October 12-14, 2018
Bill was asked to be on the Optifast Ad Board panel.
OPTIFAST is a doctor monitored diet. Bill lost 75lbs (I lost 10lbs)!
They paid for his ticket to New York and put us up at the Hyatt Centric.
It was less than a block from Times Square!
The next morning he was sent to makeup and hair (fortunately
he didn't need much of anything done)! The makeup gal does makeup
and hair for many famous stars. Right before Bill was done Juju Chang,
anchor of ABC News "Nightline", came and had her make up done; she was
really nice. You can also see her on "Good Morning America" and "20/20.
Pic 2 the two girls on the outside were the Optifast crew and
the cute one in the middle is Tara; she won a couple years ago
and was asked to come back to be on the panel. Pic 1 & 3 are of the
photographer, Jolene and the filmographer (I forgot her name).
Then the photo shoot began in the afternoon and lasted about a half hour.
Bill did great but for him this was a bit embarrassing, especially
when they asked him to give a "Yahoo" at the end (hopefully those
picture won't make it onto any Optifast advertising billboard)!
This is a 10 second video of the photo shoot. The 3 gals that
were shooting and filming were so sweet and great to work with.
It was so funny cuz everyone would stop and stare. On the other side of the
street they could just hang around and watch but on the side I was standing on there was a lot of pedestrians so they really couldn't stop but as they walked by I would hear stuff like: "It must be a celebrity", "Is it someone important?" "Do you recognize him?" "Who is it", "Are they making a movie?" It was hilarious!
They took a couple dozen pictures but Bill was a good sport!
Here is our new friend Amy Sabel.
She's a mother of triplets, was adorable and lost 83 lbs!
The last activity was the actual Board panel meeting. I
wasn't allowed to stay but just got a little breakfast and let
them at it! The man standing up on the left side (first picture) was David
C. Green the General Manager of Optifast ~ super nice.
After 3 fun filled days we took a taxi to Jersey City for a few days at
an Airbnb that happened to be right down the street from the one
we stayed at last Thanksgiving with Mindy, Jakob and the boys.
