Hey there, have you ever found yourself caught in the cycle of giving up certain foods during Lent, hoping it would bring you closer to faith (and shed some pounds), but instead you give up 2 weeks in because you just can’t stick with it?
This week, on the Nourish to Bloom podcast, we starting a transformative journey that flips the script on this common Lent practice. This Lenten season we’re starting a unique challenge: Fasting From Diet Culture.
Here's something that hit homes...
Lent often gets intertwined with diet culture, leading many of us to view this sacred time as a dieting opportunity. Rather than growing spiritually, we find ourselves focusing on how to give up food in hopes of losing weight. But here’s a refreshing perspective — fasting from diet culture itself to create space for Jesus in our lives.
Consider this – what if you could use Lent not as a diet plan, but as a chance to detach from diet culture and truly embrace spiritual transformation?
Key Takeaways:
🌼 Embark on a journey to disentangle Lent from diet culture
📖 Learn how fasting from diet culture nurtures a closer relationship with God
🙌 Discover alternative ways to engage in a meaningful Lenten journey
🕊️ How embracing the true intentions of Lent can lead to lasting healing and freedom
Ready to embrace a spiritual journey free from diet culture?
This season, try fasting from diet culture with these alternatives:
- Fast from the scale—break free from seeking validation in numbers.
- Embrace your natural beauty by going makeup-free.
- Refrain from buying new clothes to practice contentment.
- Shift from excessive exercise to joyful movement.
- Take a social media break to avoid comparison traps.
📣 To kick off this transformative journey, I’m inviting you to join our 40-day Lenten Challenge: Fasting from Diet Culture! Each week on the podcast, we'll explore prayer, fasting and almsgiving through a Christ-centered intuitive eating lens. Plus, there’s a weekly Zoom session where we dive deeper with guided exercises and scripture reflections. Don't miss it!
So if you're looking to truly heal your relationship with food and make space for genuine spiritual growth this Lent, tune in and join us on this journey. Let’s focus on fasting from the distractions of diet culture and feast on God’s abundant grace.
Next Steps:
**Join the 40-Day Lenten Challenge starting now: lent.karatrochta.com
Join The Nourished to Bloom Community: www.community.karatrochta.com
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The Nourished to Bloom Podcast Show Notes: www.podcast.karatrochta.com/shownotes
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So we are about to embark in our journey of the
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season of Lent. A time for us to prepare, a time for
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us to grow closer to the Lord so we can more
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fully appreciate and celebrate his resurrection
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on Easter. But I don't know about you,
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sometimes Lent can feel like a time of punishment.
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A time where maybe it's filled with, like, guilt and shame
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for past sins or things that we're struggling with in the moment.
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And so what I want to propose to you is this Lenten
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season, let's try something a little bit different. Because I think the majority
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of people end up giving up some sort of food for
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Lent and thinking that, okay, if I give up this food, this is my Lenten
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sacrifice, but what actually is happening is that
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diet culture and lint have kind of been entangled together. So,
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yes, maybe you are giving up food and that's a sacrifice for
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you, but there's maybe those little thoughts underneath that that are like,
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okay, maybe this will help me finally lose weight. If I can just not e
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this food, then I won't, you know, be tempted and then I can actually
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lose the weight that I want to. So lint has actually
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become very entangled with diet culture. So this season
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I want to propose that you fast from Diet Culture,
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that that becomes your Linton sacrifice. And I want to help you
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do this. So what we are kicking off on the podcast for the next seven
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weeks is our fasting from diet culture, a 40
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day Linton challenge. So I can't wait to get started with
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you. I will give you more details. We get into the podcast but want to
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invite you in if you are looking for something truly
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transformative, very different than what you've done in the past for
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Lent. But let's give up diet culture. Let's fast from Diet Culture this
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Lent so we can truly make space for Jesus and
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embark on that transformative journey that Lent
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offers us. See you in there. Welcome to the Nourish to
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Bloom podcast where your faith Meet yout Health. I'm your host,
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Kara Trachta, a registered dietitian and certified Catholic coach. And
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I'm here to help you cultivate a deeper connection with your body, your
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spirit, and the nourishment that sustains them both. In
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a world filled with noise and confusion about food,
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health and body image, this podcast offers truth and healing from
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a Christ centered perspective. Together, we'll untangle the deep
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roots of diet culture and discover what it means to truly
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care for ourselves through joyful nourishment of mind, body
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and soul. We're Here to dive into the transformative. Power of intuitive
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eating coupled with the. Rich teachings of our Christian faith.
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With every episode, I'll be cheering you on, offering insights,
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inspiration and practical tools to help you heal your relationship
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with food and embrace the beauty of your body as a temple of
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the Holy Spirit with confidence and courage that
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can only be found in Christ. Join me as we journey together
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towards a more holistic approach to wellness, one that honors the
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wisdom of your body as God's creation, the teachings of our
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faith, and the unique purpose you're called to fulfill.
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You were made to bloom, to come into
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full beauty and health in order to bear good fruit for the Lord with your
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life. So if you're ready to nourish your body, feed your soul, and
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bloom into the best version of yourself, then you're in the right place. And
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I'm so happy you're here. Welcome to Nourish to
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Bloom, where every day is a sacred invitation to
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thrive. Hey there. Welcome back to the
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Nourish to Bloom podcast. And I am so excited
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to invite you on this journey. This Fasting from
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diet culture, a 40 day Linton
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challenge. Now, I have to say that I struggled with whether or
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not I was actually going to put this challenge together. I had a lot
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of thoughts around it, like, could I pull this off? Would anybody
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join those kind of things? And how can I make it accessible and easy for
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people to do this? And so, real quick, if you want to
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sign up for this the 40 day Linton challenge, a Fasting from Diet
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Culture challenge, you can visit lint.caretracta.com
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and you'll find all the information. But here's what it's
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going to look like. So I wanted to make this as easy as possible for
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you and honestly, for me. And so what this is going to look like
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is every week for the next seven weeks on the podcast, we're going to talk
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about a topic that helps us fast from diet Culture, that
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really helps us make peace with food this Lenten season. And we'll really get
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into the reasons why this is so meaningful and so transformative
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as we get through the podcast today and the upcoming weeks.
