No meat on Friday, dietary restrictions

[Andruschak]

Fasting is very hard for me to do on weekdays because I have an office job and can’t keep alert without my sweetened Lipton Tea with lemon flavor. ( I’ve almost completely given up coffee because I have a colitis-type condition, and coffee is very rough on my insides ).

Same here. I work six days a week at the Post Office, Monday through Saturdays, fasting each day. The current regulations on fasting allow drinking milk, juices, tea, and coffee to keep up strength. So I do so. I especially like unfiltered apple juice and high-pulp orange juice.

Interestingly enough, although I am not required to fast on Sundays and Solemnities, I still eat only the two meals a day out of habit, with no need for the juices inbetween meals. In fact, on Sundays, due to my lower level of physical activity, I rarely feel hungy at all. Curious.