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.

Today is day 2 on the abolishment of laziness for me. I worked out yesterday, and I have to work out 3 more days this week in order to say that I'm not lazy

Day 4 with no snacking between meals.

Day 6 no diet coke .. i start missin it less..

No eating after 9pm - day 6.

Decaf Chai Spice tea... MMMMmmmmm

Okay.. I wanna be in on this!

Does day 6 liquids in Liquids out count?? lol

Okay I will say Ice cream, it has always been my biggest downfall!

I will start today (although it has been at least a week already)

DAY 1: No Ice Cream

Day 3 sans laziness. I even have an apointment with a personal trainer tonight for an hour. Yikes!

16 days no caffeine.....grrrrrrrrrrrrr

...bring on the chips, I'm halfway there.

Jon

PinkMary, one thing you must learn about DeLarla is that PINK RULES and I've got tough skin. I didn't even think of getting offended.

DAY 10, no soda, no Cheetos, candy, Cookies, ice cream. Not even a sip of diet. Blah.

I'm very proud of us. All of us.

Day 7 No Diet Coke oh ohhh lol

DeLa: i'm into pink rules

ok as I sit here eating a hostess cupcake and mini-sweetarts from the vending machine here at work - I am feeling very very very guilty...........so I'm in - no more candy or junk from the vending machine - or from the stores for that matter - its just harder at work when you work 12 hour shifts and your bored and hungry with no real food here - its so easy to run down the hall for some Snacks............k - i'm in - day 1 starts tomorrow

delarla - what's wrong with you not liking tickers and smileys??? that's unheard of!!! your the first!

IM IN FIVE DAYS NO CAFFEINE

ladysplenda

Welp, day 4 here. I'm a little sore from the gym last night. Which is good of course, lol. They have one of those scales that will read your body fat% n' stuff, so I hopped on that and I'm 43% fat!! eww. So I'll be using that scale once a month to see that % go down a bit. It does a little print out, so I'm going to keep those

I have gone 39 weeks without diet coke... Doest that count? I gave up just before my surgery, and have never touched it again!

With all of my stresses today regarding our move, I had myself a few (literally only a few) bites of ice cream. I guess just a few tastes was all I really needed.

So I'm taking that out of my siggy.