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I felt like creating a diversion... Please feel free to add some of your own to the list!

When you read these, be sure to have a nasal, whiny, Jeff Foxworthy-ish tone to your voice.

If you've ever eaten a double-cheeseburger with a baby spoon...

you might be a Bandster!

If you've ever put Protein powder in a pepper shaker...

you might be a Bandster!

If you've ever taken 6 bites to eat a single scallop...

you might be a Bandster!

If you refuse to leave the house without carrying 3 ziplock baggies, a portion-request card, and a bottle of Girl Scout Cookie Antidote...

you might be a Bandster!

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OMG, these are hysterical. I can't come up with anything to add, but I was feeling pretty depressed sitting here drinking my nasty pre-op liquid diet protein shake for lunch and this certainly brightend my day. Thanks for the laughs. :clap2:

Janet,

This is my favorite. I do it everytime.

If you map out "bathroom exit strategies" before you sit down in a restaurant...

you might be a Bandster!

Megan, I was thinking the hoohoo one, too!

If you know what 4 cc looks like, but you've never taken a science class, 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!

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

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!

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

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.

If you don't drink with a meal...you might be a bandster.

Tight hoo hoo's!

If banding is all your husband hears about for three months before being banded-you might become a bandster.4-25 is the big day

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.

oh my gosh these are toooo funnny!!!! thanks for the laugh.

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