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Chasing Obama

June23

Well, today I decided to bring in the big guns, or at least, attempt to. I love Barack Obama. Seriously, if there was ever a man who was going to REALLY change the world then this is The Man. And given, at the moment, THE most influential woman on the planet is Oprah then why not go to THE man to try to get to the WoMAN!!!!

So, channeling Pink in her Dear Mr President song, I decided to go straight …

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Confession

June23

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I once worked at McAwfuls. It was my first (and probably only) “real” job and I got paid the princely sum of $3.73 an hour! Woohoo! Oh and of course on top of that very generous wage I earned a certain amount of “chicken” nuggets per hour. If I did a six hour shift I could have 6 nuggets and one sauce. If I worked a nine hour shift I could have nine …

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Mammamuff speaks

June20

It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all

Had a fairly quiet day today. Woke up early and had a workout in the gym in the house – gotta love having a gym in your house! Needed one of those ten years ago! Oh well, loving it now! Makes life and keeping fit so much easier. Kai has not been totally well, fighting a cold, …

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Laughter is the best medicine

June13

Just getting settled in before really getting down to business. A week and a half till Kai goes to camp so we’ve got a little bit of touristy stuff to do whilst setting ourselves up over here.

But first we needed a little Muff time. Two of the Muffs have kids and they are the same age (Kai is one - known as Poppy Love Muff and the other known as Prince of Muff and yes they have t shirts too) …

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Arrived

June12

Doing the best Michael Jackson impressions that we could we arrived relatively swine flu free.

swine flu free

Swine flu free

Phew. I have two weeks till Kai goes to camp and I go chasing Oprah. Got a bit to do before I get down to work mode having just come off the six month stint of Loser which was revolting starts and ridiculously loooong days - sometimes 21 …

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Hold the phone
July 14, 2010

Home, home on the road
July 6, 2010

The audition
July 6, 2010

VOTE FOR ME
June 30, 2010

Alien nation
June 30, 2010

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Six years ago I made a $500 bet with a friend that I would be able to manifest an appearance on The Oprah Show. I have just one more year to make it happen and so on June 11 2009 I packed my bags and headed to the USA to make that dream happen.

Oprah, I am coming to get you baby!

“I wanna be on Oprah!”

Now, I’m not just some weirdo stalker fan (okay, well maybe just a bit) but I also have some substance to my life and one helluva story to tell as well.

These are the reasons I reckon Oprah would love to have me on her show:

I used to be a giant heifer. Yep, morbidly obese weighing nearly 300 pounds (130 kilos). Then I lost a whole person in weight.

Whilst doing so I filmed my weight loss and it became a documentary called “Larger Than Life”

Whilst doing that I broke my leg, ended up in a wheel chair but didn’t stop going.

Transformed my life

While doing that I kept a diary which became the best selling Confessions of a Reformed Dieter

Then when thousands of women wrote to me begging me to help them I created a website dedicated to helping women transform their life. That website is myhealthybodyclub.com.

Then when women wrote to me and begged me to tell them exactly how I lost an entire person from my body -150 pounds (60 odd kilos), I then rather reluctantly wrote The Lazy Girls Guide To Losing Weight and Getting Fit.

I say reluctantly because I never wanted to be called a diet queen or be considered a weight loss guru, I was just a fat chick who was sick of killing herself with food and decided to change her life - one meal at a time.

Then, wanting to do something for kids I wrote the kids book Blubberguts.

Then life got really really really hard for me. It was only a little later that I found out my beautiful son had Aspergers which is a form of autism. That explained sooooo much!

All I concentrated on was my son and helping women through my website. Everything else got left behind. That nearly landed me in jail earlier this year. Thankfully I was saved.

I continued trying to help other women by dedicating my life to the website and running Boot camps around Australia to help bring isolated women together.

Then one day I got a phone call asking if I wanted to audition for The Biggest Loser. I thought it was a friend having a laugh so I didn’t return the call.

They kept ringing. I kept not returning the calls.

They persevered so I thought to myself, “Don’t they know I’ve already lost the weight?”. They explained it was for the hosting role, not as a contestant.

Guess what? I got the job. Wow!

Life was very interesting being in the public eye and also being a working mum to a child with Aspergers. Boy was life hard!

Then I proceeded to get fat bashed solidly by the media and the viewers for four years. I got hate mail telling me to get on a treadmill and websites were dedicated to how fat I was or wasn’t at the time.

My weight fluctuated by about 12 pounds (5 kilos) and whilst I was winning the battle against my obesity, everyone, my bosses included, were unhappy with my weight issues. Most hosts are six foot tall and stick insects. I was a normal curvy girl who was just happy to not have to shop in the supersize section.

My work put me on a public diet during season 4. I had to weigh in each week and depending on how much weight I lost would depend on how much money they donated to charity. Boy, talk about pressure. I lost another 30 pounds (12 kilos).

My son and I battled on with his disorder and I am in the process of putting the finishing touches to my next book, Brown Texta, which is all about his autism and the path we have walked in getting a diagnosis and dealing with it.

My website is relaunched and members will not only have the support of each other but now each member can get fit and raise money for their chosen charities. Change your life and change the world. Love it!

I am raising money for autism charities worldwide by holding a dress auction - the Magic Wardrobe Auction. I am asking celebrities and designers of all shapes and sizes to please donate a dress that is special to them. We will then auction them off and donate the money to help our kids in need.

I am now in the USA and have my beautiful boy with me, risking everything for this opportunity of a lifetime - to walk the hallowed path to Holy Grail of talk shows. Oprah!!!!!!!

And so, this is my path. I MUST get on Oprah and tell my story. Please join my cause.

Over the next few months I will be interviewing people who have been on Oprah, discussing hints and tips on how to get on and what to do when I get there. I’ll be doing some crazy stunts and generally just recording my journey to the Big O!

I will also be interviewing other hopefuls who have the same dream as me. Together we are not alone!!!! Haha that sounded so poetic! Der! Of course together we are not alone!

Did you know I have sent my book to Oprah three times? I received a response once saying she received lots of books and to not expect a reply.

One time I sent a little koala and a jar of vegemite in it. I didn’t hear back that time.

Another time I sent it to someone who knows her. Still waiting……..come on Oprah!!!!

This time, things will be different.

– Ajay “See me on Oprah” Rochester

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