Why I would ONLY do the Band, coz it works for ME (PICS) My 7 + Year Journey

Thanks for the explanation. 

Thanks PreK! You've done an awesome job with your band also! And a true inspiration!

Even IF the later pics were Photoshopped (and does it make a diff???), there is no denying that you are REMARKABLY thinner than your were before your surgery. 

BTW - I have posted pics on OH also that have come through stretched both thinner AND fatter, with no reason why they post that way.

THAT picture appeared normal when I pasted it (about 3x5 aspect ratio) but when it comes up on OH, it looks like that. I am certainly not trying to look like I am 8 feet tall and weigh 150 pounds.

Bette,

Thanks for identifying this...I tried to explain.....and turns out that particular picture looks squished up when I am looking at it on my iphone and all the wine bottles are very narrow and so am I and looking VERY THIN to a Band Basher is a NO NO.....I think it depends on the  --pixles and resolution of the screen you are using. I think you get a truer picture when you use a lap band or PC, rather than a iphone or ipad.

I have NO IDEA why that particular pic goes batcrap crazy. It was a scan of a photo and it was cut and pasted from my laptop (Apple.)

PS: "I think you get a truer picture when you use a lap band or PC, rather than a iphone or ipad."

I don't think you can upload from a lap band . . .

Bette, speaking of uploading from a lap band....I now wear glasses and if I don't have them on you can barely understand what I am saying...I am working remotely from home and my lap top got locked out and I sent my manager an email...and in the email, I typed lap band instead of lap top......I hope she does not know what a lap band is and hopefully she can figure out it was a friendly typo...YIKES.....

Oh, I am the same way w/o my glasses. I can read great at a distance, but a book or computer right in front of me? Nope.

Bette, great Pic by the way!! I love the Black and White background.

That was at the Ripley's "Odditorium" in Times Square on Christmas.