So the details....FINALLY.

Sorry for just posting the few pics I did with no details last night to share with you .

I was just so tired to get into it all.... I really wished I could have taken MORE pics for you /along WITH VIDEO footage if I could..but no friends were available to do it..cause I just got the OK last minute the day before about that stuff...and so I was stuck taking pics here and there myself being that I was alone..with whatever time I was given inbetween, which WASNT much. LOL
And everyone else was so busy so I didnt want to really ask them all to do that for me on top of their own jobs.

So the few pics will have to do for NOW until whenever the infomercial is played on TV. I suppose from what they are saying it will be SOMETIME in the early new year...prob late DEC/early JAN..I dont really know for sure when exactly. I was told that it will start off in the US playing..and if it does well, will then come to CANADA...and will be on whatever channels..I dont know. Whatever. LOL

So on that note.. here are some details.about what went on during the shoot just in case your interested in hearing , or BORED and just want something to read right now:))))LOL

(now that I am fully awake and had a decent sleep, I am ready and capable of sharing)
mind you...probably dreamt of Tony Little all friggin' night long.lol

I was so EXHAUSTED last night. I even slept IN this morning. Got woken up by a "ding dong" at the door. LOL
It was the little girl I just watch in the morning for 1 hour and after school..just to make some extra cash money. I jumped out of bed....ran down the stairs...but was able to say...OH ..GOOD MORNING with one of my super smiles!!
meanwhile...I was half asleep..hair all over..and was like..."oh shit" in my head.



You would not believe how taping one of those infomercial things really make you tired. Its alot of repetative stuff...so you are not only asked to talk about but to do alot of the same things over and over again for long periods of time..questions usually the same just asked differently, yet same sort of answer.

Reason..I suppose so this way I guess they take your best answers..facial expressions whatever and pick and choose from all of them.

I tell you..I have never heard so many times things like...GAZELLE and 275 lbs...GAZELLE...275 lbs..lol
OMG!!!!
Like for example. The interview part where I am just "talking" to the camera (in the background the producer was asking me questions so I had to answer with the question IN IT you know, cause viewers obviously would not hear or see vanesssa there)
so it was like...OVER AND OVER AND OVER..lol
At times I really wanted to laugh AND DID cause your mind just freezes after repeating things when answering the same type of questions so many FRIGGIN times..lol . Perhaps its asked a little different each time...but the answer is usually somewhat sort of the same.

So that was that part.

Then they got me ON the gazelle..which was nice/ok. working out infront of all these men while Tony Little played in the background...I think I had about 7 people in total in my house perhaps more I dont remember..most of which were MEN...( kind of embaressing) So did that for a bit.

Then, not expecting this...they wanted me to do this "striptease"! Thats right!! Well having my clothes on underneath I was wearing...the producer wanted me to put on some of my "OLD CLOTHES" over top my  today clothes..and strip them down.
Well..when I heard this I was somewhat surprised but thought..AH WELL..lets do it..get it done with. Usually I am a good sport doing things..pretty easy going. But I am sure not everyone they chose to be taped for this occassion said yes to it. LOL But me being the person I am was like...A..OK SURE..lol meanwhile I am like.."OH GAWD" in my head.

So there I was wiggling away..in front of all THESE MEN around watching..so embaressed to be honest! But tried to just laugh it away.  OMG.

Then we had a scene at the park which was fun. Alot of running..kicking a ball..going down slides..my youngest daughter thought this was GREAT...asking me things like ..MOMMY ARE YOU ON MY TEAM TODAY...? she had no idea what was going on, just realized mommy was "a little" more playful that afternoon..lol
she just saw the cameras..and saw mommy running her butt off..lol freezing by the way cause the producer preffered me with NO jacket for this shot with the kids outside. (and i woke up this morning with a little bit of a sore throat) lol

At one point even my daughter was like..."can we take a break now" it was TIRING!!!:)

Oh and they also got a "bedroom" shot. This really kind of surprised me and I wasnt really prepared. No one told me about taking it there in my PRIVATE place I call my bedroom. And to be honest..my room wasnt exactly ready for strangers in it. Thank gawd my bed was made at least..but my mirror had to be cleaned a little with windex..and the bathroom had some clothes on the floor...etc..and more straightening up I had to do last minute.

