All your hard work and pain.....
Hello all. I just wanted to let you all know about something I just discovered. There are weight loss companies (many are the HCG diets) That are using YOUR before and after pictures for their advertising. I have been in contact with them and they say that it is completely legal and I am crazy. They also told me that I am lying and that this website (obesityhelp.com) does not exhist. You can view their slideshows with maybe yourself and many other peole I have seen on here, on youtube.com. Some of the company names are "Culture slim down" "are you a sugar junkie" and "be thin 4 good" I sent them an email that said,"If your product works so well, then why are you using pictures of people that have had gastric bypass?" I was shocked and in awe when they replied very rudely to me, so I decided to post it and if you are featured in any of the slideshows I guess you can handle it in some way. I was just mad because I know that it is a hard road to lose weight with gastric bypass, and all of you need a round of applause for your accomplishments. Some other company featuring a "fad diet" is gaining momentum because of your hard work....it is just sad.
Hi ladies and gents, I don't know for sure if any of you are featured in these but they look kind of familiar so you might want to take a looksie just in case the original poster was correct...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW5VmQL-R5o&feature=related
There may be more but I really didn't take the time to search throughly.
Amy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW5VmQL-R5o&feature=related
There may be more but I really didn't take the time to search throughly.
Amy
OMG shes right because I totally recognized two of the girls. I think one at least is on my friends list. That should be illegal because they did not get expressed written permission to use the images!!!
Wow thats kindof scary, not I know why now, people dont use photos or keep their profiles private:(
Wow thats kindof scary, not I know why now, people dont use photos or keep their profiles private:(
k9ophile
on 9/19/11 3:45 pm
on 9/19/11 3:45 pm
Thanks for the link. Youtube has removed it...Hooray!
Sadly, this has happened a few times since I became active here. Yet every time is has, someone has come here and rallied the troops to go after the bad guys. We shouldn't have to do it, yet I'm glad that when required we are a force to be reckoned with.
Sadly, this has happened a few times since I became active here. Yet every time is has, someone has come here and rallied the troops to go after the bad guys. We shouldn't have to do it, yet I'm glad that when required we are a force to be reckoned with.
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Let this be a lesson -- When you post photos publicly on any forum, USE WATERMARKS!!!! You can even use some sort of OH water mark (something like "This photo originally posted on obesityhelp.com") so no one can "steal" them. Yikes :( Very creepy!
HT: 5'3" HW: 240 GW: 130 AGE: 30 PCOSer; diagnosed 2003
Month 1: -21.2 (218.8) Month 2: -10 (208.8) Month 3: -10.6 (198.2) Month 4: -8.6 (189.6)
First goal (to be under 200): Nov. 11; 199.2
Second goal: weigh less than my husband (174):
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable, beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings. — Mary Oliver
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