I am HORRIBLE at keeping secrets. Horrible. Horrible. Horrible. So when Weight Watchers invited me to Los Angeles to the Lose for Good kick off event under the stipulation that I had to keep it secret until this week, I freaked. I mean seriously. How am I, the girl who gave her boyfriend (now the husband) his one year Anniversary gift a week early because she was so excited or the mom who wants to give her son each and every one of his Christmas presents as she buys them, suppose to keep wraps on an amazing trip to L.A. Where she was going to meet Jenny McCarthy, hang out with FaintStarLite AND have dinner with the CEO of Weight Watchers a secret?
Yeah… needless to say I slipped up a few times. :)
Thankfully now I have the green light to talk about anything from the trip. So let me let Jenny do what she does and fill you in on the campaign…
As for the actual trip. I had a BLAST. It was rough now that I have a job (red eye flight and straight into the office) but I had some RR time there and met the most amazing bloggers.
- Arianne from To Think is to Create (who I finally got to meet, our paths have crossed a few times, she’s awesome!)
- Melissa from Whooo’s That Girl? (who takes amazing photos!)
- Nancy from Mommies With Style (totally sweet!)
- Rebecca from Does this Blog Make us Look Fat? (hysterically funny!)
- Ester, FaintStarLite herself. (Total geek girl.. I wish we were sisters. ;)
Here we all are with Ms. Jenny
A few other pictures from the event…
Here is Rebecca (@Laughitoff) and I
Ester and I with Arianne sneaking in (did not notice until just now.:)
And Dave, the CEO of Weight Watchers who might just be the tallest man alive. Note: I’m 5′ 9”
My favorite part of the whole trip was watching the kids plant in the garden and learn about fresh foods. Something I’m super passionate about. You know, the whole GreenLiteBites thing and all. :)
For more information about the charitable organizations that were involved with the event check out…
- Head Start
- Share Our Strength
- Action Against Hunger home page
- Food Network/Share Our Strength partnership page
On to this giveaway! In honor of this event, I’ve been granted 3 – three-month trial memberships for Weight Watchers (either online or in-person meetings)
to give to my readers. I don’t know how else to do it except a good o’ fashion random drawing. So if you’d like in, simply comment below and let me know. I’ll pick 3 random winners next week (Monday September 6 <– HOLY CRAP it’s September)
I "gotsta" run.. I took the day off work today for my walkthru and I have lots to do. We are closing Thursday on this new house! Yikes!!
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Roni started this blog in '05 to journal her weight loss. 70lbs later, she's committed to living a conscious, healthy life and hopes to inspire others along the way. Read more on the about page.
I so need this! I desperately need to lose weight & I just can’t get motivated…
Cool contest! I would love to win..good luck all!
Are the winners posted somewhere?
I’ll be posting tonight! :)
Can’t wait to see if you’ve chosen me!!!
me neither!!!! I really need this!
Holy smokes, I JUST saw this entry! I’m still catching up from all that happened online during my vacation… I had an absolute blast hanging out with you & wish we lived closer because you’re so much fun. :)