....like when clearly the post has no relevance or adds no value to the OP's question or concern.

Like this:

OP Question: I am having trouble finding a good fish recipe I like...can anyone help?

Response: I hate fish! Fish makes me gag!

Can someone explain the purpose of this? I mean, if you don't like fish, then why dont you just move on to the next thread? Who really cares what makes you gag or not gag???? I know I don't.

She's just bitter that her farts smell like a dead rats intestines.

TG: I particularly liked it when you told her to "step off' and "shove it up her darkside". WAY bitchier than what I said! You rock.

Now y'all know why I stay away from OH! Every so often, I let it draw me back in and I'll lurk just long enough to get really pissed off and come back here.

Laurend, why do you stay away from Ohio?

Kidding.

I was going to ask which thread you are talking about. Now that I know it's on OH, never mind.....I don't even bother to read anything over there.

I was going to ask which thread you are talking about. Now that I know it's on OH, never mind.....I don't even bother to read anything over there.

Oh no, it's here. It's the DS thread. (At least, I think that's what everyone else is talking about.)

tread carefully or somebody'll lecture you on how their DS allows them to eat "steak and candy" and still be healthy.

tread carefully or somebody'll lecture you on how their Duodenal switch allows them to eat "steak and candy" and still be healthy.

"healthy", but stinky...

hey...i got my band so i can eat steak and candy, cuz i luv pb soooo much

Oh, you must be talking about WasA's thread. That's some funny stuff.

Oh, don't get me started on THAT again. I am still trying to figure out why she's here AT ALL if she's no longer banded, for some time now, and has had revision surgery. Unless she's only here to discourage people from being banded, or to dog those of us who have been. I don't buy that she's here because there's a place for her here in the "life after removal" forum, because while I can see reading/posting there for a while after removal, I can't understand hanging around after a revision.

Anyone else understand that motivation?

Anyone else understand that motivation?

Nope - and she didn't answer my question why that board talks SO much about the "Choke Chain / Laff band. I saw her reply to Angelica, and slamming her for working out like crazy. I guess the DS Bariatric surgeons are the only one's in the WLS field that don't recommend Diet & Exercisce as part of Post Surgery......Amazed, she should have posted over in the Complications thread if she want's to spread her word - she entered the R&R and wanted to debate? Don't necessarily think so...

Lu~

As much as I think people should be educated on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the band, I also think it's pretty obvious why her band failed. Or rather, why she failed her band. After all, we go on and on and on about how the band is only a tool and only works as well as the banded person works it. If you don't get filled to the right restriction, if you don't eat the right foods, if you don't exercise, you aren't going to be very successful in the long run. The band isn't for people looking for the easy way out. You gotta put some effort into it. And to me, that's the best thing about it, because it FORCES you to make those lifestyle changes that we all found a bit too hard to make when we were unbanded, because you go into this (or at least, you SHOULD) knowing that this is on YOU. And to me, being bitter and angry about still being fat after getting the band is completely stupid, 'cause the band can't do 100% of the work for you. That's YOUR failing, not the band, in most cases. So be pissed at yourself, not at your band, and certainly not at people who ARE successful at losing weight with the band. Being pissed and bitter at a completely inanimate object - one that has done it's one and only job of restricting the amount you can eat - makes no sense whatsoever.

Edited April 1, 200818 yr by laurend

As much as I think people should be educated on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the band, I also think it's pretty obvious why her band failed. Or rather, why she failed her band. After all, we go on and on and on about how the band is only a tool and only works as well as the banded person works it. If you don't get filled to the right restriction, if you don't eat the right foods, if you don't exercise, you aren't going to be very successful in the long run. The band isn't for people looking for the easy way out. You gotta put some effort into it. And to me, that's the best thing about it, because it FORCES you to make those lifestyle changes that we all found a bit too hard to make when we were unbanded, because you go into this (or at least, you SHOULD) knowing that this is on YOU. And to me, being bitter and angry about still being fat after getting the band is completely stupid, 'cause the band can't do 100% of the work for you. That's YOUR failing, not the band, in most cases. So be pissed at yourself, not at your band, and certainly not at people who ARE successful at losing weight with the band. Being pissed and bitter at a completely inanimate object - one that has done it's one and only job of restricting the amount you can eat - makes no sense whatsoever.

quoting the entire thing cause it was that good and needed to be seen again...

that was an amazing post Lauren!

And BBK, your new tat looks very cool! I haven't decided if I want a tattoo when I hit my goal weight or if I want to go skydiving. I'm kinda leaning towards skydiving at the moment.

Why limit yourself? Do both, I say! You've worked so hard to get to where you are, and it will just get harder from here. You deserve anything you want when you have completed your weight loss journey.