I have an question about lent

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Sorry but no we in Croatia dont do this our food cousine for breakfast is diffrend
 
Yes, no meat (and that includes chicken/fowl). Only fish or eggs or veg food on Fridays.
 
No thank you i prefer milk with bread actually i eat chocolino my whole life its very nostalgic thing for breakfast since my child hood

we have one with chocolate with nut with cookie even fruit there s caramel version then honey
 
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My point is that you have options other than chocolate cereal for breakfast.
 
yeah i understand i can eat milk with bread
did you know as a child i ate alot cacao with bread before shcool like every day chocolino to but its interesting how that changed what did you eat for your childhood for breakfasT?
 
Eggs, toast, coffee. I began drinking coffee as a toddler.
 
In my opinion, no, it isn’t possible to give up chocolate and eat something with chocolate in it. Because the chocolate is still there in a different form.

Your favorite chocolate bars are made from cacao seeds. So if you are truly intent on giving up chocolate for the 40 days of Lent, you will need to give up things that have chocolate in any form as well (cereal, beverages, cookies, etc) and anything labeled cacao since that’s where chocolate comes from.

There are plenty of foods that don’t have chocolate in them that you can eat in their place.

When I began abstaining from certain foods, my priest made it clear that you can’t go halfway with it. Like giving up chocolate. Just giving up the candy bars wasn’t enough. To truly give up chocolate meant the things made with it as well.

So I couldn’t have candy bars, hot chocolate/cocoa, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate milk, protein shakes that were chocolate flavored, etc. It was very hard because I was a true chocoholic. But I found out how addicted I really was to it and how much healthier I felt without it by giving it up even for that short time.

Not only did I grow closer to Jesus during this period, I also decided to do something constructive for my physical health by taking a nutrition course and learning as much as I could about the foods I was putting into my body each day.
 
Sorry for late reply and i understand what you mean well this will be an challange i guess because i am also big chocolate person whu like it alot that s why i can understand what you mean

Plus what about cereal like corn flex that has no chocolate and stuff we have chocolino with cookies clean ones if i see it doesnt say on label cocoa powder that means its safe?
 
Yes, you can eat corn flakes for breakfast. That’s a good cereal. But NO Chocolino because it is chocolate flavored. Anything that is chocolate, is made with chocolate, cocoa or cacao, is chocolate flavored or even begins with “choco” must be given up if you are truly serious about giving up chocolate for Lent.

Do you really need the chocolate? Or is it just that you like and crave the taste of it? I’m guessing it’s the latter. That’s a sugar craving.

What your body is telling you it really needs are foods that are low in sugar and high in protein or whole grains. These foods will keep you full longer and prevent a sugar crash.

Remember, we aren’t to snack during Lent. This is one reason I urge you to see your dr or nutritionist before giving up something that is food. Make sure you are healthy enough to participate in the dietary restrictions. If your dr tells you not to give up certain foods, you must listen to him or her. The Church never asks you to do anything that is going to jeopardize your health.

You can always give up a bad habit if your dr tells you that you aren’t able to participate in the dietary restrictions. But remember to replace that bad habit with something good.
 
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Remember, we aren’t to snack during Len
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Those bound to the laws of fasting are to fast (not snack between meals is part of fasting) on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent.

During the other days of lent, there is no prohibition against snacking (or at least the Bishops of the USA have not bound those in the US to any further restriction).

One may choose to give up snacking as their Lenten penance, however, in general, snacking during Lent is fine.
 
I think that as long you follow the fasting and abstinence rules, you may give something up as you see fit.

I remember a couple would give up a different thing for each week of lent.

One year I gave up coffee, and felt physically ill from caffeine withdrawal. I had to make a substitution so I had strong tea ( I like tea but not as a replacement for coffee).

Sunday’s aren’t days if penance, so if you may have what you gave up those days.
 
TECHNICALLY if you look at the official Liturgical Calendar, they are the “1st Sunday of Lent, 2nd Sunday of Lent,” etc. Sundays in Lent are in Lent.

Now, what you give up is optional, aside from those bound to fast and abstain from meat, there is no sin in eating chocolate if you gave up chocolate, you can choose to take Sunday off, or you can keep all of your sacrifice going for all of Lent.
 
Remember, we aren’t to snack during Lent. This is one reason I urge you to see your dr or nutritionist before giving up something that is food. Make sure you are healthy enough to participate in the dietary restrictions. If your dr tells you not to give up certain foods, you must listen to him or her. The Church never asks you to do anything that is going to jeopardize your health.
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Unless your local bishop’s conference (sorry, I don’t know anything about Croatia) says otherwise, the Church does not tell us to avoid snacking or to give something up during Lent. At least this is the case for Latin Catholics.) She does recommend fasting.

As we have said earlier, you get to make the rules. But if you make too many rules and too many exceptions, then you could spend all your time worrying about those rules and exceptions and loose sight of the reason you are fasting. There are many reasons for fasting during Lent but becoming obsessed with little details of law is not one of those reasons.

If you decide to fast from cacao I think it would be a good idea to fast from all of it. This is not because it is wrong to allow this food but not that food, but because I don’t want you reading the list of ingredients every time you decide what to eat. Just fast from everything you think has cacao. If you find out later that you made a mistake, then that is okay; you will know better for next time.

If fasting from cacao is too confusing, then pick something else.
 
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This is what I mean by no snacking during Lent.

These foods are considered snacks.
  • No chocolate
  • No cakes
  • No cookies
  • No soda
  • Nothing made from sugar, no sweet breads, pastries or candy
  • No alcohol (yes, there are people who drink alcohol as a “snack”)
  • No cream or ice-cream
 
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This is either your opinion (unless you live in a country where the Bishops’ conference has set these)
 
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