 Looking back, I understand I guess they wanted different shots to shoot..but no matter what...this may be a commercial they wanted to do and get done...but to me and for most women out there I am sure...you still have private areas and that is one of them.

I just went up and saw a few people in there...in my room..lights in there and thought...OK?? Like I don't care if you are an actor actress or whatever..and in my case being in a commercial..to me number 1..your still a person..and that just didnt sit right with me, and still doesnt when thinking back.

But speaking honestly..what if I had dirty underwear on the floor or ..you know. (im sorry just being honest) or what if the toilet wasnt flushed in my bedroom (cause my kids do use that one sometimes) which they went in there as well .
Thank GOD I didnt have dirty underwear hanging around or nothing in the toilet..but ..I think i should have been given a heads up about that one..and not only that but been given time to personally go up and make sure it was ok in there before they came ahead doing what they wanted. I mean they should have remembered to at least ask...after all I am a woman and had all these strange men in this house that I met for the very first time that day.

But whatever it worked out.
Perhaps they werent thinking cause I realize everyone is running on adrenaline..trying to get it all fit in, in the least amount of time cause it is a long day.
Anyways, that bedroom shot was more like they took me/my reflection infront of the mirror (bed in the background)looking like I was getting ready to go out somewhere looking all confident and stuff.


But that pretty much sums it up. I know it doesnt SOUND like alot..but when done..I was so tired!

Anyways..so I hope you enjoyed the details. Personally I am glad this is done with. I really felt in the end especially the last week just the anticipation of them coming really really got to me mentally. Kind of fighting with your inner self with issues like.." I should have been better" "I should have been more ready" "how will I look" "what will I say" so many many things.
So now that they are gone, and the job is done and I just feel so much more relaxed again...now I can go back for a while to just me in a private sense.and working out for me...and being more focused on what  I want to do and achieve and NOT whats going around me you know.

At least for a little bit, until my next adventure;-)
You know me ..always coming up with something..or finding myself in some crazy situation.

 I think my husband and this point has given up questioning what I am going to find myself doing next. LOL

He is SO opposite then me.laughs
I am more out there/ gutsy where he is SO private. They wanted him to be included in this taping..but he said uh......no. He went about his day going to work and doing his own thing as if nothing was going on at all.

However he wanted to know ALL the details when getting home late..... and you should have seen his face when I said...I did even a striptease...HUH? What do you mean??...well lets just say he was all ears and eyes at that point..and wasnt at first too impressed. I laughed. LOL

Well there you have it! All the private details just for YOU before hand. I will be on soon once again.

For now I am taking the day to just relax, actually the weekend at that..I want to be good and ready Monday to start once again, where I find myself feeling like its time now to try something new (some new ideas are starting to roll again)

But most importantly time to make a fresh start now that THIS part of this particular adventure is done with!

Cheers!
Rosy

The infomercial taping for the Tony Little Gazelle airing in the new year.... lights camera and ....action! A few pics for you guys for now

So here are a few pics that I was able to take. Sorry I know its not many and not much of an assortment but I was just so busy throughout that time...but I tried to at least get in a few to share.

I will come back tommorow and chat more about it...I am just too tired to blog tonight. But talk soon K

Rosy:)

Well...this is it......

Ok so there is 15 minutes about before the crew arrives. My nerves are a little shot..was up late cleaning...finally at 11:30 p.m. was done and all ready for some plucking and whatever else i needed to do on myself so I would have less to do this morning ...lol

Got the kids off early to moms...and then they will return later on to be taped with me in the "kids" segment.

You know as a mom its so hard at times...when things like this come up...there is alot of planning you need to do and stuff before you even get to "your" own stuff. What clothes will the kids wear...get them up early drive them..give mom the instructions..come back..get ready..

I was actually able to video...problem though..no one able to come and do it. So what i am going to do is see if the crew can just take some shots throughout..some pics that maybe I can post. we see how it goes.