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But the idea is, is that if we can fast from diet culture,
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if we can untangle our Lenten sacrifice from diet culture,
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from the kind of, like, secretive ways that we're hoping to lose weight
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and actually heal our relationship with food, that becomes a sustainable
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transformation. That means that every Lent from here on out,
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you aren't focused on trying to give up some sort of food that two weeks
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later, you feel like you can't, like, you know, give up anymore, and you end
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up caving and like your whole Lenten sacrifice went out the window. So what
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we're going to do is over the next seven weeks, we are going to dive
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into a topic about fasting from diet culture
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and topics that will help you heal your relationship with food and body.
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This lint, with the idea of framing it in the. In kind
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of the three pillars of lint, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving,
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and how each of these will help us, you know, make space for
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Jesus when we can eliminate those distractions of diet culture, when
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we can eliminate the preoccupation with food, and we invite Jesus
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into this journey, it really allows us to grow closer to him. And what better
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time to do this than. Than the season of Lent? So
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the podcast will be where, you know, you get the information
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from the different topics. So if that's all you want to do, that's
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great. You're still going to get really, really good, practical ways that you
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can incorporate this fasting from diet culture into your
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Linton season. If you want to go deeper, though, the invitation
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is that you listen to the podcast. And on Wednesdays during lint,
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we're going to meet together in zoom for a live Q and A session where
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you can come and then you can ask me questions about whatever that
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intuitive eating topic was or whatever that topic was for the week.
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But I'm also going to take you through some
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guided exercises to help you go deeper in that particular topic to
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promote healing, to invite Jesus into that journey.
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We're also going to take some time to reflect on scripture in
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a pretty unique way. And then you're going to have just a
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weekly challenge, a weekly challenge that you're going to walk away from and you're going
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to try to implement for the next seven days. And. And just it. I think
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it's going to reveal some of the attachments that you have and really help you
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focus in on where you really need to invite Jesus into your
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healing journey. So, like I said, if you want to join,
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it's lint.caretracted.com and I hope that
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you want to join. I hope to see you in there. It's going to be
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a lot of fun. It is free. I'm not accepting any
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money for this, but what I am accepting is donations. And what I'm going
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to do with these donations is give the money to two
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local charities in my area. One, the Hill Country Pregnancy center, and the
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other one, Hill Country Daily Bread and They focus on
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serving women and through pregnancies
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and helping through their pregnancy. And then the other one is really
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focusing on feeding families in our areas. So, again, I
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hope that you join. Okay. So, like I
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said, I really struggled as to whether or not I was going to do
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this series on Lent because I had some thoughts as to whether or
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not that it would be meaningful, whether or not that I
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could really talk about fasting in a spiritual way and in a way
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that was sound with our faith. And I'll get into why that might
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be a struggle for you and why that was a struggle for me, and how
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some practical ways that you can actually have a successful
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spiritual fast. And then there was just some thoughts
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that in the this area, there's. There's some other people who
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are really trying to take advantage of the Linton season
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and really promote weight loss. And it's just something that really
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kind of irks me because, oh,
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gosh, guys, if we are focusing on weight loss during
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Lent and trying to use our Lenten sacrifice to promote
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weight loss, then we've really lost the point of it.
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And so, like I said, I struggled as to whether or not I was going
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to do this. And what really fueled me to go ahead and commit to
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it was this past week I got an email from a
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podcast listener who said that she was a new convert
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to Catholicism and that she really wanted to know
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and, and, and had had some advice on how she
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could safely and
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healthfully fast, do her Linton
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fast, because she had been trying to heal her
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relationship with food for so long and
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wanted to know, is, is there a way that we can do that, that we
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can still focus on healing our relationship with food, but
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still, you know, engage in. In fasting
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during. In a healthy and safe way? And so this
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podcast is dedicated to Emma, that podcast listener
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who sent me this question. And thank you for your question
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because it really, I guess it motivated me, it inspired me to
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really dig into, deep into dig in deep and
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create this 40 day Linton challenge called
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Fasting from Diet Culture. So I'm excited to be here. I'm excited to
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share some things over the next seven weeks about how we
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can fast from diet culture during lint and how in doing so, we
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can make space for the Lord to come in and
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transform us and promote healing in, in our. In our lives.
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And I just want to start by saying that in the past, lint
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was always a source of mixed emotions for me.
