http://divatauniablog.com/ My name is Diva Taunia. I like to say that I'm a low-maintenance Diva: professional vocalist without the major attitude (well, at least most of the time). I was formerly a mordibly obese woman, weighing in at my heaviest at 311 lbs. I had gastric bypass surgery on 3/25/08, and have lost almost 170 lbs off of my 5'7" frame. Now the hard part: maintenance... en-US 2010-03-18T19:48:18-04:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/3NF1sf8QotI/whoo-lordy-it-pains-me-to-say-these-things.html <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/3NF1sf8QotI" height="1" width="1"/> fat acceptance obesity rants size acceptance susan powter YOU TUBE Diva Taunia 2010-03-18T19:48:18-04:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/whoo-lordy-it-pains-me-to-say-these-things.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/kxPq_hhytEs/i-wish-i-could-pass-on-our-votes.html If we can't win, then I wish we could pass on our votes to these two. Even though it infuriates me that they're getting hateful comments, I LOVE that Crate and Barrel celebrates their love. I do too. Congratulations, Gregory...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/kxPq_hhytEs" height="1" width="1"/> MISC / OTHER wedding Diva Taunia 2010-03-18T04:40:39-04:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/i-wish-i-could-pass-on-our-votes.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/Qfw4tk78SO4/happy-st-beer-day.html <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/Qfw4tk78SO4" height="1" width="1"/> MISC / OTHER YOU TUBE Diva Taunia 2010-03-17T14:21:04-04:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/happy-st-beer-day.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/Rwv8XcDqBZs/new-music-review-jen-kearney.html Let me preface this review by telling you that I am not normally one who goes for the whole artsy, rocker grrrl genre. Spin some Biggie or Jay-Z and I am ready to jam. I have always felt pretty comfortable with my limited musical tastes – that is ….until I opened Jen Kearney's website (www.jenkearney.com).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/Rwv8XcDqBZs" height="1" width="1"/> BACKSTAGE PASS RADIO PROGRAM NEW MUSIC FEATURE RADIO REVIEWS Melinda 2010-03-15T18:23:12-04:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/new-music-review-jen-kearney.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/57UJLLjqC6s/hello-911-im-calling-in-advance-for-a-heart-attack-im-planning.html Disclaimer: You should already know this, but I share because of my pop-culture type love of all things BACON. I am not condoning the practice of EATING BIG MOFO DONUTS. Although. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/57UJLLjqC6s" height="1" width="1"/> Diva Taunia 2010-03-15T09:00:54-04:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/hello-911-im-calling-in-advance-for-a-heart-attack-im-planning.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/nU9vlGzAZwk/fat-hate-surprise-suprise-its-howard-stern.html Just when I thought it wasn't possible to hate Howard Stern more than I already do:<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/nU9vlGzAZwk" height="1" width="1"/> obesity WLS / GASTRIC BYPASS / RNY WLS INFO YOU TUBE Diva Taunia 2010-03-12T12:34:12-05:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/fat-hate-surprise-suprise-its-howard-stern.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/p0OAVsSNWWs/supermodel-imans-daughter-gastric-bypass.html Zuleka Haywood, 31 year old daughter of Iman... the supermodel (and Dad was a very tall basketball player?) had gastric bypass surgery. Proving that -- even genetically -- obesity can win out. I can't find any decent before photos of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/p0OAVsSNWWs" height="1" width="1"/> Diva Taunia 2010-03-12T08:42:23-05:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/supermodel-imans-daughter-gastric-bypass.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/pWnrnVXW62Y/antonias-wls-npo-site.html For those of you who tuned into this past Monday's Backstage Pass Radio Program, you heard our WLS Lovely Feature, Antonia (antoniataketwo) talking about her new non-profit endeavor: www.wlsnpo.org. WLSNPO is a group of people from the WLS Community on...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/pWnrnVXW62Y" height="1" width="1"/> WLS / GASTRIC BYPASS / RNY WLS INFO WLS LOVELY FEATURE YOU TUBE Diva Taunia 2010-03-10T13:52:55-05:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/antonias-wls-npo-site.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/4lPOUuMZsBQ/tech-token.html 5J2EFCBQ6SGY<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/4lPOUuMZsBQ" height="1" width="1"/> Diva Taunia 2010-03-08T17:31:16-05:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/tech-token.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~3/70pUDSrQOKE/march-madness-prizes-giveaways.html Hello, Lovelies! It's time for some amazing prize giveaways (prizes listed below)! Four different ways to win: EMAIL: To enter the Diamond Dallas Page/YRG Fitness contest, send an email to radio@divataunia.com with the subject "DDP Challenge!" Tell us your story,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rUDW/~4/70pUDSrQOKE" height="1" width="1"/> Diva Taunia 2010-03-08T17:25:13-05:00 http://divatauniablog.com/2010/03/march-madness-prizes-giveaways.html