I couldnt really post the video anyways until after the informercial starts airing in the new year so I guess why bother.

Anyways friends be on later to talk if i can if not tommorow.

k gott a run they are here talk soon
:-)
wish me luck!
Rosy

Well the time is almost here....

Hey friends. As I sit here chomping down on a big FAT piece of gum you can tell my nerves are a little shot:)
lol

The day is tommorow for taping...everything is pretty much set to go. Today I am doing alot of CLEANING..even though my place isnt usually so dirty...I just dont know what or where we are shooting..or who is coming for sure so you just never know. As moms know we always must be prepared.
:-)

How am i feeling? Well its a mix actually. In a way I am really excited and really thankful to even be given the chance to do this. To be able to experience this opprotunity first hand.

Deep down though between you and I...I wont lie, I wish I was still at my peak like I was in the end..but life just didnt work out that way this time around. In the beginning I was all stressed about it..but then finally I thought to myself..STOP IT!

Even today I was going here and there..last few days actually looking for the "perfect" outfits..but then I came home..and thought I am just going to go with what I have and what I personally feel comfortable in.

Its really hard trying to shop with kids..and getting all flaustered etc, running on time limits....and me of course leaving it to the last minute doesnt help the situation. LOL
(so typical)

So I have decided that I am going to do this, do the best I can..and then move on. Being stressed about them coming hasnt helped me too much. I am not one that handles stress to well..and as you know...it was really unexpected that this was going to happen. Giving me just a few short months and to go from my..easy going way of losing to...OMG OMG...NEED TO LOSE..NEED TO LOSE...LIKE TODAY!!!

But, as you guys know....i am seeing things in a new light these days. I need to do things for me now. Not for everyone else. I dont want to be stressed anymore because its just not worth anyone to stress over something that makes them not feel good in ANY way.

So..on that note.I am off! The time has come to really clean..while the kids are at school. Tonight I plan on going to bed early (if I can and my nerves dont get the best of me)..they should be here tommorow around 10 am apparently..just in time for makeup and hair.
Its going to be one long day. Hope it goes by fast.

OH WAIT...one more thing before I get going...

Wanted to mention that I have sent out an email to the producer asking if I would have his OK to have a friend of mine in the background taping video and taking photos etc of the whole atmosphere while shooting (quietly of course)..cause i really wanted to bring you guys along with me..to share this experience and to be part of it as I had mentioned before. So I didnt forget about that!!! I am just waiting to hear back thats all so hopefully I will hear something today. If i can I will promise!**

Ok wish me luck..will try and blog no matter what tommorow night to let you guys know how it went ok!
Love yas
Rosy

Having one of those off days today....

Todays workout was tough..actually so was yesturdays come to think about it, mind you not AS tough as todays! It started yesturday as I was getting through my workout, I just had this sense of...I really dont want to be here. Not sure why this happened..but it was very fraustrating to me.Completely opposite then the last few times I went.

And then today...I walked in..had my tunes on my mp3 playin loud...just trying to get myself motivated after my little caffeine rush and I just again..was like..oh god this is going to be tough. And it was.

I noticed that everything just seemed so long. And my cardio felt felt like it was taking forever to get through and once I got to my weights...well...no other way to describe it... but pure hell. LOL
Its like you are caught inbetween. You really DONT want to be there, thats the bottom line..but at the same time...you know you HAVE to be there. The weight doesnt just come off magically..its takes time and patience and alot of work! I personally allowed myself to gain some weight back, and its my responsibility again to take it off! So it might take a few months..but better now then never right?! But again, I have to say...this time around I have really been taught a lesson for next time. Thats how I am looking at this. I realize now that once you are at your goal..you dont have to eat perfectly all the time...as long as you keep going to the gym!

At this point friends you are going to laugh...but I have played around so much with what I am eating versus exercising..(not lately but in the past month).... that I would be an expert at maintaining at this point while eating some junk too here and there.

If I had to stay at the same weight from here on in...I would NOT have a problem with doing that..lol
Why I didnt realize this before or see this, I dont know.

