What brought me back......

  April 8th, 2013 I came home from work early and decided to bleach and dye my fro a sexy red. While

waiting for the bleach to work it's magic I nonchalantly pulled out the scale and weighed myself for shits and giggles. My lovely weight watchers scale informed me that I weighed 289.8 pounds. I looked, shrugged and put the scale back in the closet. Yes that's all I did. I didn't get appalled, angry or even shocked. I continued to bleach and dye my hair. I was in a hurry to meet my family at Texas Roadhouse. *sigh*

  Six days later my five year relationship had come to a much needed, but abrupt halt. Leaving me in a new city, alone, and in anguish. I couldn't eat. Couldn't think straight. Could barely function, then days later I had my wisdom tooth pulled. So still no eating. I don't think I ate more than 500 calories a day for 10 days. I'm not condoning this behavior. I'm just telling you where I was at. I got on the scale and realized I was 269. Yes twenty pounds down in less than two weeks. That 269 lit a fire under me. It was possible to lose weight. I was NOT destined to be the fat girl forever. And from that point I've been back on my journey every since.

 I work out daily. Even if it's only a one mile walk and twenty crunches. Eating is difficult and the scale goes up and down, but I'm committed to a new me. This body is not a prison. As of today I weigh in at 247.1. My monthly goal is 235 by October 1st. I won't give up if I mke it or not. This isn't temporary. This is MY life.

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I havent blogged here in over a year. Does that make me a horrible person???? Kinda It means many things. If I have a blog about weight loss...and all I'm doing is gaining weight then it really defeats the purpose to keep writing now doesn't it? Did I absolutely give up within that time? No. I restarted the journey countless times. But I didnt bother to restart with you guys. My wonderful internet support system. So we will be giving this another shot. The rekindling of.....The Royal Transformation.

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So in my last blog entry I expressed just how much I LOVE being at the gym. Moreso than just being there nothing makes me feel better than a great workout. Well Sunday I stretched myself a little farther than I would have liked and decided to put my 255 lb. body to a running test. I DID it I ran/ jogged at a 4.9 speed for 20 minutes! I still feel great about it. However, and there is ALWAYS a however. The statement about larger people not running due to heavy impact on joints is NOT A FALLACY PEOPLE! I am in sooo much pain. My right knee has been throbbing since tuesday and I haven't been to the gym since. I wish my gym had a pool so I could get my water aerobics on at the very least. I have to tell myself this is just one mediocre and very minor setback in a journey to a healthy lifestyle. Well with every negative I must give a positive. Yesterday I headr the cooks in the back speaking in spanish and intently looking at me. They were talking about how much weight I lost and how good I look. It made me proud that the people I spend most of my days with are acknowledging the changes I am making. I love it when others see my hard work. Well enough for now time to hit the J-O-B!