During Lent (40 days), I gave up eating meat, not including fish, and eating sugar. I didn’t think much of it, it wasn’t too bad, towards the end I missed being able to eat chicken, and beef. I’m sure if it was actual craving or if I was just getting bored eating fish every single day. Sugar was easy, except the first 10 days, Coffee without sugar is bitter, but I got used to it. Something I noticed, right after Lent, was that I became lazy after I started eating meat and sugar. I started eating out a lot more. I also started to eat for the sake of eating, and not to become satiated.
When I was sacrificing meat and sugar, it was easier to do harder things, now that I can eat sugar and fish. Everything seems hard now, now I’m wondering if this is actually true, or if I’m just making this up. I’ve always believed in this doctrine of doing hard things that don’t make sense just because they are hard. I don’t want to be someone that derives pleasure from unnecessary suffering. Maybe I should go back? if I can’t live life just eating fish and sugar, then do I lack self control? I also noticed that I take everything as a threat towards my goals.
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Wow, you really committed to Lent this year! That's how I was able to give up YouTube on my phone is I gave it up for Lent with the intention to never go back. It's so much easier to give something up when you're accountable to God and not just yourself! :)