad, like one of my best friends is dying. Plus, it was never my intention to become one of those crazy anorexic types who doesn't eat sugar or gluten or meat products or anything that tastes good at all and yet here I am, on a sugar fast and contemplating eliminating gluten and drastically reducing meat. One more example of how being judgmental can come back and bite me in the ass.<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad that you shared this! And sorry that I went off on a rant, but I did really relate. Give my love to Brandon!jenzai studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17613761181405035326noreply@blogger.com