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This thread goes hand in hand with keeping the band a secret. How do you guys manage yourselves at social functions where people notice you're not your usual self with all the drinking and eating they were use to you doing? :confused2:

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seriously, people just plain arent all that interested in what you eat and drink. They dont notice.

But being banded is not like wearing a sign across your head, at social events I do have a glass of wine, maybe even 2, just not six! And I do eat whatever's on offer, just not huge platefuls of it. That doesnt stand out as "weird" to anyone, in fact that's what most non fat people do at social functions.

Being banded to me means moderation in all things, not having to go to social things with your jaw taped shut. I just enjoy them in moderation!

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I think Jacqui pretty much much nailed it on the head. I have not and will not stop attending social functions (and trust me, I go to plenty). I find it easier than I thought it would be to keep everything in moderation and have a great time. I do understand where you may be coming from when you say you are concerned about what people would say (as I was), but as Jacqui said, they really do not care for the most part. In fact, when people ask how I lost the weight so far, I enjoy telling them about the band and I have not received anything but 100% encouragement and kudos. Obviously I am hanging around a pretty good crowd in that they are more interested in my well being rather than why I am not having too many beers...

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