Considering the band???
Maybe your not saying it but you ask about it and that kind of implies. It just seems like it is always assumed that the bandster did something wrong. MOST of the time...........NOT the case.
Remember also that it's not just the one posting. Did u see all the other bandsters that responded that their band didn't work too???
I will be the first one to admit that if ppl dont get fills.........drink with meals.........don't change eating habits.........etc............that they are NOT doing what they need to do to work with the band. However that is a small % of bandsters. Why would ppl on this forum always assume that the bandster has done something wrong???
The point that Wasa brought up is very good. I never thought of it like that. But very VALID point!
Remember also that it's not just the one posting. Did u see all the other bandsters that responded that their band didn't work too???
I will be the first one to admit that if ppl dont get fills.........drink with meals.........don't change eating habits.........etc............that they are NOT doing what they need to do to work with the band. However that is a small % of bandsters. Why would ppl on this forum always assume that the bandster has done something wrong???
The point that Wasa brought up is very good. I never thought of it like that. But very VALID point!
So if you admit that ppl don't get fills....drink with meals and don't change their eating habits, then whose fault is it the band "didn't work"? Your post makes no sense when you say it is implied they didn't do the work and then say they didn't do the work! Are you the only person who is allowed to say this??
People on this forum do not always assume the bandster has done something wrong....every day there are people on here who are struggling with one aspect or another and get knowledgeable replies with good advice and a good dose of support. Your admonition to those who have recently had banding surgery and question your authority "...just wait until you have complications, your band will fail you too..." is just plain old mean girl behavior.
You lack credibility because you choose to post bits and pieces of "studies" that support whatever claim you are making. Your posts are always done in texting mode and if someone should dare to challenge your facts or call you out, you go on attack and lie about them. Your blog is rediculous...offers no place for comments or questions and you post items often without giving credit to the source or supplying links, such as the "Ten Things that Pack on the Pounds" where no credit was given to Fox News or the original source. The red, bold type is off-putting and implies anger. Tia has asked you to stop your rants for your own good....we can all block you, but then your only audience will be the newbies who you attempt to terrorize into choosing a different WLS than the band. Perhaps that is your purpose????
You're entitled to offer your opinion and advice, but understand that if people just don't look when they see your avatar you have lost your audience. Others who have not had success with the band, or who have had major complications are able to convey their experience and offer advice in a way that doesn't make them look like they just popped out of the looney bin.
Remember, whatever the mind can conceive, the body can do...half of the problems we have on WL journey (surgical or not) is resolved by changing the way we think about food and ourselves. The band just keeps us from getting hungry between meals...the rest is up to us, and yes, it does require diet and exercise...Give it up Maria...we aren't drinking your particular brand of Kool-aid today or ever.
People on this forum do not always assume the bandster has done something wrong....every day there are people on here who are struggling with one aspect or another and get knowledgeable replies with good advice and a good dose of support. Your admonition to those who have recently had banding surgery and question your authority "...just wait until you have complications, your band will fail you too..." is just plain old mean girl behavior.
You lack credibility because you choose to post bits and pieces of "studies" that support whatever claim you are making. Your posts are always done in texting mode and if someone should dare to challenge your facts or call you out, you go on attack and lie about them. Your blog is rediculous...offers no place for comments or questions and you post items often without giving credit to the source or supplying links, such as the "Ten Things that Pack on the Pounds" where no credit was given to Fox News or the original source. The red, bold type is off-putting and implies anger. Tia has asked you to stop your rants for your own good....we can all block you, but then your only audience will be the newbies who you attempt to terrorize into choosing a different WLS than the band. Perhaps that is your purpose????
You're entitled to offer your opinion and advice, but understand that if people just don't look when they see your avatar you have lost your audience. Others who have not had success with the band, or who have had major complications are able to convey their experience and offer advice in a way that doesn't make them look like they just popped out of the looney bin.
Remember, whatever the mind can conceive, the body can do...half of the problems we have on WL journey (surgical or not) is resolved by changing the way we think about food and ourselves. The band just keeps us from getting hungry between meals...the rest is up to us, and yes, it does require diet and exercise...Give it up Maria...we aren't drinking your particular brand of Kool-aid today or ever.
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~Your admonition to those who have recently had banding surgery and question your authority "...just wait until you have complications, your band will fail you too..." is just plain old mean girl behavior.~
I only make comments like that when I have had someone make some very tacky comments to me first. I can give as good as I get.
Now as far as your opinion of my blog......your entitled to that. You don't like it.......DON'T READ IT! However judging by the number of visitors, or more importantly........RETURN VISITORS.........that is NOT the general consensus!
I only make comments like that when I have had someone make some very tacky comments to me first. I can give as good as I get.
Now as far as your opinion of my blog......your entitled to that. You don't like it.......DON'T READ IT! However judging by the number of visitors, or more importantly........RETURN VISITORS.........that is NOT the general consensus!
On March 13, 2011 at 8:23 PM Pacific Time, steelerfan1 wrote:
Im not blaming the bandster Maria but posting something like this what does it prove ? That the band dont work ?It dont prove anything . We do not know her personally do you ? How do we know exactly what is going on in her real life ?
How do we know she is not abusing the band with food and no exercise ?
That is what Im saying if I was failing the band because I was eating the wrong the foods, and wsnt exercising I could come in here and say the same thing see where Im getting at ?
I know the band dont work for everybody , I know a few people in real life that has band problems .
People have problems with all the WLS out there it just isnt the band .
And once again Im not saying she didnt eat right , or exercise .
It is not losing that is at issue. It is REGAIN.
Please, I do not know how to make you understand this very basic concept.
Previously Midwesterngirl
The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there.
See my blog for newbies: http://wasabubblebutt.blogspot.com/
The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there.
See my blog for newbies: http://wasabubblebutt.blogspot.com/
On March 13, 2011 at 9:30 PM Pacific Time, MARIA F. wrote:
Glad it's working out for you so far Renee!
Damnit Maria... STOP IT! God damnit STOP this!
I have asked you in private emails and now I am asking you in public, STOP THIS! Quit saying SO FAR, kudos to those that are doing well with whatever tools are working for them TODAY.
******g stop this!
GAWD!
Target newbies, tell newbies the long term stats of banding. If someone already has a band give them freak'en support. I'm gonna call you on this each and every bloody time!
STOP this behavior once and for all!
Previously Midwesterngirl
The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there.
See my blog for newbies: http://wasabubblebutt.blogspot.com/
The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there.
See my blog for newbies: http://wasabubblebutt.blogspot.com/
On March 13, 2011 at 10:44 PM Pacific Time, MARIA F. wrote:
I'll just go sit in my corner now................
Maria....
You just don't down a person with ANY WLS type, you give them encouragement and support. You do NOT predict their failure. That is just wrong on every level.
Stop doing that. I am really seriously angry with you right now.
You are taking this band thing too freak'en far. STOP this!
Previously Midwesterngirl
The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there.
See my blog for newbies: http://wasabubblebutt.blogspot.com/
The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there.
See my blog for newbies: http://wasabubblebutt.blogspot.com/
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