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And for many years, I saw Lent really as a
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struggle. I saw it as a Punishment, it was
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kind of a drudgery. Like lint. I got to give up all these
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things, right? And I think a large part of my negativity
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towards Lent was really because it was tainted by diet
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culture. And maybe that's where you
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are now. See, for many people, lint really
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marks the beginning of a new diet. And that
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was how I took Lent for so many years, was that it was just a
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way for me to start a new diet. And I actually did some reading research,
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and it shows that the most common thing that people give up for Lent is
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chocolate, followed by alcohol, sweets, soda, and
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coffee. So a lot of people are giving up
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these sweets, maybe these things that they have these attachments to
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or they feel like they can't trust themselves around. And
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that's really what I did for so long. Like, Lent was this opportunity,
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opportunistic time to diet or give up some of those foods that
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I deemed bad. And the added bonus of,
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like, if I gave these things up was like, okay, if I give them up
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during Lent, then I get the added bonus of I can become holier doing
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this. And see, I thought that just because it was Lent
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and that I was giving this thing up as my Lenten
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sacrifice, that it should be easier to give up these foods
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and that my desire or my attachment to these foods would just go
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away simply because I was making this sacrifice in the name of the
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Lord. But the truth was, is that my sacrifice was very
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disordered. It was not focused on growing closer to the Lord. It was
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not focused on actually giving something up and uniting the struggle
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and the suffering to the Lord's sacrifice and suffering on the
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cross. It was really, like, motivated
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by, like, the desire to lose weight
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and now, you know, being on this side of it. And after healing
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my relationship with food, my Lenten sacrifice doesn't revolve
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around. Doesn't revolve around food anymore, because
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I've made peace with those foods that they're no longer that
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source of struggle, and they're no longer like, that
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source of guilt and shame. And so it's really, by healing my relationship
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with food, it's allowed me to actually go much
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deeper into my Lenten sacrifice. And I get
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that maybe you're not there yet. And so that's why I want to offer up
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this opportunity to fast from diet culture as a first step, step
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to really be able to see how diet culture has been entangled in your
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Lenten struggle and some practical ways that you can start to untangle these
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things. So the. The lens that follow Year after year
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after year of this, allow you to actually go deeper,
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allow you to really connect and grow closer
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to the Lord. Because you've removed this, this distraction,
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you've removed this kind of
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unnecessary source of struggle. But
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like, that surface level of like, I'm giving this up because you
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really have a disordered relationship with it. Not that you're giving this up because it's
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going to allow you to grow closer to the Lord. And I get like, every
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generation is met with their temptations, right? And if we go back and
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we look at the time of Jesus, like, for sure there were struggles with fasting
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at the time of Jesus. And I mean, while
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he was able to fast for 40 days in the desert and that was a
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really long time. And I can look at it and I can be so
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grateful for his sacrifice and I can be so much
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more appreciative of the role that spiritual fasting plays in
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our faith. But I'm just going to be honest that
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Jesus didn't have to fast in a time period that was obsessed
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about body image and worshiped thinness, right?
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And so I can see how when we are entrenched in diet culture
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and our Lent is entangled with so many influences of it, that
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it can be really a struggle. Fasting can be a huge
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struggle because we're living in this time period that's obsessed with
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food, obsessed with dieting, obsessed with health and body image and worship,
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sinness. But all kidding aside, like, I can now
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appreciate the beauty of that Lenten season and can
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more fully embrace fasting than I had in the past.
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But I'm not going to lie and say, say that it wasn't challenging to get
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to this place. There were a lot of thoughts, a lot of questions, a lot
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of struggles that came through that
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healing relationship with food. And because it's
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almost like I went from one extreme to the other, right? Like,
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because I was dieting and trying to lose weight, I
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was already restricting certain foods, I was starving
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myself. And that
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felt like so restrictive and, and it made like it
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was like this self imposed
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fast, but it was focused on weight loss and it was focused on changing my
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body. And there was so much
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like underlying hurt and so much frustration with that that when it came
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to lint, it was like, how could I possibly give up something even more right?
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Or like, I've tried that, this doesn't work. But
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you know, in healing my relationship with food, it's like I went from that extreme
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of like starving myself to then embracing
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that intuitive eating lifestyle where you Know, I was honoring my
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hunger every time I'd get that hunger cue. And that can
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also make fasting challenging because you're used to honoring your hunger and
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honoring your body. And now because you're focused on the spiritual
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fast, there's a little bit of like, you kind of have to ignore it and
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your body starts to like, okay, what are you doing to me? Right? I thought
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we were past this, like, self imposed starvation, right? And
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so diet culture really kind of messed up that
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point of fasting because it, it promotes restricting, it
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promotes that starvation state. And it,
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it really tainted any beauty that could come from fasting in
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a spiritual way, because it brought out already was bringing on so many
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frustrations. And then you get to the point where you have a healed relationship with
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food and you enter that struggle because your body's kind of like, wait a, wait
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a minute, like, why are you starving me again? Right.
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But the other thing that I've experienced on this side of the healing
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journey when fasting is that sometimes I don't feel very well while
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fasting because my blood sugar isn't as well
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regulated on a fasting day. So I can end up with a headache and I
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can feel pretty irritable. And, you know, those were also
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common things that happened during my, my dieting days. And so my body just
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feels kind of out of whack. And so when I was experiencing that, there was
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a lot of like, well, what is the purpose of this? Right? Or why
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am I doing this if this makes me feel this bad? Right? And
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so sometimes fasting can feel
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counterintuitive to the intuitive eating lifestyle. But the
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key difference that we can embody and that we can start to
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embrace when we are in this Lenten season and we're looking at fasting. And
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maybe some of the struggles that we have with it is that there's a difference
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between dieting and fasting. And that true difference comes
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down to the intention behind it. Because the whole point of
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our Lenten sacrifice is meant to be this act of penance that
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is motivated by this desire to grow closer to God.
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And sometimes it's by way of sacrificing food,
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where if we look at dieting, dieting and the motivation behind
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it is meant to affect one's health or potentially affect one's
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health, or to change one's body to conform to a
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societal ideal. But we often get these two
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things tangled up, especially this time of year. We think,
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oh, this time I can give up that food with an
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underlying hope of motivation that maybe you'll lose
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a couple of pounds, right? That's where that's. That diet culture entanglement comes, is
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that you're giving up this food. You see it as a Lenten sacrifice, but the
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motivation behind it is weight loss. And this
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entanglement between diet culture and fasting can make it difficult to fast in the way
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in which we are called to, because it's really difficult to
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turn off those deeply ingrained diet culture principles.
