JanetC

If belching and farting is a GOOD thing... to be sought after & encouraged, you might be a bandster. If you regularly discuss your, um, regularity & how you keep it, you might be a bandster. LOL, why is my mind on bodily functions this morning? :uwelcome:

If you dream of being close enough to goal to have plastic surgery, you might be a bandster! (Thanks Kel & Jess for keeping my dreams alive!)

LOL, I can just picture you & your hubby both splitting AND getting a doggy bag. :uwelcome: If you time going to sleep to be 3 hours after your last bite & make sure you drink some Water during those 3 hours, you might be a bandster! If you look forward to your chewable caramel-flavored Calcium supplement as dessert, you might be a bandster. If you're learning to use words like "it's smart to" instead of "I have to" and "it's in my best interest to" instead of "I must", you might be a bandster in therapy! If you drool over the thought of a clothing swap, you might be a bandster! If you go to dinner with your friends from LBT & everyone there orders a cup of Soup with no drink, ya'll just might be bandsters!

Everyone in the boot camp thread wants to know about the zetacaps. I'm gonna go read up on them.... In the meantime, have a great trip! Check in when you can! And enjoy first class! :uwelcome: (And the grandkids, of course, lol.)

Penni's not banded currently, but I'm really curious about the zetacap... I've never heard of it! Gonna have to go read up! :uwelcome: On a positive note... I got to sneak into the scale room during our meeting tonight. I'm down 2 pounds (275)! I'm happy with a pound a week! (It's been 2 weeks since we weighed.)

Oops! I'm late today! Hope your day's going well, Penni! Last day before the trip! You got emergency food planned? :mad: I'm sure your daughter will feed you well (too well, lol). 12-APR-2006 Vitamins — check Water — check (barely, lol) :Banane04: Protein — check! Exercise — no check (NOT per plan.) Food journal — check! Good choices — NO CHECK!!! (AUGH!! Nachos will be the death of me!) Calorie difference 1000+ — *sigh* (-300. Uh oh. Today I gained. :mad:) Daily affirmations 3 times — semi-check (2 of 3)

If you have Gas-X in every bag, car, desk & cabinet... you might be a bandster. If you can't talk while eating because it will break your concentration... you might be a bandster.

Congrats & welcome to the journey!! :Banane04:

If it takes you an hour to eat a FREAKING PIECE OF CHICKEN!!! ... you just might be a bandster.

:hippie::peace:WELCOME BACK MICHELLE!! :clap2::Banane04::biggrin1: We've missed you! And boy do you have a lot to catch up on! Heh. :mad: Yeah, there's only a few now with no fill... but I think it's probably better for your body the longer you wait. But I'm overeating with 1.2 in my band (4cc), lol, wouldn't want to see me with nothing! Good luck on your first fill!! Let us know how it goes & go gently with food afterwards... expect restriction! Wait in between bites! :mad: (My new mantra.)

Heh. We don't feel at all strongly, lol, do we? :Banane04: It's amazing how upset I get over a silly show! I managed to hang up on 2 people this week during voting, lol. Don't people know not to call from 8-10 pm????? And WHY AREN'T THEY VOTING!!! Bucky should do fine... country's good to their own! :mad: I enjoyed seeing a bit of everyone's background... but they REALLY drug things out. An hour seemed a bit much... and I was ticked they bumped Bones for it! Grrr!! I think I'm with Mikey (now isn't that surprising, lol)... I think they should get music producers to work with the kids, instead of "stars from yester-year".

If "I'm with the band" doesn't mean you play an instrument (lol @ Mikey)... you might be a bandster. If you're trying to come up with a 30 sec speech for how you lost the weight... you might be a bandster.

If you avoid dry chicken like the plague... you might be a bandster. If you glare at people eating bread or rice... you might be a bandster. If you're angry that you can only eat 1C... you might be a baby bandster! (How long until the anger leaves? Heh.) If you pray & beg for restriction but then regret it every morning... you might be a bandster! If you wait until noon to try to eat or drink anything... you might be a bandster.

