For Those That Didn't Know
So, a few people at work decided to quit smoking for 21 days (Dec 1-21). I decided, in support of them, I would give up my 4 major food groups: cookies, ice cream, doughnuts, chocolate. Seeing as, for most people, quitting smoking is harder than anything, I said I would do it for the entire month.
Upon putting this out to the Twitterverse, certain bad seeds from this forum, such as JohnnieH, stated I wouldn't last 31 minutes, let alone days. This wonderful batch of love gave me an even more wonderful idea: gambol on my will power!
Thus, the first ever bet about me not eating cookies/doughnuts/chocolate/ice cream was created. Here's the deal:
IF I can last until 12:01am January 1, 2013 not eating the aforementioned tempting foods, people are tossing me $5. All money raised goes to a wonderful local charity called Transition To Betterness Transition to Betterness . Alpha's grandmother, who is one of the funniest people I've ever met, does a lot of work with them. I figured I'd get more people in on it if it was for a legit charity instead of the Replace My Broken PS3 Fund.
My hope is to raise $100. It's not much, but if I can do it, it's a great present to the world's most awesome grandmother-in-law. If you're interested, transfers via Stars is probably easiest/cheapest for everyone.
So far I'm 24 days into it (I started a few days early) and have gotten through some seriously tough challenges without cracking, such as:
-Shopping in Michigan with Alpha on the 3rd day of this. We stop at Meijer's. She stands in the cookie aisle for nearly 10 minutes trying to find what she's looking for. Jerk.
- Driving to Colisanti's, where they make fresh doughnuts with cinnamon sugar right in front of you. Had to pick up a present for someone, bought 4 bags of doughnuts while there for other people, didn't even try to eat one of them. One of the bags is for Alpha. She eats 2 of the doughnuts right in front of me. Again, jerk.
- One of the hooligans on here (and it totally escapes me as to who it was) Tweeted about FedExing me a care package of cookies to mess with me. 6 hours later, knock at the door. Buddy of mine brings over a batch of Christmas goodies his girl baked for me. They're currently residing on the counter, sealed, waiting for January 1st.
Funny side note: when I told grandman about the idea the other day, she laughed and patted my belly. Then she said "it looks a little smaller." I replied that I still had my man boobs. "Oh, that's ok, you should keep those." I love that lady!
Upon putting this out to the Twitterverse, certain bad seeds from this forum, such as JohnnieH, stated I wouldn't last 31 minutes, let alone days. This wonderful batch of love gave me an even more wonderful idea: gambol on my will power!
Thus, the first ever bet about me not eating cookies/doughnuts/chocolate/ice cream was created. Here's the deal:
IF I can last until 12:01am January 1, 2013 not eating the aforementioned tempting foods, people are tossing me $5. All money raised goes to a wonderful local charity called Transition To Betterness Transition to Betterness . Alpha's grandmother, who is one of the funniest people I've ever met, does a lot of work with them. I figured I'd get more people in on it if it was for a legit charity instead of the Replace My Broken PS3 Fund.
My hope is to raise $100. It's not much, but if I can do it, it's a great present to the world's most awesome grandmother-in-law. If you're interested, transfers via Stars is probably easiest/cheapest for everyone.
So far I'm 24 days into it (I started a few days early) and have gotten through some seriously tough challenges without cracking, such as:
-Shopping in Michigan with Alpha on the 3rd day of this. We stop at Meijer's. She stands in the cookie aisle for nearly 10 minutes trying to find what she's looking for. Jerk.
- Driving to Colisanti's, where they make fresh doughnuts with cinnamon sugar right in front of you. Had to pick up a present for someone, bought 4 bags of doughnuts while there for other people, didn't even try to eat one of them. One of the bags is for Alpha. She eats 2 of the doughnuts right in front of me. Again, jerk.
- One of the hooligans on here (and it totally escapes me as to who it was) Tweeted about FedExing me a care package of cookies to mess with me. 6 hours later, knock at the door. Buddy of mine brings over a batch of Christmas goodies his girl baked for me. They're currently residing on the counter, sealed, waiting for January 1st.
Funny side note: when I told grandman about the idea the other day, she laughed and patted my belly. Then she said "it looks a little smaller." I replied that I still had my man boobs. "Oh, that's ok, you should keep those." I love that lady!
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It was Milo. I was threatening you with a doughnut enema.
GTA- Fish tacos are the BOMB!
I Love You, Man - Anybody Want A Peanut - YouTube
Those Fish Tacos Were The Tits.avi - YouTube
#joben
How many cookies and doughnuts? May have to record it and post as I'm a ludite and don't exactly know how to stream live video.
And in the "Alpha's A Jerk" update of the week: I come home from work today to find a container of uber delicious sugar cookies sitting on the counter AND a chocolate fudge cake in the fridge. "It's not my fault you chose December to stop eating tasty things."
why . . . ALL of them. what kind of cookie monster are you?!?
And 10 minutes after I finish, I'll have a food coma till January 2nd.
I'm in for a fiver. 10 spot if the Milo's request is honoured!
use the charitable donation receipt though to reduce your taxes/get bigger refund and rectify the PS3 situation.
solidarity brother.
Son of a b!tch!!! I know what I'm painting the basement!
but do they have Mahna Mahna? doo doo doodoodoo
Looking for the proper noms to break my silence with come 12:01am January 1st. I believe two bags of Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies, a dozen doughnuts, a few cinnamon rolls and some ice cream
or you could use this as the start of a change and continue on with the self restraint.....?
But man, to go through the whole holiday season without imbibing is worth a moment or two of recklessness.
The original plan was to just continue not eating junk like that and begin removing more crap from my diet. However, when the opportunity came up to possibly double the donations for the cause, who am I to put myself and my vanity before charity?
Also, I can't wait to wreck the crap out of all that junk! After that, it's back on the wagon
I believe Milo wants you to destroy (not eat) the junk food for the $20 and record the destruction of the junk food.
GL
Thankj god! Because if I had to destroy those cookies and such without said destruction coming from nomming them, I just don't think I could handle that trauma.
#wheninrome
And by good cause, I am referring to the LOLs I will get from watching the video over and over . . .
Hhmmmmm . . . I was under the impression that said noms were already on hand, tempting you unmercifully over the last week or so . . . what became of these noms? Did you sleep-munch them? I think Alpha needs to chime in here to verify that your soul is pure, and your belly un-cookied. There can be no question as to the validity of this exercise at this late date. The thought that your subconcious may have betrayed these poor kids is weighing heavily on my heart . . .
She had numerous bunches of sugar cookies, all of which she has been nomming, to my disapproval. Thankfully, my best bud showed up today with my xmas present that he kindly delayed giving me: 6 bags of Chips A'Hoy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies.
I have stuck to my guns and not devoured, sniffed or fondled any cookies, doughnuts, chocolate bars, brownies, ice cream or anything else of that nature.
And by that nature I mean Mana From Heaven, of course.