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And we know that diet culture has infiltrated so many areas of our
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lives, including our church. So if you're
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using Lent as a means to try to lose weight, then you really
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miss the entire point of the Lenten season and the Lenten
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sacrifice. And really, like I said, in
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my own experiences, fasting from food as my Lenten
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sacrifice often propelled me into a deeper
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preoccupation with that food and
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my body. And, you know, just feeling like that
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became what I fixated on, right? The fact that I couldn't have
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this food and then telling myself that if I really loved
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Jesus that I could do this, but then I wouldn't be able to stick with
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it. And I was left beating myself up and ultimately
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resulted in kind of this tarnished view of how I thought Christ
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must see me, like, telling like, if Kara can't give
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this food up for me for 40 days and I was able to
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lay down my life for her, then, you know,
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she, she's. She's not worthy. Right. It brought on these senses, these
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feelings of failure, of not being worthy. And
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ultimately this mindset was definitely not healthy
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or helpful in any way in building a closer relationship with
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the Lord. And so I want to talk about how we
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can kind of have like these two kinds of fasting during
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Lent and how we can use these different types of
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fasting and, and incorporate these Christ
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centered intuitive eating principles to really help have a more meaningful
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fast and to really help
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disentangle diet culture from the
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Lenten fast so you don't end up with that kind
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of tarnished view of how God must you, like I did, Right?
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So you don't end up, you know, wanting to give up this food
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for Lent, but yet completely being preoccupied with it for
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40 days or, you know, end up giving in and not being
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able to stick with your Lenten sacrifice and then beating yourself up for that.
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Right. So we can look at the kind of two kinds of
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fasting of the Lenten sacrifice and
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how we can use those to really help us grow in the areas of
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prayer, fasting and alms giving, and how that
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makes more space for Jesus to come in and really
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promote a meaningful transformation during this season.
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So the first is fasting on Ash Wednesday and
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Good Friday. And fasting on these two days
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are. Are required by the code of canon law. And what
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fasting means on these two days is that you can eat one larger meal
00:21:05
and two smaller meals per day. It's not saying that you can't have any
00:21:08
food at all, but it's one larger meal and two smaller meals per
00:21:12
day. And trust me, I know that fasting can be
00:21:15
quite challenging. And maybe by the end of the day, you'll
00:21:19
be like wanting to chew your arm off. And I get that. Especially if this
00:21:23
is not something that you are used to or if you're in that. That
00:21:28
period where you are trying to heal your relationship with food, or you
00:21:32
might find that in the. On these days and if you are fasting that it
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seems like all you can think about all day long is food and how hungry
00:21:39
you are. And like I've told you, in the early days of my healing
00:21:43
journey, I really found spiritual fasting to be very difficult. And there were
00:21:46
a few years in there, especially in the beginning
00:21:50
part of my healing journey, that the best
00:21:54
and most fruitful fast for me was actually not
00:21:57
fasting on these days from food because
00:22:01
my mind and my body was not fully healed.
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And what was happening, because I had this distorted
00:22:08
relationship with food and I had this distorted relationship with fasting,
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it took this beautiful practice of spiritual fasting, and it
00:22:16
distorted it, and it led me back down an unhealthy path.
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And so it's important to know that there are fasting exemptions for those
00:22:24
who cannot or should not fast for health reasons, reasons like someone who is
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diagnosed with diabetes, that fasting would actually put them in
00:22:31
a kind of more dangerous position than,
00:22:35
you know, potentially trying to fast from something else other than food on those
00:22:38
days. Or it's also an exemption for someone who's
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recovering from an eating disorder. So if you are in
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this place where you are on this healing your relationship with food journey,
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if you're wondering if you should exempt yourself from fasting because you
00:22:54
are healing from a disordered relationship with food, I think it's really
00:22:57
important to first pray about it. Talk to God about this,
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tell him about the. The struggle that you're having with it, and let him really
00:23:04
speak to you. Because you and God know
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if you should be truly exempt
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or that, or if you're just trying to get out of doing something
00:23:16
hard or uncomfortable. Right? And second, you can ask
00:23:19
yourself that if you are fasting, where would this fast lead
00:23:23
you? Right? If you are, if you still have this disordered
00:23:27
relationship with food that you're trying to overcome, are you mentally and
00:23:30
physically healed enough to engage in this fasting that it's not going to
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have any setback of healing that you've already done? Or
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is it. Or if you fast and you're not in that place of being
00:23:41
mentally and physically healed, is that going to lead you to this
00:23:45
bigger preoccupation of food? Will it actually engage in
00:23:49
more, you know, harmful habits? Then
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if you were to say, okay, Lord, this year, I, I
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do, I do want to fast. I do want to unite myself to you, but
00:24:00
I think fasting from food is actually going to be more
00:24:04
prohibitive. You know, it's going to lead me to a deeper preoccupation with
00:24:07
this, and maybe you fast from something else
00:24:11
instead. And I'll give you some ideas later in the podcast, but,
00:24:17
you know, you finally have to look at this from a place of compassion for
00:24:20
yourself, right? If you are in the midst of healing, it may not be
00:24:24
appropriate for you to fast this year, but that doesn't
00:24:28
mean that you won't be able to in the years to come, right?
00:24:32
I think we look at this from kind of a punishment that if we don't
00:24:35
do this and there's a difference, right? Like I said, there's a
00:24:39
difference in being truly exempt of understanding that if you did this, it would actually
00:24:43
cause you more harm than, than allowing you to grow closer to the
00:24:46
Lord. Or are you just doing this to try to get out of doing something
00:24:49
hard or uncomfortable or that you don't really want to do, right? I think you
00:24:53
can figure those answers out and prayerfully figure those
00:24:56
answers out. Right? But if you're, if you're not able to fast this year because
00:25:00
of this disordered relationship with food and you're working on
00:25:04
healing and healing it, that doesn't mean that you won't be able to fast in
00:25:07
years to come. Right? I'm at the point now where I can
00:25:11
fully engage in a spiritual fasting on these days without
00:25:15
it leading to, you know, me falling back into
00:25:19
disordered eating habits. But it took some time to get there.
