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Lent 2012

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  • #52
    verywell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 427 ✭✭verywell


    I am giving up chocolate. Should be an interesting few weeks :)


  • #53
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    Because cutting out sweets for a few weeks right now will cut a few pounds off my weight which will benefit me in my race, and when that race is over then I have every right to reward myself.

    That's why.

    +1. It's that simple. Lent just happens to coincide before said race.


  • #54
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    It's nothing to do about having a right to reward yourself or not, it's about using lent as an excuse to do so rather than doing it all the time.

    Ah I just go down the road of rewarding myself after every bit if physical exercise, gets you out more often instead of waiting for the races.

    Ok ... so how many people here exactly do lent for strictly religious reasons?

    And running a 39 mile race is a bit more than "every bit of physical exercise".


  • #55
    gerard65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭gerard65


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Any Interest in a Lenten Challenge 2012?
    It all starts on Wednesday.
    I intend gving up chocolate and sweets and all sugary ****e. Anybody else giving anything up?
    Why not booze, something which might be actually difficult.:)


  • #56
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    gerard65 wrote: »
    Why not booze, something which might be actually difficult.:)

    I know you won't believe me but I have not been drinking much of late :pac:. Giving it up would actually not be much of a sacrifice nor would it help me much in achieving my goal.

    The sweets and chocolate are the big elephant in the room. My increased cosumption of sugary shoite has seen me put on a few pounds while running 70+ miles a week over the past few months:eek: so it has to go.


  • #57
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »

    And running a 39 mile race is a bit more than "every bit of physical exercise".

    I said I reward myself after every bit of physical exercise.


  • #58
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    I think I'll get a hot chocolate with marshmallows in it for my breakfast drink tomorrow. Anyone recommend anywhere in Stephens Green that does a nice one? :)


  • #59
    gerard65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭gerard65


    menoscemo wrote: »
    I know you won't believe me but I have not been drinking much of late :pac:. Giving it up would actually not be much of a sacrifice nor would it help me much in achieving my goal.

    The sweets and chocolate are the big elephant in the room. My increased cosumption of sugary shoite has seen me put on a few pounds while running 70+ miles a week over the past few months:eek: so it has to go.
    And I'm to believe that. 70 miles a week and your putting on weight? You must be eating a hell amount of fatty foods. I'd be very concerned about my health if that was me.


  • #60
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    gerard65 wrote: »
    And I'm to believe that. 70 miles a week and your putting on weight? You must be eating a hell amount of fatty foods. I'd be very concerned about my health if that was me.

    Get with the times gerard. Sugar is the devil, not fat.


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  • #61
    gerard65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭gerard65


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Get with the times gerard. Sugar is the devil, not fat.
    You could be right, after all I'm an old crusty. but if I begin to look like a famine victim running 50mls a week and my diet isn't great and you say your putting on weight running 70, well something must be wrong.
    Be honest, how many units do you drink per week?


  • #62
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    gerard65 wrote: »
    You could be right, after all I'm an old crusty. but if I begin to look like a famine victim running 50mls a week and my diet isn't great and you say your putting on weight running 70, well something must be wrong.
    Be honest, how many units do you drink per week?

    I don't drink units.


  • #63
    chinguetti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,551 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    Back to the whole 40/46 days thing. As Jebus left the desert to ride into Jersuleam on a donkey on Palm Sunday, thats the 40th day. Not Easter Sunday but for reasons best know to no one, you can't eat your chocolate Easter Egg until Easter Sunday morning.

    Of course, there's the one that we were told at school to get round that problem that you didn't count Sundays during Lent and as it has 6 Sundays, Easter Sunday is the 40th day.

    I have some Aero bubbles and a pint earlier, they were lovely


  • #64
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    Not a good start!

    Only 9 hours into lent and I'm already cranky for the mere thought of going without chocolate for 40 days, and what's the first thing I see when coming into the office?

    No coffee in the coffee machine!

    :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

    One more anal-retentive post about me not doing lent properly and I might just explode.


  • #65
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    One more anal-retentive post about me not doing lent properly and I might just explode.

    Must...resist.....


  • #66
    ronnie085
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,003 ✭✭✭ronnie085


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBoYgImWPVI


    No more for a whiile :eek:


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  • #67
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    Not a good start!

    Only 9 hours into lent and I'm already cranky for the mere thought of going without chocolate for 40 days, and what's the first thing I see when coming into the office?

    No coffee in the coffee machine!

    :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

    One more anal-retentive post about me not doing lent properly and I might just explode.

    I gave up the chocolate and sweets yesterday already. I swear that during my run yesterday evening it felt like I was gonna be sick.

    Sugar withdrawals :mad:....Hopefully it's better today.


