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I’m not catholic and I’ve spent most of my adult life as an atheist but I’ve been going to Catholic Church semi frequently for the last year. I went to early mass today.
I’m doing one meal a day mon - Friday. I’ve dabbled in intermittent fasting before but I’m using this as a good excuse to commit myself. I’ll just be eating dinner so as to maximize family time.
This seems to be a good moderate position for me; I’m overweight but also have a lot of muscle mass that I don’t want to lose. It’s difficult but not overly burdensome; it shouldn’t affect my ability to work at top level or disrupt the most important relationships in my life.
Plus I can do it without calling too much attention to myself which I feel is important. There’s a whole bible verse about it but I fail to recall chapter and verse.
Food is extremely important to me, much more so than the average person as it’s a huge part of my personal and professional identity. Seems a logical choice.
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