But its so much easier though to just really give your all at maintaining by keeping up with workouts at least 3-4 times a week... then to not be physically active hense allow yourself to go back up again. To take that weight off..once again..is so hard. Alot of work! Its like a deja vu but in a bad way:)


I did get through it but it took, alot of mental pep talks pretty much. Alot of fraustrating bangs.... at the end of the weight reps...where everyone would turn around and see me just taking a 30 second break in between looking MISERABLE before plowing through the next set of reps.


I get really mad when this happens. Its not all the time..but there are points where you just feel fraustrated and iritable..and you get pissed off because your strength just doesnt feel all that great that day, and you seem weaker than usual..but yet trying with everything in you, with everything you got to push through it regardless..so tough....the only thing positive that I looked forward to was just getting it over and done with so I could get out of there.

See it happens to the best of us. When this happens you can do one of two things...
A- you can get sucked in by your negative thoughts, and just not go that day or in my case i could have just left ...(which can lead to the start of a danger zone cause that would be just too easy..which might get you thinking to do it again) or
B- you can sware...be fraustrated...but get through it knowing that you did it and that you were a trooper about it, so that the next time this happens you will know you have been through it before and this feeling will pass. So I chose B. I just always try and remind myself when this happens..come on Rosy..its like less one hour and a half out of your day..really this is nothing. It sucks on days like this..but come on you have been through worse! Get it over with..and you will be on your way. Thats it. The faster you get through it the faster your out!

Anyways, I am looking forward to my off day tommorow. Just knowing that I dont have to go in. I have been really giving alot on the days that I am there..so its nice for me to look forward to that day off.
Its also nice for my young kids..cause they come along with me everytime. And lately my son has been like..."again" we have to go again...?
So i feel bad cause sometimes I am sure he would rather be home doing other stuff than being watched by some volunteers over at the gym..but its just something I need to get done, and having that service at the gym helps mothers like me alot who just cant afford regular childcare or who have actually no one to watch them while there. My youngest daughter emma actually looks forward to the gyms "playtime" with other kids cause she doesnt go to daycare anymore so this is her "social" time and what a social bug she has turned out to be! I think perhaps the bestest time for them is when leaving..when they do this routine thing of running to the candy/gum machines..they have I think 3 or 4..and everytime they look at me and say can we have one...and i give the same response..let me see if I have any change...25cents a day each..lol
but thats the least they deserve for being good kids and coming with me despite not really wanting to at least in my sons case. If it puts a smile on his face..well then..i dont care.

Anyways, thats my blog for today...i need to start making my lunch cause i am starvinnnnnnnnnnng
we have about 1 week and a few days before they come for taping. I actually cant wait to get it over and done with so I can move on from there and do other things. I think its just the anxiousness of it all..that I dont like the "time" factor when knowing you are waiting for something down the road.. Its almost better it just happens and thats it. Builds too much when waiting.

OK so I am off...take care..have a great week if we dont talk...but I will be back before you know it!

Rosy personal thoughts..some tips and general updates!

Hi friends. Just got back from my workout at the gym. Thought I was due for a little blogging..some updates to tell you about.

First off I would like to mention that I finally spoke to the producer in Toronto about the upcoming infomercial taping here at my home residence. I wrote to him (I think I mentioned this to you already in a previous post) letting him know that I was really sick..and that I was too weak to go the gym for a few weeks, which in turn set me back so I wouldn't be able to really give him the results that I planned on giving at this time. I also said how i would understand if they wanted to do something more later on with me because of the illness I got and the set back of it all.

Anyways, knowing that the gazelle was on its way..I knew chances are he probably still plans on coming and still wanted to do it, but once he wrote me back, he CONFIRMED that with me.

He basically told me that he and the crew STILL want to come. He also SURPRISED me with some other info. He told me that he and the other producers have been in talks and thought I would have a really good follow up story to offer...and mentioned to me in the email not only are they really wanting to come like planned...but they would like to give me the time needed to get to my peak..and then return AGAIN!!

I was really surprised by this in a way. I really dont think they did this to all the ones that will be taped. I guess they have seen what I CAN accomplish, what I HAVE accomplished and they are really giving me basically the time needed so they can do my story I guess. He really said how they loved my story and dont really want to miss out on working with it.

