Place Your Bets- Mt Dew Lent Fast

[ProgMatinee]

So I've been pretty much a 2+ can a day Dew drinker for the last 15 years (first one before 7am) and I've decided to give Dew (and all soda) up for Lent!

I'm allowing myself Gatorade and ice tea and of course beer, just no "soda" products.

So place your bets how long I will go! I promise I will be completely honest.

And tell me if you're giving something up.

 

[Shropt]

With beer allowed I think you'll make it all the way.

I'm not giving up anything for Lent. Ain't my bag baby.

EDIT: Also, isn't it MTN Dew now? I pronounce it "Mitten Doo" myself.

 

[El Roranous]

I don't know if you are aware but Gaterade, Ice Tea, and beer are just as bad. They are just under different guises. Pseudo Healthy I suppose but Gaterade and Ice Tea are both loaded with sugar- almost to the point that you might as well drink a soda. Stick to water and cut beer to a minimum and then you will be on a better track.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Its not really a "health" reason I'm fasting. Sure its a benefit, but the point of the Lent fast is to "sacrifice" something I thoroughly enjoy (in MTN DEW's case, to the point of addiction).

Sacrificing all that other stuff too would be a feat of strength I know I can't accomplish.

 

[jbinny]

I'm giving up Jesus for Lent.

 

[Bannister]

Even though I never go to Church I still don't eat meat on Friday's during lent.

 

[Avfin]

I could not give up Mountain Dew for 40 days
Not giving up anything---But I am going to a Bible study on Weds. night during the season---and maybe beyond.....

 

[ProgMatinee]

I'm giving up Jesus for Lent.

But he hasn't given up on you!

 

[Bannister]

But he hasn't given up on you!

 

[Jen]

I'm giving up cigarettes and no meat on Fridays.

 

[bagelsncheesey]

I'm giving up cigarettes and no meat on Fridays.

I wish

 

[Bannister]

I'm giving up cigarettes and no meat on Fridays.

I thought no meat on Fridays was a rule during lent. That was how my Mom acted. She would always say it was ok if I ate meat, but you knew she didn't really mean it. Hell, my Grandma won't even eat meat on regular Fridays and I am pretty sure old people are exempt from all lent rules.

 

[Jen]

I thought no meat on Fridays was a rule during lent. That was how my Mom acted. She would always say it was ok if I ate meat, but you knew she didn't really mean it. Hell, my Grandma won't even eat meat on regular Fridays and I am pretty sure old people are exempt from all lent rules.

It is a rule...I just tend to forget it until right after I've eaten a hamburger or something. So this year I will try to make a better effort at remembering.

 

[Bannister]

It is a rule...I just tend to forget it until right after I've eaten a hamburger or something. So this year I will try to make a better effort at remembering.

You are such a ^^^^ty Catholic. I am a better lent Catholic than you and I haven't gone to Church outside weddings and funerals for like 8 years.

 

[Jen]

I wish

I give up cigs every Lent. Sometimes I've quit for over a year...sometimes only several months. But this time it's for good! I'm moving into my new home in a couple weeks and I'm seeing this as a fresh start. Plus with a mortgage I won't be able to afford cigs anymore.

 

[Jen]

You are such a ^^^^ty Catholic. I am a better lent Catholic than you and I haven't gone to Church outside weddings and funerals for like 8 years.

I am bad...I haven't been to confession for over 2 years!

 

[Bannister]

I am bad...I haven't been to confession for over 2 years!

I have never been to confession. Never. I used to go to the reconciliation masses where they absolved everybody at once.

 

[Jen]

I have never been to confession. Never. I used to go to the reconciliation masses where they absolved everybody at once.

I did that once. I will only confess to one person.....so he knows I haven't been in awhile....but I'll go again before Easter. Then I'll be square.

 

[OSCORP]

People still drink MTN Dew?

 

[Bannister]

People still drink MTN Dew?

I love that you used the new spelling.