Run of FARTS
OK, I'm jumpin on theis FART free-for-all.
In respnding to DxE's posting I hadn't realized the real run of recent events.
There were so many in a short time frame (last two week), I couldn't resist
sharing in a separate post. Recent wave of FARTS include:
Being told to get smaller dress shirts when I'm wearing 16.5s and 17s.
Getting a pucker in the waist of my size 40 slacks.
Taking a link out of the band of my wris****ch.
Preferring to wear the running shoes that bruised my big toe 2 months ago.
Having my WLS surgeon being very pleased with a 19% body fat at my 12 month followup.
Being asked and accepting to be a WLS support group facilitator, very rewarding.
Jogging 3 miles in 30 minutes without walking; week of 12 month surgiversary.
Having my 2 suits, jackets and slacks altered; taken in, because the assisant school superintendent told me at an awards ceremony, the other School Board members were going to take up a collection and get me smaller suit that fit.
Overhearing some teenagers on the football field at the track were I do my HIIT laps saying, that man can really run!
Having another jogger at the track tell me after an hour of alternating walking and jogging laps that my endurance was amazing. It ain't true but it sure made me feel pretty darn good.
Standing on a pile of cardboard drink boxes to smash them down during cleanup after football game concessions and the stack not being crushed without jumping up and down. Never had that problem before.
Having a fellow swim team parent tell my wife I've lost her husband in my weight loss.
Having my wife and two daughters at home (unsolicited) tell me last night about their friends from school telling them how good I look rather than them having to endure the elephant and fat jokes and insults I've overheard in the past couple of years.
Having OH magazine recently ask for photos and information for a possible article becasue in looking through the before and after photos, my photos caught their attention. Sweet!
Having my middle daughter come and tell me she has lost down to 135 and my oldest at college to tell me I have inspired her to exercise more and eat smarter.
My wife telling me she can handle the weight loss but people telling her how much younger I look is getting on her nerves, then a single older sister at church telling her how handsome I was really frothed her. (Ooooo,..is that some jealousy?)
My boss at work, when I asked about the temperature outside at lunchtime, replied it was warm today and since I was a power runner, I might be OK but he recommended going out for arun later in the afternoon. ( I dunno his definition of a power runner but apparently it is beyond what I consider my just reaching a point of not being an embarassment to jog in public.)
Its been a run FARTS lately,....and while I don't want to get a big head and compliments are still awkward to me, I appreciate the comments and inwardly figure I better be appreciative of these things, remember where I've come from, enjoy it while I can, and know that it will fade away as I maintain.
One day I expect to be told I can't appreciate the trials of large people being so small and healthy myself,... if I can continue to lose some more and maintain long-term.
That would the ultimate FART.
Wow! Now that's an impressive list.
You are definitely a poster- boy for WLS. I'm glad your such a fine ambassador for this procedure, because I think we all realize it's THE best thing we've ever done for ourselves, and I'm sure many guys considering it could benefit from your experience.
Keep ripping-off those FARTS, Mean Joe. We can take it. 
DD
Dude,
I just check out your before and after pictures in your profile and the transformation is awe inspiring for this dreaming 475+ soon to be loser.
I know your wife and girls have to be on cloud 9 with the new you and by reading about all your hard work that you have done in transforming yourself you deserve generous praise and congratulation.
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