Susan was a fit and healthy child and then a fanatical bodybuilder but life happened and she became 468.1 pounds. In Confessions Of A Carb Queen by Susan Blech and co-author Caroline Bock, a resident of Old Bethpage and Susan's older sister, you are brought into her world of embarrassing moments, dating and the food she consumed on a regular basis.

The book was released in January in paperback and retails for $15.95. It is available at all major bookstores and on-line.

"I order breakfast. The deli delivers two everything bagels, toasted, with extra vegetable cream cheese, two slices of American cheese on top of the cream cheese, and a fried egg and a tomato. For a snack, I ask them to include a pint of ice cream or a bag of Milano cookies or a pound of macaroni salad. They know me. They know not to screw it up. If the bagel arrives untoasted, I'll get on the phone with them and let them have it," said Blech.

"I order lunch. I start with the pizza place. I order a pasta dish-pasta puttanesca, which is pasta with olives, capers, and anchovies with extra extra Parmesan cheese on the side. When I call the Chinese take-out they know my address by heart. The guy who always answers the phone stammers in broken English. 'Yes, yes-yes, yes, yes-we know.' Susan from Long Beach doesn't have to give her phone number or house address. I always order the same thing: chicken wings, steamed vegetable dumplings, General Tso's chicken, fried rice, and egg roll. I leave the downstairs door open and the money on my countertop for each delivery. I don't like to get up in front of deliverymen. I need to order from two places so I'll have enough to nibble on during the afternoon until it's time for dinner," she explained.

Blech decided to take back her life and lose the excess weight. She left her job, moved to North Carolina and started a new life on a restricted diet. Her family and friends wished her well hoping that this time, for the thousandth time, the diet will actually work and they will get her back. And this time it does, even with the inevitable setbacks. She learns what food really tastes like, she relishes walking to the front door without having to rest, and she regains her sense of pride.

Susan Blech gives motivational talks on weight loss and has been a featured speaker at Duke University Medical Center. She lives in New York City and is the Senior Care Coordinator at Brookdale Hospital's childhood obesity program in Brooklyn.

Blech and Bock will discuss their new weight loss memoir, Confessions of a Carb Queen at the Long Beach Library, located at 111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. The authors will be happy to sign books, but they must be purchased beforehand.

They will also be at Book Revue, 313 New York Avenue in Huntington at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11.

For more information on _the book or the authors, visit www.susanblech.com.