  • #68
    hot to trot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭hot to trot


    is anyone Doing anything extra , as well or instead of giving up things?

    Apart from the punishment of abstaining from my favourite food sins I am going to swim Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7am. I haaaaatttteee getting up early, almost as much as I hate swimming.

    One day down so far.
    :)


  • #69
    TheRoadRunner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,983 ✭✭✭TheRoadRunner


    gerard65 wrote: »
    You could be right, after all I'm an old crusty. but if I begin to look like a famine victim running 50mls a week and my diet isn't great and you say your putting on weight running 70, well something must be wrong.

    He might have relations from croatia :rolleyes:


  • #70
    G-Money
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money


    Don't forget today is Ash Wednesday so that means no eating between meals and no meat. Just to make things more difficult :cool:


  • #71
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    G-Money wrote: »
    Don't forget today is Ash Wednesday so that means no eating between meals and no meat. Just to make things more difficult :cool:

    Sorry bud, this is not some Religious observance excercise for me.

    And no meat? :eek::confused: Why would you bother...


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  • #72
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    I'm glad people are around to keep reminding me what to eat to annoy the sky monster. :D


  • #73
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    robinph wrote: »
    I'm glad people are around to keep reminding me what to eat to annoy the sky monster. :D

    My Colleague at work who is rather religious says he observes the no meat rule but eats chicken, pork and turkey. Apparently he and the sky monster only consider red meat to be meat. :confused:

    So If you want to annoy the skymonster, have a nice steak for your dinner tonight.


  • #74
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    menoscemo wrote: »
    So If you want to annoy the skymonster, have a nice steak for your dinner tonight.

    I don't need no skymonster for that. My wife is a strict vegetarian, and much scarier than any imaginary creature when angry. ;)


  • #75
    TheRoadRunner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,983 ✭✭✭TheRoadRunner


    menoscemo wrote: »
    My Colleague at work who is rather religious says he observes the no meat rule but eats chicken, pork and turkey. Apparently he and the sky monster only consider red meat to be meat. :confused:

    Yeah my friend reckons he's vegetarian but eats fish. Surely that's not a vegetarian diet


  • #76
    average_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,855 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    I decided to give choc up for lent and also nacho's with dip on sat night.

    On the other hand i have decided to drink more during lent with weddings, rugby and stags on during lent :D


  • #77
    EauRouge79
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭EauRouge79


    im giving up giving up stuff. I have nothing left to give up.
    But anyone attempting to take my chocolate off me better be able to run quickly....


  • #78
    shels4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭shels4ever


    menoscemo wrote: »
    I don't drink units.

    unit = Case :)


  • #79
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    hot to trot wrote: »
    is anyone Doing anything extra , as well or instead of giving up things?

    I'm considering trying to get up before 7am 6 days a week. That won't last long given I usually only go asleep at about 3 am. :D

    One day down successfully though.
    menoscemo wrote: »
    My Colleague at work who is rather religious says he observes the no meat rule but eats chicken, pork and turkey. Apparently he and the sky monster only consider red meat to be meat. :confused:

    So If you want to annoy the skymonster, have a nice steak for your dinner tonight.

    Has no one told him that pork is sometimes considered to be a red meat? You should print out loads of things that classify pork as a red meat and leave it on his desk.


  • #80
    Harto45
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Harto45


    hot to trot wrote: »
    is anyone Doing anything extra , as well or instead of giving up things?

    Apart from the punishment of abstaining from my favourite food sins I am going to swim Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7am. I haaaaatttteee getting up early, almost as much as I hate swimming.

    One day down so far.
    :)

    I'm giving up just reading these threads and time to get stuck in! Boards cherry...popped.

    Oh, and due to dentist enforced restrictions, I'm one week ahead on the sugar being gone :D


  • #81
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    Say, shouldn't we have a list, like the previous years?


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  • #82
    shels4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭shels4ever


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    Say, shouldn't we have a list, like the previous years?

    We are all giving up lists and tables for lent :) or at least for a few days ,.


  • #83
    Dan man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Dan man


    shels4ever wrote: »
    We are all giving up lists and tables for lent :) or at least for a few days ,.

    NO|WAY|HOSAY|
    TABLES|FOR|LIFE|
    |

    A table a day, keeps the mad boardsies away!


  • #84
    roseybear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭roseybear


    milhous wrote: »
    I haven't done lent for many a year, but i'l be giving up alcohol, carbohydrates and crappy sugary foods. Now this is not really 'giving up' but i'll be flat out at the gym.. Except for paddies day of course, I'll be drunk that day, but that doesn't count. Oh and I'll be dropping coffee and drinking green tea instead..

    joining you with this (except the flat out at the gym bit..am just going to increase my attendance a little ha! did the green tea instead of coffee one yr too, was off coffee for about 6mnths after! starting that one for sure again


  • #85
    neilc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭neilc


    Tayto & sweets* for me. One day in, so far so good.

