My First Signifcant FART

I went for lunch with the misses to a little place we used to go to once or twice a month.  We actually haven't been there since my surgery because I am still trying to figure out how and what to eat.  The restaurant has a ton of booths and they were always, well lets say, confining.  OK, that was an understatement.  I was wedged in like a wheel chock holding an 18 wheeler from rolling down a hill...  Well we get there and they bring us to a booth, and not even thinking i jump on into the seat and get all comfy.  My wife is just standing there looking at me like I just invented air.  I asked her what the problem was and she said "did you just see what you did?"  I didn't even have a clue that the 3 minute wedging exercise to get into the booth had been replaced with a jump and dive sitting style with 7 to 8 inches of free space between me and the table top( i used to extend 3 inches over the table top if you know what I mean)...  It didn't even hit me till she said something that i had shrunk that much.  That moment I finally felt like I had changed a bit and was actually loosing weight.  The scale had told me that right along, but I didn't feel it or feel like I was making progress...  It's the little things that you don't notice that make the biggest impact on your life.  Just had to pass this one along and let you all know.  It is happening, whether you believe it or not

 

Lammy OUT

 Now that's a FART that I can smell all the way over here in Taunton!!  You go Lammy!   What a feeling!  I am still amazed that I can go into any restaurant and not have "booth anxiety"!  I like what you said the even when you don't think you are losing that you really are.  Congratulations and this is only the first of many!!  Keep up the good work!

FARTING like that in a restraunt!  wooo I bet the people around you were stunned!

Awesome job!

If I had really Farted, they would have been dead...  I never understood why my dog would be asleep, fart, look at his ass like "that came out of me ?!" get up and walk away...  Found myself doing the exact same thing the other day...  Now I understand

Congrats!

I have also recently farted in that same booth, Lammy. Awesome, isn't it?
Tim

Lammy, what a great experience!! Isn't' it amazing how your life changes when you drop 100 lbs?!?

But, on a serious note, you bring up a good point about how we view ourselves. I still find myself going to the big and tall sections in stores to see if they have something that will fit. I just can't get used to being able to wear average-sized clothing.

Although the body has changed, the mind hasn't quite caught up yet. I've got to quit thinking of myself as being fat. That's now history.

I have been going to a therapist for  few years now, and she stated that body dysmorphic conditions take years to work through.  I see the belt shrink, i fit better in smaller cloths, i fit in places i couldn't before, and i look in the mirror and see the same fat me.  I know i have lost, but my eyes and mind are still unable to grasp that right now.  It is my next challenge to work through...

Restaurant booths were an impossibility for years. This is one of this things people who have never been through just cannot understand. Congrats.