00:25:22
And in those years where I couldn't fast from food, it didn't mean
00:25:26
I didn't make a sacrifice, but I was just intentional
00:25:30
and, and chose an alternative method of fasting for those
00:25:34
days, or I committed to doing something more or extra
00:25:37
on that day. You know, maybe going to a holy hour or spending
00:25:41
extended time with Scripture, something that really was
00:25:45
concrete and united me to the Lord, or I sacrificed something that
00:25:48
was really more of. More of that sacrifice
00:25:52
or would really allow me to unite that struggle to
00:25:56
him, but without leading to, you know, harmful habits or harmful
00:26:00
setback. So on the other side, if
00:26:03
you will be fasting this year, but you still find yourself
00:26:07
struggling with it, especially if you are at the point where you have
00:26:11
a more healed relationship with food. And there's that, you know, like.
00:26:15
Like I said, where you're more attuned with your body, and so you have these
00:26:19
hunger cues that you're. You are
00:26:22
honoring. And fasting is like, oh, my gosh, I'm hungry.
00:26:26
Or, you know, I feel this hunger cue and I can't honor it. I want
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to give you some things to think about to help you prepare for a fast
00:26:32
this Lenten season. Again, first, remember the
00:26:36
reason why you are fasting. I get that it's
00:26:39
hard, and I get that it can be uncomfortable, but
00:26:43
it was pretty hard and uncomfortable for Jesus to die on that cross
00:26:47
for our salvation, right? This is a couple
00:26:51
of days out of the year. It's not saying that you have to fast
00:26:56
every other Friday, or it's not saying that you have to fast at any other
00:27:00
time during the year, especially if you have found that this intuitive
00:27:03
eating relationship really allows you that. That place of
00:27:07
healing, that you're not preoccupied with food anymore. But just remember
00:27:11
our days of fasting during Lent. It's just a small suffering,
00:27:14
and it's. The point of it is to unite our suffering with his
00:27:18
suffering. So if you're sitting there and you're experiencing a hunger cue and you
00:27:22
can't eat, that's the perfect opportunity, right? Your body's physically given that,
00:27:25
giving you that cue that you can say, lord, I unite this struggle
00:27:29
to your suffering, or, lord, I unite this feeling of being uncomfortable
00:27:33
because I'm hungry with your suffering, to say, lord,
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I want to be united with you to thank him for what he did
00:27:40
for you. So when it seems difficult that in
00:27:44
that exact moment, when that's the perfect opportunity to turn
00:27:48
to the Lord and offer that suffering to him, you can picture
00:27:51
yourself at the foot of the cross being with him on the day of
00:27:55
his sacrifice and offering that struggle up to him,
00:27:59
you can also offer it up with an intention. For someone else who
00:28:03
may be struggling with something like an addiction or
00:28:07
a medical diagnosis that you know is suffering and they are
00:28:11
struggling, you can offer your. Your fast up
00:28:14
in their name. And then I think there's this. This prayer that I found that
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you can also say, lord Jesus, in the midst of this suffering, I turn to
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you and choose to unite my pain with yours on the cross. May my
00:28:26
trials, however small they may seem, become part of your
00:28:29
redemptive sacrifice, offering hope and healing to
00:28:33
others. Strengthen me to carry this cross with grace,
00:28:36
knowing that through you, my suffering can be transformed into love
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and bring glory to God. Amen.
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Okay, I think the second thing is remembering that fasting
00:28:48
does not mean that you can't eat at all during that day.
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And it doesn't mean that what you eat can't be
00:28:55
nutritionally beneficial or filling for when you do
00:28:59
eat. Now, it is traditional to try to eat more
00:29:02
simple meals on fasting days and on Fridays when you're abstaining
00:29:06
from eating meat. But even those simple meals can include
00:29:10
nutrients that can help fuel your body and promote
00:29:13
fullness so you're not feeling hungry all day long.
00:29:18
So even though you're eating less throughout the day, you can be mindful
00:29:22
and intentional about what you are eating to still
00:29:25
promote your body being fueled, that
00:29:29
maybe you can lessen any potential side effects that you felt from
00:29:33
fasting in the past, like headaches or low blood sugar.
00:29:36
And so some nutrients that you can focus on are protein
00:29:40
and fiber, as these nutrients have longer staying
00:29:44
power in your body because they take longer to digest.
00:29:47
So some. Some good sources of protein that are
00:29:51
allowed during Lent are all types of beans and legumes,
00:29:55
chickpeas, quinoa, eggs, and some
00:29:58
dairy products. You can also look for grain products
00:30:02
like pasta and bread that have protein added to them.
00:30:06
And then when we're trying to incorporate good sources of fiber, that again,
00:30:10
includes things like beans, whole grains, fruits, and
00:30:13
vegetables. So having a combination of these
00:30:17
foods can help you be able to have a successful
00:30:20
spiritual fast because it will allow you to really focus
00:30:24
on making room for the Lord through prayer instead of
00:30:28
focusing on how hungry you are during the day. Right. So setting
00:30:32
yourself up that for that successful spiritual fast so then you're
00:30:35
not preoccupied by how hungry you are or what you can't eat during that
00:30:39
day. Um, okay. So the other type of fasting during is
00:30:43
what we typically refer to as like giving something up. Right. So
00:30:47
it's referring to doing something less than usual to make room
00:30:50
and make time for prayer, penance, alms, giving, and
00:30:54
spiritual growth. And so it's very common for people
00:30:58
to give up food for Lent. Like I said, chocolate and sweets are
00:31:02
like the number one thing that most people give up. But I'm willing
00:31:05
to bet that the majority of these people are giving this thing up because they
00:31:09
view these foods as bad foods or something they can't trust
00:31:12
themselves around or something that they shouldn't be eating. So they
00:31:16
don't feel like they can trust themselves around this food. So they see it as
00:31:20
what better solution to gain trust and feel more in control
00:31:24
than like, by giving up this food for Lent.
