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Spectate or participate in New

York Autofests Spring Is Sprung
Car Show at Harry Tappen Beach
in Glenwood Landing 8 a.m.4 p.m. Sunday. Vehicles in 40
classes will be judged, from hot
rods to antiques. Admission is $5
for spectators (free younger
than 12) or $20 a vehicle,
516-882-5022, nyautofest.com

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Biggest Loser winner Dannielle Allen with trainer Jillian Michaels, who gives a motivational talk at Westbury Sunday.

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Browse the yard sale at

Sweetbriar Nature Center in
Smithtown 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday.
You might find a treasure, and you
will definitely help a good cause:
Proceeds support Sweetbriars
mission of nature education and
wildlife rehabilitation,
631-979-6344, sweetbriarnc.org.

Michaels preaches the metabolic truth

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s personal trainers go, Jillian Michaels of The Biggest Loser is

the biggest winner: With an expansive line of books, DVDs,
podcasts, video game workouts and more, she seems the
epitome of her company name, Empowered Media.

Add to this an unexpected ancillary:

a motivational speaking tour, Maximize Your Life, with a stop Sunday
afternoon at NYCB Theatre at Westbury.
Michaels, 39, came to prominence in
2004 on the debut season of the NBC
weight-loss competition. Shes twice left
and returned, most recently completing
the 14th edition in March. Her fiery
coaching style made her stand out as a
reality-TV star, yet branded her, as she
ruefully put it, crazy yelly girl.
She became a mom twice in one
week last spring, when a

long-planned adoption of a daughter

came through within days of her
partner, Heidi Rhoades, giving birth
to a son. In a phone interview, a
chuckling Michaels assures she is not
a crazy yelly mom.
Maximizing ones life sounds complicated. And do you need to wear sweatpants
for it?
No, no. Although I did think it would
be fun to put people through a workout;
its a stadium [type of setting], so its not
possible. Wear comfortable clothes and
settle in, and just prepare to be engaged.

Jillian Michaels

WHEN | WHERE 3 p.m. Sunday,

NYCB Theatre at Westbury
INFO 516-334-0800,
thetheatreatwestbury.com
ADMISSION $39.50-$59.50

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Learning how to shift your thought
process from impulse to reason. Learning the information so that when you
make deliberate and specific choices to
pursue your goal, youll have positive
and powerful results, because action
without information is dangerous and
detrimental.
You have your regimen for weight loss,
but dont different diet and nutrition
programs work differently for different
people?
Thats not actually true. The reality is
there are universal rules that apply. Its
about calorie control and food quality.

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How much of your Biggest Loser

persona is your natural self?
Interesting. So were talking
about the screaming? This season,
out of 13 episodes, I only raised my
voice three times. People form an
opinion based on a promo[tional
TV spot] cut by an editor trying to
cause a scandal to get people to
tune in.
You dont see the reason why I
do what I do. When Im trying to
help somebody transform their life,
I have a toolbox, and there are
certain tools that work on certain
problems . . . and Im on a time
frame. It isnt as though youve
given me a client and said, OK,
you have a year to help this person
realize their potential and capability.
OK, Ive tried the wrench, Ive
tried the screwdriver, Ive tried the
drill, nothings working. Now, Im
going to try the hammer.