After weight loss surgery, it's expected that plastic surgery is the next step. You want to look normal, after all, don't you? *S* argues that it's the least normal thing you can do, and will make you think twice.

You can't stick to your diet, and you're about to give up. It's goddamn hard, we know--we're shaking our fists with you. But raw and unabashed has some stuff we might want to think about.

We take off our watches and jewelry, we pee, we wear light clothes, we hold our breath right before we get on the scale. Katie, though--Katie goes the distance.

Belle thinks, after a long and drawn-out battle that most of us are still fighting, maybe she and food, that sneaky bastard, have reached détente.

Why do we fork such awful crap into our mouths, when we could be cooking our own meals? The Amateur Gourmet has an answer that might surprise you, and make you pull out your recipe file.