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This is a contest for you that serves me! Here are the rules: **Below is a counter of how many hours and soon to be days since I last ate sugar.  

Currently my definition of eating sugar is: Candy, cookies, cake anything that you would call a goody also I am cutting "high fructose corn syrup" out of my breakfast and lunch menu. Amazingly, it is in pretty much everything we eat so to keep it simple for me I am just cutting it out lunch and breakfast until the new year.

Here is the contest part for you. *If you catch this counter at less then 2 hours you win a 10.00 Wal-Mart gift card.  It is that simple.  Leave a comment and I will know I have been caught with my hand in the cookie jar. If after two hours I have not been caught  the contest is still going.  This contest will go until December 31 st if by then I haven't flubbed or you haven't caught me. I will mail the gift card to the person who has left the most comments starting today.
 


*I get three days to reset the clock without penalty Thanksgiving, Kid's Birthday, and Christmas. 

**The counter will remain in a post somewhere on the front page but not in the side bar.  I have to make it a little challenging for you to find me out.
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Amos said…
You're on!! I'll be watching you. That is a great goal. You go girl!!! That sounds really challenging. The bigger the challenge, the bigger reward. You are an inspiration.
October 27, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Angie said…
You make me laugh. Good for you though!
October 27, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Willow said…
I assume you did this to help keep you honest in your sugar ban, but now I just want to send you a box of Dewar's chews. A big, big box of chewy goodness. I know, I know... I am an evil, evil friend.

For the swimmom.... where the heck are you?

No worries, for two posts today you don't have to answer my "tough" questions. I can wait. ;)
October 27, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Heather Bowles said…
Good Job! Maybe after I get past the soda thing this will be my next goal. You give me the drive to keep going.
October 28, 2008 at 8:52 AM
Me, Myself and I said…
This is awesome.
October 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM
4kidsandcrazy said…
I'm leaving a post. Does it have to mean something or do I just have to post:)
October 28, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Willow said…
I think you need to put a counter on your sidebar of how many times your blog gets visited every day. I bet people are checking up on you more often than normal. ;)

FYI -- I totally think you can do this!! You rock!!!
October 28, 2008 at 5:07 PM
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