IF ONLY I WERE AN ORANGUTANG!

So.....I have lost some weight. Please indulge me in sharing a little conversation I had with a friend in the grocery store Saturday night.

Friend: Sarah! So good to see you! Have you lost a ton of weight?

Me: Thanks for noticing! As a matter of fact I have - about 50 pounds (I would have been able to say a higher number if I hadn't just eaten the state of Utah the week before)

Friend: Wow - that's great. I can totally see it in your face.

Me: Well you better be able to tell in my butt, too, or I am going to kill myself.

Friend: (Awkward giggle - doesn't know if she should say that she DOES notice my fat butt is smaller or not.......gently transitions to the ........"so anyway"......)

What in the heck are people thinking? Take note - all you thinner folk who think it is a compliment to tell someone who has literally worked their BUTT OFF that you can see it in their face........just keep your stinkin' mouth shut. In fact, it would be better to say nothing than to say THAT!

This conversation has left me with a few questions:

1. exactly HOW FAT was my face before? Did I really have a 50 pound double chin?

2. How huge is my butt still? Is it so fat that dwarfs the rest of my body and makes my face look thin? Losing 4 pant sizes shows up in my face?

3. Why must a body part be named? Anyone who has lost weight can tell you that someone always has to tell you where they "can totally see it".

4. Why are people stupid?

5. When I hit my 100 pound mark - will people STILL bring up my face - or it will it be blatantly ridiculous........

If nothing else - this conversation has inspired me more than ever to keep on truckin' and lose the rest of the weight - if only to conduct this social experiment. I WILL keep you all posted as to how comments change as the total loss increases.

Until then.......I challenge you to go out and get real with someone. Say it.

"I can totally see it in your butt!"