Fat Tuesday Could Mean Fat You
Tuesday before the traditional Lent season on a Christian calendar is always a celebration of excess as Mardi Gras takes place in the French Quarters of New Orleans and other major cities throughout the world including Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Mardis Gras” is French for Fat Tuesday and the Carnival is the three days prior to Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Lent is the 46 days and 46 nights that lead up to the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.
Growing up in a Catholic family, we used to go out and purchase extra goodies for the Tuesday leading up to Lent. In the Catholic religion it is a tradition to give up something you enjoy during the Lent season as a sacrifice and a remembrance to the 40 days that Jesus was roaming the desert. You can give up, for example, cookies or your favorite candy bar, or french fries, or pizza, or soda. You can also add to your routine by reading a bible scripture every day, or volunteering at the library, or doing something good for somebody that you normally wouldn’t think about doing. In our family each of us would at least give up something that we enjoyed. Most of us gave up sweets entirely. No donuts, no cookies, no candies, no soda, no cakes, no brownies, we did a ban on all sweets. As a child this was no easy task. On Fat Tuesday we would usually bake some brownies and buy a few candies and split them up, then go to sleep feeling full of chocolates and sweets.
It’s ok to celebrate, that’s the fun part of life. As always, do things in moderation. Go out and celebrate Mardi Gras, or a birthday, or a special event, just do so in moderation. Fat Tuesday doesn’t have to mean fat you. Where you once would stuff your plate and overdo it, now just trim your eating down. You’ll feel better about yourself and you won’t have to work so hard to get yourself back to the number you want if you’re watching your weight.
Check back soon. My pledge to God to lose 40 pounds in 46 days this Lenten season. How am I going to do it safe and smart.
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