OMG, those are so true! (I just laughed out loud... and Mikey's on a conference call, lol, oops!)

Oooooo!! (This one's for DonnaB!) If you check with fitday.com to see if you can eat something & still get "restriction" for the day... you might be a successful Bandster!

If just the words Benefiber, Beneprotein, Isopure, or Unjury cause you to gag... you might be a Bandster!

If you understand the words "stoma" & "transferred pain"... you might be a Bandster. I'm loving these! Keep 'em coming!

Also from another thread, lol: The number of PBs does seem to go up with more restriction... but you may just be a lucky person who eats slowly & small enough portions & chews well, etc, etc. My PB's happen under different circumstances: 1. Too large a bite 2. Didn't chew well enough 3. Too many bites too close together 4. Too much food (upper stomach is full, lol) The things that I've found that help: SMALL bites -- baby-size! Pretend you don't have teeth! CHEW to goo (as Vines says. :Banane04:) WAIT between bites!! 30-60 seconds!!!! (This is the one that gets me.) LISTEN to your body! That burp or hiccup might just be your body telling you to stop! And any sort of sternum pain, definitely stop! Spit anything in your mouth out! Don't swallow it... you'll just have to PB it too! Hope you never have to experience one! :mad:

I've tried it both ways... I think the straw helps me, but my nutritionist was SO against it that I'm trying to do without. My surgeon is more laid back. He smiled & said, "Whatever works for you!"

LOL, augh!! Not the fish!!! Ewww, smelly! **ducks** And we did 27 (!!!) minutes on DDR today! Not sure how, lol, but 2 extra minutes! :car: I'm soooo gonna feel it! I'm dreading Easter food, lol. Guess I'll stick to... um... salad? We don't get our 2nd fill until Tuesday, so no help on Sunday! Hope yours does the trick, Tammy! Lisa, complain away! Heh, we'll add your voice to the chorus! :mad: Are you getting your Water in? And at least, um, 60-80 g of Protein (pulling a number out of thin air). My goal is 80g a day, but I'm up at 277. Heh, Tammy, your lunch sounds like something I'd eat! I don't like grilled chicken. :mad: I'm working on it! No naked scuba diving!!!!!! **gasp!!** Mikey's soooo disappointed! (Yeah, I slapped him for you! :Banane04:) So far today's been better for me. We're trying to cram in the words / music for our church's Easter program. AUGH!! My brain is full! But the music makes me dance, so it's all good! If you think about it, throw us some happy thoughts from tonight until Sunday, lol. We're going to be on our feet a LOT... dress rehearsal tonight, performance tomorrow night, then performance on Sunday for 2 services. AUGH!! I NEVER stand that much! We really shouldn't have worked out today, lol, but I needed to make up for yesterday!

If "you're restricted" no longer means you've been grounded by your parents (or spouse, lol)... you might be a Bandster!

OMG!!! I went over 3k calories again yesterday!! Make it stop, oh please, make it stop!! (And that was WITHOUT chocolate!)

If you quit going to Hometown Buffet, Sizzler, Country Buffet, Golden Corral & Cici's because you just can't get your money's worth... you just might be a Bandster!

If you're on first name basis with a surgeon, nurse, nutritionist, psychologist, exercise physiologist & X-ray technician... you just might be a Bandster! (Come on, I can't be the only one with these! LOL)

Yeah, my surgeon laughs when I call it a PB... he calls it a "small vomitous episode". I read someone here call it an upchuck... I like "spit-up", sorta like a baby that spits up when it burps. Not really "vomit" per se... but there's food involved. I track golf-balls, slimes & PBs separately. On my scale, golf-ball isn't that bad. It means I caught it in time, lol. If I slime or PB (PB= actual food, slime = saliva coming up), then I didn't follow my rules, lol. I'm currently at 2 days without any of the 3 bad things, woohooo!!