one potato chip counts as a binge.

When you are a newbie bandster on the 22nd page of a forum about all kinds of really bad stuff that happens to bandsters and you pray that it will soon happen to you too!!

When you look forward to a barbecued burger, load on your toppings, sit down starving, take one big bite and breathe deeply.. phew I'm full! And mean it.

When you no longer have to weight yourself first thing in the morning, naked, after you pee, after you sweat in a 1 hour hot bath and shave/exfoliate/dry liberally ./.. in order to see a difference on the scale.

When you pull into the drive through and your two year old automatically offers up a chicken nugget to you.

When your toddler starts getting YOU in trouble for not finishing your dinner.

When you are so happy about the way you feel that you could burst.

When you can run the three sets of stairs in your house that used to be a killer to walk down or up, even slowly.

When you beat the dog to the mailbox each day.

When you get your entire house cleaned in one day instead of a couple of weeks.

When the treadmill cannot tire you out no matter what setting you put it at.

When overeating is that extra bite of talapia.

I could go on and on...but you all get the idea!

...party food no longer terrifies you, because you know you're only going to eat a couple of bites of something instead of the entire tray / dish / bowl / container.

...the 'Clearance' rack with the smaller sizes becomes your go-to place for impulse shopping.

...you don't mind paying the drycleaner / seamstress / tailor to TAKE IN your clothes so that you can get a few more weeks / months out of them before replacing them.

...your local consignment shop loves to see you coming because you always drop off wonderful clothes in larger sizes, which they desperately need but can't always find.

...you are able to run without worrying about having a heart attack or spraining something because you're so much lighter!

...the elders at your church tell you that you're getting too skinny rather than praising your 'great personality' and 'willingness to serve' for a change. It's nice to be known as 'the skinny one' once in a while!

Keep 'em coming! I love this thread! :confused:

oh how well I can relate! these are great!

When family members explain to dinner guests that "No, she's not sick; she just doesn't eat like a real person"

When having one bite of a dessert is enough sweetness to last a week or two!

When close friends who haven't seen you in 3 years walk past you not recognizing you since you lost weight. (And then when you call out to them, they do a double-take, give you a hug, and then ask in a whispered tone, 'Did you lose weight intentionally or are you sick?")

When your weekly groceries fit in the childs cart or basket.

when you pb/vomit at work and everyone assumes it's because of the "cafeteria food" lol

Having both your keys and your wallet in your short pockets causes you to moon an entire parking lot..... go ahead look .... you know you what too

I love it! This happened to me with a cell phone lol

...when you go to dinner, order and count how many meals you will be getting out the one.

When you complain that resturants give too much food (i never thought i hear my self say that)

Your 6 year old eats more then you

you are excited to go shopping for clothes

You can paint your own toenails

you can shave your whole thigh (not half way up)

You can hook your bra from the back insted of hooking from the front and rotating.

i can respond to this one...

You find that stash of clothes that you bought years ago that were just a little bit too tight but would be fine as you were going to lose weight, you try them on and they still don't fit..............

because now they are too big!

Your deep fryer and waffle grille have been replaced on your countertop with a Magic Bullet and a mail scale

You can speak Bandster fluently...and no longer have to think about what PB, Sliming, Fill, Mushies, Onederland, Twoterville, Bandiversary, LB-APS, Port, Slip, Stuck, Bandster Hell or Sweet Spot mean.

Your Goodwill side of the closet has more clothes than the ‘still fits’ side.

You can rattle of at any moments notice exactly how many ounces of Water you’ve had today

When you run out of holes in your belt…the good way

You go shopping with your 22 year old daughter who is pencil thin and she oogles your stack of new tops and says ‘Oh goodie…new tops I can borrow!’

The teenage boys in your house have started to complain about your loud burping “MOM! That’s SO gross!” (but it used to be funny when they did it!)

When you no longer are afraid to sit in one of those flimsy plastic outdoor chairs at your neighbors

You have the sense of touch with your insides now and you feel exactly where that piece of chicken is as it goes down

You start looking for a wristwatch with a stopclock feature on it so you don’t have to remember when you can take a drink again

You get mad when all your supplements don’t show a calorie count

You carry papaya enzymes with you at all times like heart patients carry nitroglycerin

You’ve just slimed descretely into a mug while eating with friends and you now have the technique down of chewing off that last ambilical-cord-slime-string attaching you to the cup (…because twirling it around your finger like a spaghetti noodle…well, that would just be gross) and no one knows any of it happened

You eat out of weird containers that are the right size (or the measuring cup itself) because your sick of measuring and cleaning those cups (me 1/2 C punch cups)

Great thread!

When you are down to two sizes in your closet instead of 4 sizes because when every you used to lose weight you knew that soon you would not only use all the sizes again but add another one.

LMFAO..... LOVE This thread!!!!!

I laughed so hard at the "chesticles" one (can relate)

You know you're a banster when ... you have to wait a couple hours to take a chewable vitamin because you are too stuffed from the toddler portion of oatmeal you ate for breakfast.

You know you're a banster when ... you can make 2 meals out of a lean cuisine.

This is the best thread...I laughed so hard and I really needed a good laugh today!