Oh you naughty little Bandsters! I am not talking about potato chips, corn chips, fried chips or chocolate chips!

Here's a new fun thread that we can all use. I'm looking for volunteers to create Virtual Chips that we can put in our signature line after we EARN THEM. I think Trish is good at creating all those cute computer diddies, so can those of you creative with the computer "create" some virtual chips and post some samples here for us to vote on?

In AA, you get a 30 day chip if you don't drink booze for 30 days. It's a little plastic chip for your keychain. You get another after 60 days, 90 days, 3 months, 6 months, a year, etc. You get the same chips in OA (Overeater's Anonymous) for abstinence. For example, my big problem right now is sugar and soda. I haven't had any for 3 days, so in another 27 days I'll have earned my 30 Day Chip.

WHO ELSE WANTS CHIPS?

Post your starting date, your abstinence and the number of days you have. If you stick to your plan for 30 days, you can add a chip to your signature. This is based on honesty.

Here are some abstinence suggestions:

Three meals a day, no Snacks.

No sugar.

Exercise 5 times a week (abstain from laziness)

No Carbs

No Booze

No Caffeine

I'll start:

Lisa, abstaining from sugar and soda, currently on Day 3.

When the thought of chips come into your mind try to think of cow chips. It isn't pleasant but somehow in the subconscious it works wonders.

Mega props on the smokless days Teresa! I've been over 4 years without cigars now. It does get easier with time.

Kelly I just can't imagine you smoking cigars! Congrats on quitting!

I want chips too!. Banded 12/28/05. My 90 day goal: Follow dietary guidelines to a T. So far, so good. No desire to cheat at this pont.

Well....I flat out gave up on the no sugar chip. Ugh, dumb idea right before Christmas. But I am now officially NINETY FREAKIN' DAYS WITH NO SODA (carbonation) or Caffeine (decaf coffee sucks). Do I get a 90 LBT Circle thingy?!?!

YEEEHAAAW! And I've made it to the gym at least 4 times a week for two weeks....so that's my next goal...to keep exercise up every week. First time I've ever lost a couple pounds during Christmas break (I get to move my ticker!). I have a big push until a big fancy Birthday date to see a broadway show with my lovely bride (Les Miserables) in the middle of February. By golly, I almost fit in my nice suit again!

Keep up the good work, y'all.

Jon

I got banded in June of '05. After months and months of cheating I finally

decided to stop cheating and do things right. I started exercising and eating right and NEWSFLASH I started to lose weight. :rofl: My surgery was

done by Dr. Cribbins in Plano, TX. He is a great doctor!! I love his office, his

staff is great!! They were all very helpful and supportive. I have had 2 fills

and I have found that I have a hard time stomaching cheese unless it is in

cheese eggs, or like shells and cheddar. If it is cool with everyone else I

would like to join the chip club. I could do without my Seagrams Ginger

Ale. I rarely drink booze anymore, and just the smell of chocolate makes

me nauseaous.

STBT

chips are on the honor system. Once you have completed your 30 days, you can paste a chip into your signature. Good Luck!

*Do you live in Plano? I am in Allen - I consider Plano part of my Hood. Maybe we'll have to get together some time!

Congrats on getting back on the Weight Loss Wagon!

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COUNT ME IN!!!!!

No ICE CREAM for 30 days.. ouch!

Hey...I have a really cool website that I can make awesome buttons(chips) on...Anybody need a custom chip?? If you do, I can make it for you!

I actually live in Little Elm, which is on the other side of Frisco and Plano close to Lewisville. I wouldn't mind getting together sometime. It'd be nice to get together with someone else who actually does understand what I am going through. Who is living it and who is not just saying that they understand.

3 Days without my Seagrams Ginger Ale and totally missing it.:help:

But I can do it.

I'm like Eddie Murphy in the Nutty Proessor,"Yes I Can!":clap2:

:cry You guys...I failed!! Friday I had a sip of my dang Seagram's Ginger Ale to take my MS medicine. I couldn't believe it!! I am so used to normallly taking a sip to swallow my pills that I forgot. 3 days w/o the dang soda and then boom!! forgot and now I am back to square one. That sucks!! So today I will work on finishing my Seagram's Ginger Ale and then tomorrow start all over on my 30 day chips.