Deciding on Plan B

After realizing how hard it really is to get on the Biggest Loser. I was not going to be one of those people who keeps putting my life in others people hands. We met the nicest young man in line at the biggest Loser casting call in New York who was on his 5th try, and he had gotten pretty far getting call back after call back only to get rejected in the end. He seemed optimistic it would eventually happen. Me, on the other hand will move on to Plan B. 2010 is my year to get my life back. Plus, I also promised Kim and Paul I would still lose the weight even if i didn't get on the show and I made the commitment to myself if I didn't too.

I was certain I still had to leave my environment to get a kick start, like a 28 residential program. I started all my research, everything was very expensive, approx $10,000. Utah Fitness was the only place that offered a 5 year payment plan, cause where would I come up with that kind of money, but really liked the Structure House in North Carolina. Just joining a gym and doing it on my own was never an option, as I am way too self conscience to go around even with a personal trainer. All i would be thinking is everyone on the cardio machines would be looking at me....just thinkin about that gives me the heebie jeebies.

In doing my research I stumbled upon personal training at personal training facility. Something I never heard of. I made a phone call to a place half way to work thinking I could go, early, shower there the head to work...but this place had no showers...but had a very informative conversation with a personal trainer who seemed so understanding and he seemed to convince me this was something to look into. Then i discovered there is a personal training facility right here in Southington....4 minutes from the house...can you believe that...no showers, but i could come home and shower before work. The place is Horizon Personal Training and Nutrition http://www.horizonpt.com/. My first question when i called was to se if they had any early morning slots, 5-5:30ish, and they did.....yeah. I made an appointment to find out more!

Making the Decision to Finally losing the Weight

This is my first blog but i have always kept diaries, so writing about things happening in my life is easy, I enjoy documenting my life for some reason. Thought I would share my weight loss journey to only make it more a reality for myself. It all started in December, when I went to the doctor. I haven't been to my Gynecologist in 4 years, probably due to weight gain and even when I went I said "don't tell me how much I weigh, just tell me how much I gained in 4 years" She told me it was 40 pounds. Later I called back the office and asked to look in my file going back to 1992 when I was 120 pds to now a whopping 283pds. The majority of my weight started (10 pds a yr) after 1996 when I met my ex husband who at the time was alone taking care of 3 children 2, 4 & 6. (This story of me getting custody & raising them will come out later)

Then after season 8 ended of The Biggest Loser I said enough is enough, I am done with holding on tho this weight, which is so painful everyday. I wanted to say "It's been a life changing experience" with weight loss no matter how I got there. Within 2 days I made a phone call to 2 my close friends who have a TV productions studio attached to their ad agency. I knew if I had ANY chance at all the video had to be awesome and I knew I couldn't do it alone. My friends were reading my mind as they said to themselves, we should help get Sue on this show. Soon we met and I met their producer who I was so comfortable with. We soon realized after research that the Biggest Loser was looking for more homemade videos...not a professional job....so I borrowed an awesome video camera from a co-worker and started taping my life. Also found VSH tapes to show how think I was just 14 years ago.

I asked my kids to privately make a video clip of why their mom should be on the biggest loser (2 boys away in college, 1 girl at home). They all were awesome and another eye opener of how they would want me to get back to being more healthy and happier. Video taping at my friends house in work out clothes...yikes, I was disgusted, she said there was a casting call posted for the biggest loser in Boston and New York...I immediately booked a room in Boston and made plans to go both weekends. I had the video, and 2 casting calls, thought I was doing well.

Ok to make a long story short, we made the video and I went on 2 casting calls. If nothing happened I was on to Plan B....Plan B is what I promised my friends who let their producer helpme that if I don't get on a 1 and 250,000 chance I have a plan B.

I am now on to Plan B