I'm going to go easy on myself on Sundays, since Sundays are not included in the 40 days of Lent and, it's true, those observing Lenten penances are not obliged to do so on Sundays. A scriptural basis for the practice can be found in Luke 5:33-35*:
And they [the Pharisees etc] said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink."
Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."
For purposes of the Lenten season, it is my understanding that Catholics consider Sunday to be a day that "bridegroom," i.e. Jesus, is with us in the most intimate and ultimate sense. This is a time for celebration, and there is in some sense a mournful, and-or an anticipatory dimension to fasting that is not quite compatible.
Of course, some people prefer to continue their penances on Sundays. I'm not aware of any hard and fast rule against that. I just know that some in the past have said that suspended our fasts on Sundays during Lent is "weak." I don't think so, especially when Jesus Himself is providing a rationale to do exactly that.
*See also Matt 9:14-15, and Mark 2:19-20
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