After reading a few posts by people having issues with the thought of having a "foreign" object in them, and hearing someone name their band, I decided that mine needs a name. After all, I will have to live with it the rest of my life (or a good portion of it) and I'm sensing that everyone has a real relationship with it as well--good and bad.

I must note that I have not been banded yet as I have hoops to jump through, but I'm viewing this waiting period like pregnancy with all the mixed emotions that come with it until that glorious day when it finally arrives and you start your life together, learning all the quirks and personality of your little bundle of joy.

My process of finding a name came from a thesaurus. I put in 'band' and after that 'belt' and from those I decided on Girdy--like a "girdle", then thought of Girty/Girtrude. But I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to have a girdle the rest of my life. So my next step was the "tool", everyone talks about it being a tool so Mr. Thesaurus and I have collaboratively come up with the name...."GIZMO". :w00t: For us older folk when we hear the name Gizmo we think of Gremlins. Isn't that apropeau for that band? Especially when he's acting up.

So Gizmo it is! If you would like to use Girdy/Girty that is fine. It would be neat to know that I'm not the only crazy one here so let us know what you have named yours, or your thought process towards your decision. We would love to help you name it. :eek:

Spud Mama

I named mine Joe. It was the first name that came to mind when I first got the band. There's no rhyme or reason to it.

My band is named Ike. I flew to Houston for my surgery and my 4 day trip turned into a 14 day trip because Hurricane Ike hit Houston. We had quite a journey and I did not want to leave without my band. It only made sense to me to name my band Ike. I get along with my band most of the time, but there are times when we don't see eye to band - that's when I say my band is a male. Ike it is, and I do love him!! Good luck to you in your hoop jumping and hope you get Gizmo soon! Becky

I don't have a name for my band...I just say its the little miracle living inside of me. I'm down 71lbs since 12/26/2007. Hoping to get rid of 20 more this year.

What made me respond to your post was your log in name.

I'm a Spud mama too. My little dog (the love of my life) is named Spud.

Good Luck with your Journey!!!

I watched Desperate Housewife's this week and the concept of a porn name came up. The idea is its the name of your first pet and then the name of the street you grew up on. So I thought the same concept would be fun for naming the band - although with a twist.

So my idea is your favorite food as a pre bander and the name of your first car. So that makes me

Entenmann Supreme!

PitaL - okay it sounds funny but its for pain in the ass that I love :eek: I love love love my band, but it can be a pain in the rear - (pb'ing, getting used to my first fill - lots of restriction!)

Hmmm......

Now you guys have me thinking.....

I haven't been banded yet (date March 27, 2009) however I now have to research a name for my band. Thanks, this might work well for me.

Those were a kick to read! Does anyone else have names for their band? I know Bandy and Billy are out there.

By the way, Spud Mama came about cuz my name is Ada and my nick name is Ada Potada. So I get alot of Spud names.

At times I am Mashed or Fried! :eek:

Thanx for Playin!

Spud Mama

PitaL - okay it sounds funny but its for pain in the ass that I love I love love love my band, but it can be a pain in the rear - (pb'ing, getting used to my first fill - lots of restriction!)

I had a client once who had an oxygen tank and she was a little bitter about it and we discussed naming it since she had to be with it 24/7 and she said it was a 'pain in the ass' so we called it PITA. Thought that was funny you thought of it too, but you are feelin the LOVE for yours. :eek:

My band's name is Kip. I am kips slave for the rest of my banded life!!

Mine doesn't really have a name, but I refer to it as my "belly cop" because it helps keep me in control of my huge appetite.

Love my band.

Sue

That is so funny that you came up with Girdy! I named my band on the 2nd week of recovery and it was Girdy - I figured girlde was a old-fashioned so I gave it a little spice!

now i need to fine a name for mine.

I get banded next week and I think I'll name mine Lucy (lose-e, loosie, however you want to interpret it) and for the obvious reason that it will be anything but loose eventually!

If I named mine after my favorite food it would be Chipster (BBQ chips are my enemy) but I'm afraid I'd be thinking about chips all the time!

Edited March 6, 200917 yr by bambam

I eat a LOT less than I used to preband. I thought that *I* was going to be the one who had to adjust to me eating much less. It turns out that my friends are even having a hard time remembering why I eat less.

I was chatting with one of my friends and discussing our day. The man is built like a NewPort cigarette and eveytime I talk to him he is eating or on his way to get food. He lives in MD and I live in GA. He was doing his nightly scavenging for late night fast food and he could not find anything he really wanted. So he jokingly asked could he stop by for dinner.

He knew me before I was banded. More importantly he knew how much I used to be able to eat preband. Well, I told him what I cooked for dinner ( a portion of a chicken breast and some vegetables) there was this long pause. I was like, "That's it. That's all I cooked."

There was another loong pause on the phone which was probably him basking in the disbelief that I cooked and ate so little. Then it must have suddenly hit him that I had been banded. He then says, "Ohhh yeahhhh. I forgot. You pretty much have a napkin ring around your stomach now."

For some reason that cracked me up. Since then, he and I refer to my band as "the napkin ring."