Lent - CRAP

clarkey cat

Right, I am going to TRY and give up CRAP for Lent.

Caffeine
Refined Sugar
Alcohol
Processed Foods

I've started a day early and had no caffeine today and I feel terrible. I hope it gets better.

davis

How long does Lent last? Is it longer than say 8 hours?

JackPozzi

Oh - I was wondering who had borrowed crap...

rick_chasey

Any reason?

Kieran_Burns

40 days without coffee or alcohol.

I'm afraid it would be a bloodbath.

Do crisps count as processed food? If they do then it would possibly be the end of mankind. I'd be the Gollum of savoury snacks... "My prrrrrinnnnnngggggllllessssssss"

iPete

Cars
Romanian burgers
Arctic Monkeys
Performance enhancing drugs

so far so good.

veronese68

Lent doesn't include Sundays. You may feel a bit rough on Mondays though.

daxplusplus

Caffeine - difficult but why would you want to?

Refined Sugar - does that included in other foods, and does that cover any kind of sugar?

P.s. Good luck

clarkey cat

Rick Chasey wrote:

Any reason?

I've never done a 'detox' before and I just fancied giving it a go. Thought might help with shedding some timber too.

There will be a brief hiatus of 5 days in the middle though as I'm only the lash with the lads in Chicago at the start of March.

rick_chasey

Seems a bit pointless to me unless you feel it prepares you spiritually for Holy Week.

If you know it's bad, cut it out totally. If that's ridiculous, then so is doing it for a bit.

clarkey cat

I was flicking through a book in the books section in Waitrose called "How to be a lean machine" or something and the guy in the photos was so lovely and handsome and they recommended cutting out CRAP and I thought yea I'll do that.

Ben6899

I cut out alcohol in January. That was gash.

I don't eat refined sugar or processed foods anyway... they make me feel terrible.

davis

40 days without delicious booze?

Are you head-mental?

clarkey cat

I went tee-total for a year once. It wasnt a happy year.

msmancunia

Good luck - I'm doing it too and it will be my third year. I give up:

Chocolate
Cake
Crisps
Sweets
Biscuits

It's really hard given that I eat those things several times a day every single day but I've always managed it, and last year I put the money I would have spent in a jar, and donate it to a hospice that looked after my mum and dad, which I'm going to do again. (I had no idea just how much I spend on chocolate until I did that). I do it to make amends for being a very bad Catholic for the rest of the year.

I do a very good impression of Mr Creosote on Easter Sunday. It's not pretty.

veronese68

clarkey cat wrote:

I was ******* through a book in the books section in Waitrose called "How to be a lean machine" or something and the guy in the photos was so lovely and handsome and they recommended cutting out CRAP and I thought yea I'll do that.

I read about the dangers of drink once. So I gave up reading.

gbsahne001

only C & P left for me to give up; Sugar (in coffee and tea) was given up 25 years ago and alcohol 18 months ago.

Kieran_Burns

msmancunia wrote:

Good luck - I'm doing it too and it will be my third year. I give up:

Chocolate
Cake
Crisps
Sweets
Biscuits

It's really hard given that I eat those things several times a day every single day but I've always managed it, and last year I put the money I would have spent in a jar, and donate it to a hospice that looked after my mum and dad, which I'm going to do again. (I had no idea just how much I spend on chocolate until I did that). I do it to make amends for being a very bad Catholic for the rest of the year.

I do a very good impression of Mr Creosote on Easter Sunday. It's not pretty.

Wrath Rob

I shot myself in the foot on this one. We were discussing Lent in the car and as a result the wife announced she was giving up biscuits, one kid is giving up sucking her thumb and the other is giving up potatoes (chips, crisps etc). I was feeling pretty pleased until kid 1 asked what I was giving up, to which kid 2 immediately shouted "Wine!".

Buggerybollox.

TheStone

clarkey cat wrote:

Right, I am going to TRY and give up CRAP for Lent.
Caffeine
Refined Sugar
Alcohol
Processed Foods

I've know 2 people (both in their 60s) who gave up booze, smokes etc at a new years.
One month later raving about how great they feel and how their lives changed forever.
Two months later ... dead.

cornerblock

Wrath Rob wrote:

I shot myself in the foot on this one. We were discussing Lent in the car and as a result the wife announced she was giving up biscuits, one kid is giving up sucking her thumb and the other is giving up potatoes (chips, crisps etc). I was feeling pretty pleased until kid 1 asked what I was giving up, to which kid 2 immediately shouted "Wine!".

Buggerybollox.

'Ah! I only meant white though' you tell them when the inevitable happens.

veronese68

A friend of mine runs a wine shop, posh off licence, and when I asked if takings dropped over Lent he said no. Regular customers would go from having several bottles through the week would change to just having a couple of really good ones on a Sunday. So they were spending the same amount but buying fewer bottles.

Fireblade96

Haven't you heard ?

The Pope's quit - so Lent's been cancelled

DrLex

Why punish yourself (& your metabolism) by a sudden cut-off? If you're concerned about intake levels, just cut down. Takes a bit of willpower, rather than an annual genuflection to sky fairies/lingering Christmas guilt. CC - must be a high risk of being a one-pot screamer in Chicago, especially with the output of all those nice, Illinois micro-breweries to enjoy. Go for Veronese's approach - better quality CRAP!

clarkey cat

ha ha - I think you're right. Today has been really tough. Just one day without coffee, booze or chocolate... :roll:

asprilla

clarkey cat wrote:

ha ha - I think you're right. Today has been really tough. Just one day without coffee, booze or chocolate... :roll:

Soften the impact with some high quality Charlie.

merkin

Why don you just give up 1 letter at a time? No C on Monday but all the RAP you want. Then Tuesday no R but get stuck into CAP etc.

mtb-idle

well done for trying but to give up all of them at the same time seems like a big ask as the current middle-management weasel words would say.

Having said that I gave up caffeine on a spur of the moment decision in 2008 and haven't looked back; that's right, I've got a rick in my neck But seriously folks, I sleep like a baby now (and no, I don't mean I shit my pants)

itboffin

clarkey cat wrote:

Right, I am going to TRY and give up CRAP for Lent.

Caffeine
Refined Sugar
Alcohol
Processed Foods

I've started a day early and had no caffeine today and I feel terrible. I hope it gets better.

FOOL

itboffin

davis wrote:

40 days without delicious booze?

Are you head-mental?

+1

Anyway I think his account must have been hacked, the OP is a MASSHOOF pisshead FACT

itboffin

I think its very important when giving up any vice to ensure you take up a new one immediately in its place with vigour.

Cycling for me has been that filler if i gave it up i think nothing short of building a rocket to the moon could take its place.