I start out knowing I will get heat for this but here goes . . . .I have a hard time believeing ALL these people who have nothing good to say about the Band are real. They ALL have been banded for several years and the Band totally failed them or they never loss the weight or lost it and gained it all back plus some.

When you read someone's posts look at who is posting it. If they just joined today and have only posted one post and never post again MAYBE they are just misleading you. In over 2½ years here I have seen it happen a lot. I am not saying everyone's is like that I know some people are being real cause I know some people the Band doesn't work for them or some don't work with their Band.

I always try to give people advice anyway, but there have been a few that were just flat out rude and and sent people rude private messages all night including me, if you call them on what you suspect , , , you can tell what they are doing. Trying to scare people away from the Band. People get paid to do that. Newbies and people researching just saying I think we should help every body but take caution in what you are reading. Even mine!!

Cheri

Yes, I judged that on skimming the post titles. I want something that is life changing and not something that I will regret later. I am new to this, I'm learning. Thank you.

I have wondered the same thing! I especially hate it when there's no pic or bio information on the person. makes me think they are not real, it's a creepy voyeur feeling. this forum is an important part of my life now. I have learned so much and appreciate the support.

Obviously there's nothing we can do but it's creepy.