Remember when I had that mysterious photo shoot?
Yesterday, I was in Fred Meyer picking up a few items on sale when I checked the magazine racks to see if the new issue of “First for Women” was out yet. It was! I grabbed the issue, flipped to the table of contents and found the article, “What Stress Did To My Body.” I turned to page 46 and there I found it: 
(Click for a better view.) I snatched four more copies of the magazine to save for posterity (“Kids, one time your mother appeared in a national magazine on the same page as Mariah Carey!”). The woman behind me commented on my buying five copies of the same issue, so I said in a stage whisper, “I’m in it!” She said, “Congratulations!” and then, suddenly embarrassed, I said, “It’s not a big deal or anything.”
And it’s not, but at the same time, how surreal it is to be featured in a national magazine, even though I happen to be featured as the poster-child for stress-eating, a former stress-eater who gained 75 pounds. And the quotes aren’t exactly words that I uttered. And actually, now I weigh 172, not 180. Oh, and the name of my blog isn’t “Diet Naked,” but still. Start the clock. My fifteen minutes of fame have begun ticking.
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That is sooo awesome! Congrats Melodee – you should be so proud of yourself! I have never known anyone to be in national magazine :).
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Congrats on your 15 minutes, you deserve it girl!!!
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That is so awesome!! Congratulations. You look great:)!!:) How many people can say “I’ve been in a national magazine”? YOU GO GIRL!
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That is so cool!! Hmm, I think I need to go to the store tomorrow, where’s that magazine rack? 🙂
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What a way to start out 2007! Looking slim and svelt – Congrats on your weight loss so far! Even if you stopped here, you look great. You have inspired me to lose my 25+ pounds! I’ll have to check it out next time I’m at the store!;-)
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Ok, that is TOO COOL. I am totally going to see if I can snatch a copy tomorrow!! You look fabulous!
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P.S. Just so y’all don’t think I am a shoplifter, I’ll snatch my copy and take it to the register and pay for it, you know…
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How cool is that?????
I bestow upon you the highest honor of the five wows.
wow.
wow.
wow.
wow.
wow.
Can I tell people that I know you?
Please?
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Awesome! Now when I meet you, I am definitely going to have to ask for your autograph!
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Congratulations Melodee! How very exciting. I won’t be able to buy the magazine here but it looks like an interesting article too.
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YOu know we are all impressed, but the important thing is… are hubby and the kids impressed? lol.
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Oh my goodness! I’m going to buy this and tell everyone I know that lady! Hey, I’ve had LUNCH with that lady. That about makes me a celebrity too, doesnt it? Oh my word! I kid you not! I am so excited about this! Congratulations!
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You look simply gorgeous. Awesome in fact! You are smokin’ hot.
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I went out and got my copy!!! You look great!! You should be so proud of yourself.
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I saw your very self in that magazine today at the store! I was so excited, which is admittedly quite silly, but what can you do. You looked fantastic!
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Well, congrats on your 15 minutes of fame. But I think it is more than 15 minutes. Just imagine how many women buy that magazine and how many will have it lying around to browse through.
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ZowWEE!! I’m going to go on a magazine hunt tomorrow.
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Wow, congratulations – that’s really cool! You’re like, famous and stuff… 🙂
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