00:31:28
But if you're like me and you've tried this in the past, you've
00:31:31
likely been unsuccessful in being able to stick with it. Or if you
00:31:35
have, if you have been able to give up this food for
00:31:39
those 40 days, my question for you is, is how
00:31:43
did your behavior change towards these foods post Lent?
00:31:47
Did it really cause a transformation for you? Did it really
00:31:51
allow you to not desire that food
00:31:54
anymore? Because what I find is that most people end up falling
00:31:58
right back into the same habit around these foods after Lent
00:32:02
is over. And this is how we can see that prime example
00:32:06
of diet culture being entangled in being
00:32:09
entangled with our faith, right? Lent is meant to be
00:32:13
transformative, a process of change in heart
00:32:17
and mind that happens over time of becoming more like Jesus.
00:32:21
So tell me, is what you are giving up for Lent really going to
00:32:25
lead to that kind of transformation? Especially if you
00:32:29
just end up going right back to doing what you were doing before Lent. And
00:32:32
we see that with people who are giving up food is that they want to
00:32:36
give it up for Lent. And then they tell themselves like, well, I'll just have
00:32:39
it after these 40 days. But because they're preoccupied
00:32:43
with ends up being something that becomes their
00:32:47
focus of how they can't have this or how they can't wait to have it.
00:32:50
And they're really missing the point of Lent. They're not being able
00:32:54
to focus and dedicate that time to prayer or to growing
00:32:57
closer with the Lord. And they end up just falling right back
00:33:01
into this habit. And so by next year they're like, well, I gotta give this
00:33:05
up again, right? And so what you choose
00:33:08
to give up is 100% between you and God.
00:33:12
But I really challenge you to ask yourself how you will be different in
00:33:16
40 days. Will there be a true transformation
00:33:20
and conversion of heart in with what you are giving
00:33:23
up? And then ask yourself, what are your intentions and
00:33:27
your reasons for what you are giving up? Is
00:33:31
it because you really are focused on
00:33:34
growing closer to the Lord? Are you really are focused on that if
00:33:38
you give this thing up, it's it will allow you more time for
00:33:41
prayer and developing that relationship?
00:33:45
Or are you giving it up because you Hope that you won't
00:33:49
want this food anymore or that you will lose some
00:33:52
weight. I'll say it again. If you are giving it up in hopes of
00:33:56
losing weight, you are missing the point of Lent. And I
00:34:00
say this with all the love in my heart because I was there. I did
00:34:03
it. I had that disordered entanglement of diet culture and
00:34:06
Lent. And I can see now, looking back how.
00:34:10
Because I was so focused on that and I had that motivation, that underlining
00:34:13
motivation of, oh, maybe this will help me lose weight. I
00:34:17
completely missed what I was really supposed to be focused on during
00:34:21
Lent because it's about giving
00:34:24
up something to allow us to make more room for Jesus.
00:34:28
And so this Lent, I really want to invite you to focus
00:34:32
on fasting beyond food, being able
00:34:36
to clear out that baggage of diet culture, to create
00:34:39
permanent and lasting space for Jesus in your life,
00:34:43
mentally, emotionally, physically, and, of course, spiritually.
00:34:47
So I really want you to think about, and I invite you to
00:34:51
try fasting from diet culture instead this Lent. And
00:34:55
I want to give you just five ways, five different
00:34:58
alternatives that you can try that would allow you to
00:35:02
fast from diet culture for Lent instead of fasting from food
00:35:06
and then falling right back into those behaviors.
00:35:09
So the first thing that you could give up is fasting from the scale.
00:35:14
Why is this the. Why is the scale a problem? Why is this something
00:35:17
worthy of giving up? Well, the scale can quickly become an
00:35:21
idol in our lives, something that we turn to for validation, self worth,
00:35:25
or even mood control. Like, stepping on the scale each morning can
00:35:28
dictate whether you feel good or bad about yourself. It can
00:35:32
set the tone for your day. And so Lent is the perfect time to
00:35:36
break free from this attachment, because your worth is not
00:35:40
measured in pounds. Psalm 139, verse
00:35:43
14 reminds us that God sees you as his beloved
00:35:47
child who is fearfully and wonderfully made.
00:35:51
And so if you're feeling the urge to weigh
00:35:55
yourself, try replacing the ritual with a moment
00:35:58
of prayer. If you find yourself in the morning and you really wanna step on
00:36:02
that scale, say, lord, help me to see myself through your eyes
00:36:05
today. You can even, like, put a sticky note
00:36:09
from. With. With a Bible verse over the scale as a reminder
00:36:13
to say, okay, I'm not gonna turn to this. This is not going to dictate
00:36:16
my worth. This is not going to dictate how my day goes. And with that
00:36:19
physical reminder there, you can take those moments that you would be
00:36:23
stepping on the scale, those moments that you would be anticipating, oh, is this gonna
00:36:27
be good? Or is this Gonna be bad. You can take the moments preceding whatever
00:36:30
the scale would have told you, and you can dedicate that time to prayer, to
00:36:34
reading scripture, to growing closer to the Lord.
00:36:37
Okay? The second thing that you can
00:36:41
fast from to give up diet culture from Lent this year is
00:36:45
wearing makeup. So
00:36:49
again, diet culture is really ingrained with that whole beauty
00:36:52
industry and those societal pressures, pressures and standards. And so many
00:36:56
of us use makeup to hide perceived flaws
00:37:00
or to try to fit into those societal beauty
00:37:03
standards. And diet culture and beauty culture often go hand in
00:37:07
hand because they convince us that we must look a certain way in order
00:37:11
to be accepted. So the invitation is to try
00:37:14
going makeup free. Or if you can't do that, at least
00:37:18
really simplifying your routine, right? Making it simple.
00:37:22
Maybe you just put on a tinted moisturizer instead of foundation, or
00:37:26
maybe you forego the mascara or the false eyelashes,
00:37:30
right? Just try going makeup free as a way of
00:37:33
embracing the body that God has given you. Because that
00:37:37
true beauty is not about perfection. It's about
00:37:40
reflecting Christ's love about letting
00:37:43
him see you or letting yourself see yourself.
