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...when the hottest rumor at work is that you're bulemic. (The girls just HATE it when I run into the stall to PB - yuck!)

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....when you go on vacation and your family finishes their meal long before you and you are the only one that brings food back to the room, which you eat for lunch the next day.

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when you can stand up from sitting on a chair and realize that you did not have to sit forward and use your arms and several deep breaths to stand up.

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When you can sit down in a chair without the careful judge if your hips is going to fit in between the arms of the chair.

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Haha this thread is awesome! I don't know how I missed it before.

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....when your 3-yr-old goddaughter has learned how to spit in the trash can, and her parents can't figure out where she learned THAT from...

OK I'm pre-banded - why are you having to spit??

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Your 20 something thin but shapely daughter complains about you borrowing her clothes for the first time in her life.

That's awesome, nyllrap. Great job!!!

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When the $100 every 2 weeks that you used to spend on lunches at work is now being used to top up your retirement savings plan.

I love this thread!

Tyler-now THAT is motivation!! Great job on the retirement additions! I don't know you and am so proud! ^5

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OK I'm pre-banded - why are you having to spit??

SickNTired - I spit into the trash can when I can't make it to the bathroom or the sink in time when something is coming up - usually from being stuck or just plain eating too much for my pouch.

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When you can't eat your dinner because you were nibbling while making it.

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...when you walk around all day rubbing your port area and not even realize your doing it while you get a few strange looks...

LOL

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You know you are a Bandster when the whole family asks "Is it stuck" just by the look on your face.

LMAO! So true!

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*When you go to dinner with your family of 4 and only order two meals. One for dad and one for yourself and two young children. Then, ask the server for a to go box for what you couldn't finish.

*When your first "meal" of the day is at 6pm, it's called dinner

*When your 5 year old gets done eating and he starts patting his chest and saying "I need to let my food digest" (that is my code for "it's stuck")

*When shopping at costco or Sam's Club (for groceries) isn't fun anymore:sad:

*When you shop at costco or Sam's Club and buy a pair of pants that you can't try on and they fit!

*When your annual 4th of July BBQ sounds more intimidating than fun. The menu this year is surf and turf, Ribeye, T-bone, salmon, lobster, shrimp, potato salad, green salad and banana pudding for desert. I think I will only be eating the banana pudding

*When every two weeks you have to get a SMALLER sized pair of pants

*When you have to go in the office (I work from home 99% of the time now) people you used to talk to everyday think you are a visitor

*When you have to go in the office and the night before you are shopping for dress clothes because your old stuff doesn't fit

*When two bites of rice fill you up and even make you slime:drool:

*When you go to the beach in a BIKINI, yeah baby!!!!:tt2:

*When your little boy tells you you are skinny and not fat:tt1:

I can go on and on. I love this thread!!!!

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when you keep things like peanuts and beef Jerky for an emergency meal instead of the candy bars that used to take up space. lol:thumbup:

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You like your food to be a really HOT temperature, since it takes so long to eat...and you don't want to eat cold food when you have so little of it in the first place.

Before the band, I would eat so fast -- shovel food in my mouth -- it never had a chance to get cold!

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