You know, this email friends..made me feel so much better. I felt like a big load was lifted off of me being that they dont expect me to be perfect right now.
I really thought that this was going to be a one shot deal. And of course I was under alot of pressure because its not like I had much time...and then of course felt really upset that I couldnt give it all I could have in the end.

But knowing now that they are obviously sharing in talks..some of which I may not even know all about(plans seem to change without me knowing i notice)...and with them talking about coming back in the near future...I felt so good about that!

I really didnt want to go on any quick fix diets. I know first hand that those diets CAN work...but once you start introducing regular foods again, not necessarily bad ones..but ones that you did not have and avoided during that short period of time in order to achieve optimal results..in the end...your body gets all screwed up where usually it will gain easily once you change your ways..and it takes some time for your body to adapt once again to the new eating patterns. So I just didnt want to do this.

This new phase I am in...is about BALANCE. Thats the bottom line. Balance in the sense of doing things right. Balancing the right food combinations...and exerise. Balance in having your once a week eat out...and not feeling guilty. I just wanted to do this all right again. And this means properly as well, not in ridiculous ways. Your health is more imporant, as so is your sanity. After I got sick I have to say..if they really chose not to come here..I really wouldnt have cared. It just wasnt worth it to me, and not to mention if that was the case they would have not been the type of people i would have wanted to work with anyways.
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....Now I wanted to talk about the gym. Something I have realized and am happy about it. (its all about learning friends as you go)

I started to do 2 days on/day off....so I will lets say do my cardio/upper body weights one day....and then the next will do cardio/lower body weights and the following day I take off..and keep doing this rotating this way.

And also in the last few workout sessions I have also decided rather than doing 3 sets of all exercises 15 times each....I have now started doing....2 sets at 15 times each but at a higher weight range. Not only does it really cut my time in the actual gym but I noticed friends such a HUGE difference in my output.
Like I am talking big time!!

I have so much more energy...so much more strength its really amazing. I walk out of the gym..and i honestly feel so great! I dont feel worn down...I feel like I built muscle..and just feel really ENERGIZED.
This I think is really important!!

Who wants to leave the gym feeling just beat up. I mean dont get me wrong I really work hard...but these little changes I have made...makes it more duable as well I think to "stick with it".
This is going to be an ongoing lifelong change. So the last thing I or anyone would want to do is to get bored...and get worn out. And if it means every 2 days taking a break day from the gym....so that my energy is back up the next...why not??

I always believed..this is without a trainer talking...that its so important when you are at the gym to give it your all...try not to be sloppy which in turn can cause injury, but focus on doing the exercises right! This is number one. This means concentrated movements when doing weights with proper form. And if this tires you out more and makes you struggle a bit..its OK..at least you are doing it right and you WILL pick up as you go along.

Dont worry so much about getting all these reps in..and being dissappointed that in the end you cant do it, yet you still are forcing yourself and you get all "sloppy" because of this. Its not worth it friends. Work hard..do it right! When its time to up the weights, your body will let you know. Things get easier all of a sudden...you yourself will find yourself saying ..you know what..i think I am going to try 10lbs today..or 12 or whatever next weight would be from where your at.:-)

If its too easy...then its time to change. If its too hard...you will not be able to do the full set and will find that it hurts (in NOT a good way)and also your position will not be proper (you will end up doing more swinging than concentrated STRONG movements)
So its important to find the medium. And do what works for you BEST.

In my case I have now learnt for me that taking a day off after doing my one day of upper and then the next lower workouts,...helps me alot!!

I go back the day after having the "break" day..and I feel sooooo energetic, so strong. My muscles are ready at that point and can handle to do what they do best..its almost like a power rush!


So thats that. I also would like to say that I believe now finally my muscles are now being awaken and working FOR me. I can tell this now in how my body responds now a days much differently.

