My new TV show!!
Ladies and gentlemen, I have just begun my foray into TV!
It's a Chicago show called Fit Today, and the premier was Saturday morning at 11am. The show will air on Tribune-owned CLTV at 11am Saturdays (re-running on Sundays at 8am) and for now, only IL residents can watch, but I have a feeling you'll be able to purchase bootlegged DVDs on the black market in no time.
So, what is Fit Today? It's the brainchild of Andrea Metcalf, NBC5 Fitness Team correspondent, personal trainer and a TODAY Show Contributor. You may recall my blogging about meeting her a few months ago for coffee and from there, this relationship blossomed. She asked me to be a co-host and of course, I accepted!
Joining me as cohosts are Dave Mellish, a trainer and inspirational coach and the winner of the American Heart Association’s 2007 Lifestyle Change Award and Joanne Rusch, the NBC5 “Food Cop” and publisher of Chicago Wellness Magazine.
We all have our own roles...mine center around food and nutrition, so I've been interviewing leading area RDs, nutritionists, chefs and more. Dave is all about lifestyle Inspiration, a perfect fit for him because he lost 150 lbs (!!!) and is now a trainer. Joanne does a bit of food, a bit of lifestyle...and Andrea pulls everything together with general health and medicine.
For the past month or so, we've been filming on location at various Chicagoland area locations, such as Crunch Fitness, local hospitals and restaurants and even McDonalds, which is cosponsoring the show (a huge deal!) in an effort to promote their heathier offerings like the Asian Chicken Salad, Apple Dippers, Dasani bottled water and, my favorite (and I'm NOT just saying this because you know I've mentioned these before) the Fruit & Yogurt Parfait. In fact, starting at the end of this month, a photo of Andrea, Dave amd myself, dressed in workout gear, will appear on tray liners at more than 500 McDonald’s across Chicago and Northwest Indiana for two months! People will literally be eating off of me :-)
It's very exciting and I'll keep ya'll posted on what happens. Tomorrow I'm working at the Chicago Auto Show - it's Ladies' Day and Fit Today is partnering with Bridgestone Tires on a fitness campaign called "Lose Your Spare Tire." All I know is I'm going to be doing fitness demos every half hour throughout the day so I will be a sore, um, "loser" by 7pm.
Now, I know what you're thinking - Leslie is totally going to become a diva now, demanding that she be greeted at every venue with a case of room temperature water, a vase of 24 long-stemmed white roses; a bag of M&Ms, divided by color; a veggie tray with light ranch dressing; and three magnums of Cristal (not that I know what a magnum is, but I want it.) Only time shall tell but I'm pretty sure my head won't swell to It Girl proportions. Yet.
Have a great week, everyone!
Leslie
PS Please, help us out and sign up for the Fit Today weekly e-letter and you'll be entered for a bunch of fun raffle items. I know how you all love raffles!
Comments
Wow, congratulations, Leslie! This is huge news! I hope I get to see one of those bootlegs of the show in the next few months ;).
Ahh that is so awesome! Too bad I don't live in IL :-( I'll be looking forward to the updates about Fit Today on here though!
Woo-hoo! Hey when you become the Oprah of health and fitness can I be your Gail?...lol...I signed up for the newsletter. When's that video section going live? I wanna see!
This is huge Leslie!! Congratulations! Next stop: Oprah;) I'll be looking for updates on here - I'm dying to see you on TV so as soon as clips are posted, let us know!
Congrats! That's wonderful!
Wow, congrats! That's exciting! :-)
