OK, people have to be going through what I'm going through... the remarks, questions, comments by others sometimes has me bent over laughing so hard I want to pee my pants. Please share with the group something weird, funny or obsurd people have said to you about your band!

Want2beme: I told a co-worker about my band. Everytime I eat something in front of him he says, "Better be careful! Your rubberband is gonna break!"

Mines not quote as ridiculous, but I was telling a friend the other day the foods I can't eat and she was all "what?!?! you can't eat lettuce??" I responded with "well it suits me, as does not being 115 kilos anymore".

the best thing yet came from my husband. I was telling him that the band contains some silicone components and he replied... "when I wanted a wife with silicone implants this is not what I had in mind"

funny, very funny.

Actually, he has been very good and supportive- although he did have the nerve to come down with the flu the day before my surgery!!

a friend asked if they inserted the band through my belly button...

That is a good one! Somebody asked me if my port was on the outside of my body! Like a colostomy bag! haha!!!!

Hey, by the way, you look great! You've been so successful. Can I ask you how your restriction levels have been throughout your weight loss??? Thx.

a friend asked if they inserted the band through my belly button...

My Mom says...."So how much longer until it pops out?" GOD know what she was thinking. What am I the Thanksgiving turkey?????

My husband hands me a soda. I told him, "Baby, remember, I can't have soda anymore." So he goes and gets me a beer!!! go figure. the concept of carbonation totally escaped him. I can't eat bread and he asked if I wanted to go to a sandwhich shop for lunch. sometimes I think this is a bigger adjustment for him than it is for me!!

That is a good one! Somebody asked me if my port was on the outside of my body! Like a colostomy bag! haha!!!!

Hey, by the way, you look great! You've been so successful. Can I ask you how your restriction levels have been throughout your weight loss??? Thx.

Up until this past month, my restriction level has been little to none. I just had my fourth fill and I am getting stuck quite often.

I have lost the majority of my weight with diet and exercise. I am a firm believer in 5-6 small meals a day and exercise everyday for at least an hour.

My cousin got irritable with me when discussing why I went with the band as opposed to the bypass. One of my reasons was not cutting my innards!!

She told me---as I figure she talks to her students---like she knows MUCH, MUCH more (not a teacher statement---a cousin statement!). "Well, Kathy, now think about it, if this is a band as you have described it, and it is circular, your intestines nor your stomach has openings for it, your intestines must have been cut somewhere for the round, hoop shaped, band to slide on." I told her in the same condescending voice, that No it goes in flat, and is then circled around the upper portion of the stomach and is set into place with a buckle type of fastener. She decided then and there that is the weak link, that is what is going to make the band fail, it will pop back open when you gain too much weight!

That talk was over 100 pounds ago--and my band has never been mentioned again! She and her Mom---both much bigger than me now--------avoid the subject!

Kat

Cookie nay that was hilarious!

Up until this past month, my restriction level has been little to none. I just had my fourth fill and I am getting stuck quite often.

I have lost the majority of my weight with diet and exercise. I am a firm believer in 5-6 small meals a day and exercise everyday for at least an hour.

I was wondering about that!? My doctor's 'strict' diet suggests 3 small meals per day, mostly Protein. Well, I do better with 4-5 small portions per day. Even if one is a string cheese. My restriction has been so whacked that I am relying a lot on diet alone. I haven't started excercising yet, but I don't sit on my butt either. (I'm a waitress, restaurant manager and a cook, oh yeah, and a single mom of a 17 month old boy)... I am going to join a gym next week though. I am feeling small enough to enjoy a work out now. I am hoping I will lose weight when I start excercising. I have been stuck at 60 pounds for about 6 weeks now.

So proud of you for doing it on your own too!!!!!

The guy that made the comment about my 'rubberband' makes a remark about a co-worker he doesn't like, "She needs to go on the rubberband diet!"

Kat! That's great! Way to go...