00:37:47
Letting yourself see you as God sees you, that you are beautiful
00:37:51
and perfect because you are his creation.
00:37:54
So each morning, instead of focusing on covering
00:37:58
up your perceived flaws, you can speak a blessing over
00:38:01
yourself. I am made in God's image or my
00:38:05
beauty is found in Christ. You can also reflect on
00:38:09
First Peter, chapter three, verses three and four, which reminds us that
00:38:12
inner beauty is what truly lasts. Are you
00:38:16
more focused on that outward
00:38:20
beauty, the way you physically look, or are you more focused on that inner
00:38:24
beauty and letting that inner beauty actually shine through
00:38:28
and allowing that inner beauty to lead others to Christ?
00:38:33
Okay? The third thing that you can fast from is
00:38:36
from buying clothes. Because in a culture
00:38:40
that constantly tells us to dress for our body type or fix our
00:38:44
appearance, shopping can become more about seeking that
00:38:47
external validation than true self expression. We can fall into
00:38:51
this trap of thinking of like, I'll feel confident when I lose weight and buy
00:38:55
the quote unquote, right clothes. So this lent, you
00:38:59
can consider fasting from shopping from new clothes as an act
00:39:03
of contentment, being content with what you have
00:39:06
and gratitude for the things that you have. So instead of focusing on
00:39:10
what you wish you could wear, it allows you to shift your focus on
00:39:14
loving and accepting the body that you have today and
00:39:18
caring for the body that you have today.
00:39:21
A lot of us want to try to, to, to like, we have this, this
00:39:25
thought of like, we want to care for our body, how we think we should
00:39:28
look or if we lose weight, then I will care for my body in this
00:39:32
way. But we have to care for our here and now body. And part of
00:39:35
that is dressing for our here and now body in a way that we
00:39:39
are accepting our body. And when we're constantly trying to buy new
00:39:43
clothes to seek that validation or
00:39:46
to dress the right way in hopes of feeling confident, we aren't
00:39:50
relying on Christ's love to be our source
00:39:53
of confidence. And so when you feel the urge to buy something new this
00:39:57
lent, pause and ask, am I trying to fix something God never
00:40:01
asked me to fix? So instead of shopping,
00:40:05
you can, you know, go through the clothing that you have and
00:40:08
maybe donate clothes that are sizes too small,
00:40:12
the things that maybe you've held onto in hopes of being able to wear again.
00:40:16
But you know that the reality is, is that that's not
00:40:20
likely going to happen. Maybe you can donate those
00:40:23
clothing to a local shelter or to someone else in need. Or maybe
00:40:27
you can try to, you know, sell them on Poshmark or ebay
00:40:31
or Facebook marketplace and then use that money to donate
00:40:35
to a charity of your your of your choice.
00:40:38
Okay. The fourth thing that you can fast from this Lenten season instead of food
00:40:42
is excessive exercise. So we know that exercise
00:40:46
and movement, it's a good thing. But in that entanglement of diet
00:40:49
culture, it often becomes a form of punishment or a
00:40:53
form of trying to change your body rather than joyful movement.
00:40:57
So many people over exercise to compensate for eating or to change
00:41:01
their body shape or meet unrealistic expectations. So
00:41:05
this lent you can shift your focus from exercise as a way to shrink your
00:41:08
body to a way of joyful movement as a way to honor and
00:41:12
care for your body. And maybe that looks like exploring
00:41:16
more gentle forms of movement instead of punishing yourself through
00:41:19
grueling workouts and finding that in being
00:41:23
able to maybe rest your body more or exploring
00:41:27
those gentler forms of movement that you actually feel
00:41:31
more energized, more life giving, more
00:41:35
capable because you aren't focused on punishing your body.
00:41:39
And so before, before exercise or movement, ask
00:41:42
yourself, am I moving out of joy or obligation?
00:41:46
Maybe this is a time to try walking, stretching or dancing.
00:41:50
Ways to celebrate what your body can do rather than trying to control
00:41:54
it. Or maybe you make room for movement as
00:41:58
ways to to get outside or engaging in,
00:42:02
you know, a fun sport with your kids or
00:42:06
planting your garden. Those kind of movements
00:42:10
instead of focusing on exercise as a way to try to control the way
00:42:14
your body looks or to promote weight loss so you can
00:42:17
meditate on First Corinthians 6, 1920, remembering that
00:42:21
your body is a temple to be cherished, not
00:42:24
punished. And then my last suggestion for fasting
00:42:28
this lint is fasting from social media. See, social
00:42:32
media feeds are full of before and after photos, weight
00:42:35
loss trends and unrealistic body standards and beauty standards
00:42:39
that fuel that comparison and dissatisfaction and
00:42:43
comparison. And one is one of the biggest tools diet culture uses to make us
00:42:47
feel unworthy. So the invitation this line is to
00:42:50
consider fasting from social media. And if you feel like
00:42:54
you can't do that because of certain, you know, things like
00:42:58
a business or whatnot, at least try
00:43:02
curating your feed to remove toxic messages
00:43:05
about body image. Try following people who are
00:43:08
inspirational and uplifting, not those that try to fuel
00:43:12
comparison or lead you to feeling like you're having to compare
00:43:16
your body with someone else's. So use the time or you
00:43:20
that you would normally scroll to focus on prayer, scripture
00:43:24
or activities that nourish your soul. So try
00:43:27
taking a social media break. This lint at least one day a
00:43:31
week or at the very least unfollow those accounts that trigger
00:43:35
comparison and instead again follow this uplifting content that
00:43:38
reflects God's truth about who you are beyond your
00:43:42
appearance. Philippians 4:8 reminds us to focus on what is
00:43:45
good, pure and lovely. And you can apply that to what you're
00:43:49
consuming online. So
00:43:53
one other thing that I'm going to share that I think can help promote a
00:43:56
successful fast this lint is to make sure that you plan
00:44:00
for what you are turning to instead of what you are giving up.
