Lent

[sillyyank03]

Bounty - The period of Lent is 40 days (Sundays aren't counted), which starts on Ash Wednesday (tomorrow) and ends on Easter. So, to answer your question, it's both

Chocolate Chick - Some good things to curb a sweet tooth are marshmallows, jelly beans (starburst joosters are good), tea, fruit, nuts, and yoghurt. I'm sure you'll manage just fine and then you can dig in on Easter morning

[chocolate chick]

Thanks sillyank. Some good tips there. I love fruit so I should be ok with the sweet cravings, grapes should be a good substitute! Looking forward to Christmas morning, might ask my fella to get me a Lindt chocolate bunny

Starburst joosters are really yum, had them over christmas and I was pleasantly suprised!

[goldencup]

Christmas morning Choccy Chick?  Surely he won't make you wait that long!

[salsa]

I am doing okay, two days now without diet coke and no swearing at all.

Last night I felt sick and headachey, but today I am feeling a little better, just extremely tired.

Bounty - The period of Lent is 40 days (Sundays aren't counted), which starts on Ash Wednesday (tomorrow) and ends on Easter. So, to answer your question, it's both

Chocolate Chick - Some good things to curb a sweet tooth are marshmallows, jelly beans (starburst joosters are good), tea, fruit, nuts, and yoghurt. I'm sure you'll manage just fine and then you can dig in on Easter morning

No, I'm confused now.  Isn't Ash Wednesday always the second Wednesday in February?  If so how can it end at Easter and be 40 days, if easter moves about so much?

I'm not being clever, I realy don't understand.  If Ash Wednesday can move about like Easter, that explains it.

[salsa]

I dont understand either, all i know is I cant drink pop, or swear, and its killing me!!!

I delete more than I type these days

Oh, and im also now suffering from insomnia, last night I woke up craving pop like you wouldn't believe.

[sillyyank03]

Sorry about the pop withdrawl, Salsa. Must be even worse since yo9u can't swear about it, but at least you can eat chocolate!

And Bounty - the dates of Ash Wednesday vary from year to year.

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/easter.html

[chocolate chick]

Opps...I might Easter morning! Silly me!

I had  2 Rolo's last night from my boyfriends pack and that's it now. No chocolate or biscuits until Easter Morning.

My mum is giving up chocolate and cigarettes. The chocolate will be til Easter morning but I think the cigarettes will be a long term thing.

[oldspice]

I'm giving up students for Lent.

[salsa]

pop withrdrawl updates...

My head still hurts, my eyes ache, and am achey,but my skin is very clear. Think its all the water im drinking.

Sorry about the pop withdrawl, Salsa. Must be even worse since yo9u can't swear about it, but at least you can eat chocolate!

And Bounty - the dates of Ash Wednesday vary from year to year.

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/easter.html

But surely not by as much as Easter, so there's still a discrepancy.

[sillyyank03]

A discrepancy in what?

The date Easter falls on is determined by the Gregorian calendar, or by the formula seen on this page: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.html

Ash Wednesday is always 46 days before Easter, no matter what. Thus, the gap between the two never varies, but rather the date of Easter does - which shifts the date of Ash Wednesday accordingly.

Hope that makes everything clear

[salsa]

46 days seems so long

[chocolate chick]

only another 44 to go!

Day 1 yesterday and it went well

[salsa]

yay! im not alone

But I still have the no caffeine headache. Starting to think it might be something else now.