I always knew that with all that weight training I did before..your muscles just dont "vanish" when they take time off. They just need to be awaken again thats all. Once they are..they will come back full force and be your main FAT BURNING friend.. They really do carry what it takes to properly burn fat! Remember that. Incorportate weights into your workouts, at the end of the day.....they are so vitally important in fighting the bulge!! Keep in mind as well that when using weights...this really helps to "sculpt" your body than if you just did cardio alone. There is a big misconception regarding weights especially with women.

Example...when i was at my lowest point at the end of my "transformation project" because I was working with weights..I might have been 140lbs or so...but my body fat was at an all time low. I may have had 10% body fat perhaps even less. I looked smaller then what the scale might have read.

Now on the contrary if you take someone who lost weight just like I, with ONLY using some form of cardio, and incorporating a low calorie diet.... in the end they may weigh the exact same as myself...but they would not look even close to as lean or as well sculpted then someone who used weights throughout.

Truth be told yes you may very well be more UP in numbers when weighing yourself..because the muscles of course weigh more..but...you will see a big difference compared to if you didnt use them at all.

But anyways...In the mornings when I take days off from the gym for my cardio...I get up and do my gazelle, making sure to get a workout in there no matter what....and then when I decide to DO my hour cardio at the gym with weight training, its amazing how my body has been in the last little while responding.

For example on the actual bike now I can do level "12" without a problem. Sitting up straight and feeling strong rather than crunched over holding on to the bars and struggling. My rowing has gotten better..faster..and more stronger on the pulls...and the elliptical I am up to level 7 doing intervals of higher to lower which I think help in buring fat. I have actually "dumped" the treadmill all together. LOL
I just found it was just too "hard" running.

I mean I could physically handle it.... BUT...I could feel how its just so hard on the body..probably anyones body (running that is)

Ya you sweat alot..you feel your heart pumping REALLY hard and its probably the toughest kind of cardio you can do...but for me..I just didnt want to chance it.

If i were to get injured...or a body part such as my knee lets say..its really not worth it to me. I would rather do things that are HARD...but not slamming on some moving machine like the treadmill as you run. No thanks. So say goodbye to that machine. Never really liked it myself anyways so no biggy;-)

So all in all feeling GREAT!! Hope these tips of mine help you out a bit. Counting down now. If I count today...in exactly 14 days its time for taping. How am I feeling? Well I suppose a little nervous but to be honest I think I was always pretty good on camera in the sense where I get comfortable pretty easy once the nervousness die's down after a few minutes.

Just like my blogs, I can talk up a storm but in a natural way...lol So I am sure I will be ok. And now that I dont have that added pressure about being "perfect" this time around...I actually feel awsome! I am loving the gym, I am eating healthy...and if anything this is what I am most truely happy about. I am back! Yes I may have gained some weight taking time off..but I'm back. Thats the bottom line and what truely matters in the end friends. You fall off..you get right back on! Don't sweat it and make it in the end destroy you and all you worked for. Take it back!

Now I need shower...Badly.:)
Have a good one talk soon!!

My friends..so supportive...and yet so funny...

One of my friends who happens to be also a coworker of mine sent me this email this morning. Made me laugh. Leave it to Mike. For those who don't know who Mike is, I wrote quite a few stories about him in my book and some of the talks we used to have throughout. He is quite the character and even though there is an age difference between the 2 of us...we just got along so well.

Mike is the cook at work..who I am sure misses me just as much as I miss him! We used to have some really great conversations...and he always made sure to be tough on me..accepting no excuses to take it easy and would never want to hear ANYTHING less than hearing that I am doing it and thats it! LOL

so this is what he wrote to me...what a guy..I miss him so!!


NO EXCUSES !!!! EXCUSES ARE FOR LOSERS !!!

My mantra as per Larry the Cable Guy

“ Git’er Done ”

In the email the "Git'er Done" is HUGE friends...not to mention in BOLD and BLUE colour. He is so funny! Talk about standing out!So I may not be at work right now..but he makes sure to get his points across even if via email!

Its so great when you have people who really care...the support you have from people around you when trying to lose weight or make a change in your life is really crucial. Makes a big difference.
Anyways...thought I would post this one...

Miss ya tons Mikey
Rosy