Today is the first day of the season of the Orthodox Nativity Fast.<\/p>\n
I spoke with my Priest about fasting during the 40-day period. My concern was related to my history of Type 2 diabetes which in in remission due to a Low Carb diet. When I tried the fast for Lent I gained 20 lbs and was concerned about my health. The fast is essentially a high carb diet and being normally low carb\/carnivore I was always very hungry on the standard fasting diet.<\/p>\n
My Priest gave me guidance during Lent to add eggs and dairy for the fast. I bought Low Carb tortillas and will eat egg and cheese burritos for three meals a day for the fast.<\/p>\n
I will be off social media but will keep my DMs open for friends to reach out to me directly. It’s not fair to disappear from people’s lives completely. X and Facebook take up way too much of my time. I enjoyed being off both for the Lenten Fast.<\/p>\n
I will keep up on world affairs by watching The Duran<\/a>, Alex Christoforou<\/a>, and Alexander Mercouris<\/a> every day as I currently do but won’t be posting on social media about them. That will be hard since they are very insightful.<\/p>\n My priest gave me guidance for prayer. The guidance was to pray the prayers three times a day. I have not been doing that but I want to pick up the practice during this fasting period. At the very least pray The Lord’s Prayer before my icon wall three times a day.<\/p>\n I want to do the daily Epistle and Gospel readings. They can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’ve got a lot of books to read. First of all, I want to read the weekly Catechumen class reading from The Orthodox Faith, Worship, and Life<\/a> book.<\/p>\nPrayers<\/h2>\n
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