00:44:04
If we just say we're going to give this up and we don't really know
00:44:07
what we're going to do in this time, or if we're not intentional about if
00:44:10
I'm giving this up, how am I going to invite the Lord into this space
00:44:14
in this time? Again, we're missing the point.
00:44:17
So maybe you need to make a plan for what it is that you're turning
00:44:20
to. Is it scripture? Is it a devotional? Is it Christian music?
00:44:24
Whatever it is, it should be helping you on the way to that
00:44:27
transformation. And really sometimes
00:44:31
I have found during Lent that a more fruitful approach may
00:44:35
not to be get may not be actually giving something up,
00:44:39
but instead of adding something more, being
00:44:43
very intentional about how I want to invite
00:44:46
the Lord more into my life during this season. So sometimes
00:44:50
it's been attending daily Mass one extra day a week, or going to
00:44:54
adoration or saying a decade of the rosary each night, or
00:44:58
joining a linton Bible Study these like extras
00:45:01
are intentional ways to commit to making space for Jesus.
00:45:06
Giving up something, but filling that void with something that's
00:45:09
meaningless or worldly doesn't help you grow closer to the
00:45:13
Lord this Lenten season. It's really becomes just trading one
00:45:17
vice for another. But when you're intentional of how you will fill
00:45:20
that time, or you focus on what thing you can
00:45:24
add, it's allowing you to intentionally take a step closer
00:45:28
to him and inviting him into that transformation.
00:45:32
Remember, Lent is a journey of renewal, not of
00:45:36
restriction. It's an opportunity to deepen our trust in God's provision
00:45:40
and his abundance, not just spiritually, but physically as
00:45:43
well. And so my prayer for you this season is that you experience
00:45:47
true freedom. And maybe that starts with freedom from
00:45:51
food guilt, freedom from diet culture, and
00:45:55
just being able to rest and embrace and know the deep
00:45:58
abiding freedom that comes from Christ alone.
00:46:03
So I'm gonna invite you that if you are longing
00:46:06
for something more meaningful this Lent than just giving up chocolate or
00:46:10
carbs out of fear or out of a desire to lose weight,
00:46:14
I invite you to join me for my Fasting from diet culture, a
00:46:18
40 day Lenten challenge where we'll explore
00:46:21
how Christ centered intuitive eating framed in the
00:46:25
lens of prayer, fasting and alms gilding can really help you grow
00:46:29
in faith this Lenten season. So what we will do in
00:46:32
this challenge is eliminate those entanglements of diet culture from Lent so
00:46:36
you can experience that true transformation of drawing closer to Christ.
00:46:40
So what if this Lent you fasted from guilt around food and eating
00:46:44
eating or that constant pressure to change your body or the belief that your
00:46:48
worth is tied to what's on your plate or the size of your genes, but
00:46:51
instead you were able to feast on God's abundant
00:46:55
grace or the joy of eating without shame, or
00:46:59
the truth that your body is fearfully and wonderfully made.
00:47:02
So I invite you to join me on this Fasting from Diet Culture Lenten
00:47:06
Challenge. You can join me@lent.caratrachta.com
00:47:10
if you want to go deeper again. Each week on the
00:47:13
podcast we'll be going over a topic of how Christ centered intuitive
00:47:17
eating allows us to grow in this Lenten season, allows us
00:47:20
that transformation with the Lord through prayer, fasting and alms
00:47:24
building. And if you want to go deeper, sign up
00:47:27
@lentcare attractor.com and what you will get there is
00:47:31
the access to the weekly Q and A sessions where we will meet once a
00:47:35
week on Wednesdays via Zoom where you can ask questions.
00:47:39
We'll also do some guided exercises to help you go deeper
00:47:43
and then walk away with one weekly Lenten
00:47:47
Fasting Challenge to try for seven days that allows you to
00:47:50
help fast from diet culture this Lenten season. So we'll
00:47:54
also have those weekly Scripture reflections to help you nourish both your soul
00:47:58
and your mindset. And again, it is 100%
00:48:02
free. You can sign up at lent.careattractive.com if you want to be
00:48:06
a part of those Q and A sessions, those guided exercises and that Scripture
00:48:09
reflection each week. Our first Q&A session
00:48:13
will be on Wednesday, March 12th and we will
00:48:17
meet at 1pm Central Standard Time. Again, sign up at
00:48:21
lent.caretractor.com if you want to be a part of those
00:48:24
Q and A sessions. So I can send you the link of where to join
00:48:27
us. So I I invite you to join us. I hope that you join us
00:48:31
on this 40 day Lenten challenge. Really, if you've never
00:48:35
done anything like this during lint, it's a really, really really great opportunity to
00:48:38
try something new. It's a way to eliminate something that
00:48:42
maybe you've struggled with for so long, allow you to eliminate that
00:48:46
preoccupation with food during Lent so you can really experiencing
00:48:49
that transformation and that healing that can come with
00:48:53
intentionally making space to grow with the Lord
00:48:57
again. One more time you can join@lent.caretractive.com
00:49:00
I hope to see you in there. If not, just remember for the next
00:49:04
seven weeks on the podcast you will be getting some really great information
00:49:08
on how you can best from diet culture this Lent
00:49:12
and some practical ways that you can heal that
00:49:15
relationship. Thanks again for joining me this week. I can't wait
00:49:18
to embark on this journey with you. I hope that you are willing to
00:49:22
join in those Q and A sessions and be able to go deeper this Lenten
00:49:26
season and I will see you right back here next week. Take
00:49:29
care. Remember, beauty held as a seed, beauty shared is the flower. It
00:49:33
is your time to bloom. We'll talk soon. Bye.
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