    * except jelly babies on long runs.


  • #86
    Running Fool
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭Running Fool


    roseybear wrote: »
    joining you with this (except the flat out at the gym bit..am just going to increase my attendance a little ha! did the green tea instead of coffee one yr too, was off coffee for about 6mnths after! starting that one for sure again

    Hey - what difference did you find having switched from coffee to green tea?


  • #87
    dna_leri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,623 ✭✭✭dna_leri


    I don't do lent - I am not that kind of catholic.
    But I think I have given up drink for lent.

    Had homemade pizza on Friday night but drank no beer.
    Went to a birthday party on Saturday night and drank water while everyone around me got pissed - urgh.
    Cooked a nice meal on Sunday night and avoided the wine.
    So I must be off the drink.

    I've got it - my next race is Easter Monday so I am not off the drink for lent, just preparing for that by not consuming alcohol for 46 days and nights.


  • #88
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    8 Full days off chocolate and sweets now and things are finally going great. I felt a bit weak, dizzy constantly hungry for the first few days but the body has gotten used to it now and feels much better. A curious side effect is that I now find that 2 sugars in my daily coffee is way too sweet and I now only put in one teaspoon.

    On a positive note, I weighed myself this morning and am down a full 4 lbs on last week. That's me right back to my 'normal' racing weight So I reckon I can get down quite a bit further before my Goal race at the start of April.


    How's everyone else getting on?


  • #89
    hot to trot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭hot to trot


    Struggling with loss of diet coke. Dont miss the chocolate and crisps , chips and goodies at all but feel so deprived of my drink.
    I am more hungry for more of the day and I would think I have put on weight as I am eating massive amounts of bread and bigger portions of real food to keep me going.

    Hopefully this will sort itself out next week on holidays , when I am out of the kitchen:D


  • #90
    BobMac104
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BobMac104


    I was away for the week it started but I started myself on a similar path to yourself meno. Basically anything sh#t is cut out. started last sunday.


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  • #91
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    menoscemo wrote: »
    8 Full days off chocolate and sweets now and things are finally going great. I felt a bit weak, dizzy constantly hungry for the first few days but the body has gotten used to it now and feels much better. A curious side effect is that I now find that 2 sugars in my daily coffee is way too sweet and I now only put in one teaspoon.

    On a positive note, I weighed myself this morning and am down a full 4 lbs on last week. That's me right back to my 'normal' racing weight So I reckon I can get down quite a bit further before my Goal race at the start of April.


    How's everyone else getting on?

    8 full days without chocolate and any other sweet stuff, I'm jonesing sugar like mad :(, have lost exactly 0 pounds :mad: and can't see the end of the tunnel yet. :eek:

    In a particularly cruel twist of fate I had to make the desserts a couple of evenings ago, which included creating some lovely meringues. God they looked gorgeous! I was highly tempted to grab the lot and do a runner but somehow managed to restrain myself.

    But thanks for asking anyway. :rolleyes:


  • #92
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    8 full days without chocolate and any other sweet stuff, I'm jonesing sugar like mad :(, have lost exactly 0 pounds :mad: and can't see the end of the tunnel yet. :eek:

    In fairness thomas, you don't have much weight to lose.


  • #93
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    menoscemo wrote: »
    In fairness thomas, you don't have much weight to lose.

    Seb Coe was only an inch shorter than me but weighed 25 pounds less in his time. ;)


  • #94
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    Seb Coe was only an inch shorter than me but weighed 25 pounds less in his time. ;)

    Yeah but would he be able to tackle the hell of the west after 35 miles :D


  • #95
    chinguetti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,551 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    Meno, i'm wondering how much of the 4 lbs were down to chocolate/sweets and how much was down to running?

    Thats a savage weight lost in a week though, no wonder you were getting the DTs.


  • #96
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    chinguetti wrote: »
    Meno, i'm wondering how much of the 4 lbs were down to chocolate/sweets and how much was down to running?

    Thats a savage weight lost in a week though, no wonder you were getting the DTs.

    Well I ran no more than I had done in the previous 8 weeks so....


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  • #97
    hot to trot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭hot to trot


    Well stayed off diet coke, chips , crisps/pringles, sweets , chocolate, buns cakes , muffins, tarts, nice things
    plus swam three mornings a week ( only missed one )
    So feel rightly smug as I scoff tayto , coke and chocolate today > whohooo.

    I tell myself the discipline will make me mentally stronger for ultras :rolleyes:

    How did anyone else survive?


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