Lahna Turner: How I Lost 500 Pounds (guest post)

Before we go further, if you’re reading this looking for life-changing diet tips, I can’t help you. The 500 pounds I refer to in the title of this article is my ex-husband, standup comic Ralphie May, who you may know from Last Comic Standing or his many comedy specials like Unruly and Too Big To Ignore.

At first when I met Ralphie we started out as friends and eventually it turned into something more. I never thought I would date a comic, let alone a man that big, but I always thought Ralphie was very handsome and I loved him with all my heart.

Over the 4th of July weekend in 2006, we got married in Las Vegas by three Elvis impersonators. Why three? I have no idea. Maybe because it’s a magic number. Ralphie wore the biggest tux we could find and I wore a simple, chic wedding dress that a friend of a friend made for me at the last minute. It was a really fun wedding.

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Lahna Turner: How I Lost 500 Pounds (guest post)

Before we go further, if you’re reading this looking for life-changing diet tips, I can’t help you. The 500 pounds I refer to in the title of this article is my ex-husband, standup comic Ralphie May, who you may know from Last Comic Standing or his many comedy specials like Unruly and Too Big To Ignore.

At first when I met Ralphie we started out as friends and eventually it turned into something more. I never thought I would date a comic, let alone a man that big, but I always thought Ralphie was very handsome and I loved him with all my heart.

Over the 4th of July weekend in 2006, we got married in Las Vegas by three Elvis impersonators. Why three? I have no idea. Maybe because it’s a magic number. Ralphie wore the biggest tux we could find and I wore a simple, chic wedding dress that a friend of a friend made for me at the last minute. It was a really fun wedding.

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Lahna Turner: How I Lost 500 Pounds (guest post)

Before we go further, if you’re reading this looking for life-changing diet tips, I can’t help you. The 500 pounds I refer to in the title of this article is my ex-husband, standup comic Ralphie May, who you may know from Last Comic Standing or his many comedy specials like Unruly and Too Big To Ignore.

At first when I met Ralphie we started out as friends and eventually it turned into something more. I never thought I would date a comic, let alone a man that big, but I always thought Ralphie was very handsome and I loved him with all my heart.

Over the 4th of July weekend in 2006, we got married in Las Vegas by three Elvis impersonators. Why three? I have no idea. Maybe because it’s a magic number. Ralphie wore the biggest tux we could find and I wore a simple, chic wedding dress that a friend of a friend made for me at the last minute. It was a really fun wedding.

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Lahna Turner: How I Lost 500 Pounds (guest post)

The following is a guest post by comedian and songstress Lahna Turner, who has just released the first ever comedy music and visual album. Titled LIMEADE, it’s available now on Amazon, YouTube and iTunes. For more info check out, lahnaturner.com. ——————— When I was just 23 and straight out of college, I had the opportunity to travel through India with my Israeli boyfriend Gil who I had met that summer

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Scarlett Johansson hosted “Saturday Night Live,” and joined the Five-Timers Club

It’s incredible to think that the first time Scarlett Johansson hosted Saturday Night Live was over 10 years ago (January… MORE

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Amy Schumer’s “The Leather Special” shows two different sides of her comedy voice

There is something surprising about how quickly Amy Schumer has reached a level of exposure and fame that only a… MORE

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If Alec Baldwin is about to retire his Trump, maybe it’s time “Saturday Night Live” finally hired Anthony Atamanuik?

Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live’s Trump-in-residence, might be hanging up his wig sometime soon. The actor, who’s hosted the sketch… MORE

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The Laugh Button Live! and Gotham Comedy Club returns to SXSW 2017

For the 6th year in a row we’ll be live at SXSW! We’re once again teaming up with the fine… MORE

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Octavia Spencer hosted “Saturday Night Live” where The Help and Forrest Gump met

If you look at the calendar you’ll realize that Saturday Night Live has only about 5-6 episodes left this season,… MORE

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Kurt Braunohler’s “Trust Me” shows we can all be a little be weird and better off because of it

To a complete stranger, Kurt Braunohler is fairly indiscernible from any other 40-something white guy with glasses, but in reality… MORE

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