Random Ramblings.......

I have sooooo many things to talk about it's just ridiculous! Not quite sure where to start so I think I'll just ramble. Excuse my lack of focus this can get messy, but....you'll get the point!

Weight Loss

*I love to exercise. I love to walk, jog, run (for very short times of course on the running) and anything movement related, my biggest issue is FOOD! FOOD! Oh what a great friend and dirty dirty foe!

My weight fluctuates soooo much sometimes I wonder if I will ever get control of this situation

I absolutely love strength training I am ridiculously in love with my resistance bands I don't know how I have lived this long without them

According to Oxygen Magazine weight loss is 70% diet......so I'm doing a great job 30% of the time

Weight loss is NOTan easy task! Every meal, every activity, every day is a moment to ask yourself: "In the face of adversity can I make a decision that helps myself get to my goal?" and even when you fail with that one meal, or activity, or day you still keep pressing towards the goal!

Hair


I have not always loved my hair, actually I'm just learning now at the age of 28 to slightly like it

Anytime you see long luxurious flowing raven locks on me, it's probably a wig or weave...actually it is a wig! If it's not I'll tell you...don't hold your breath waiting for me to tell you it's not LOL!

I am learning so much about the care of my own hair from my wonderful free-flowing girls at Hairlista feel free to join ladies it's such a great learning experience!

I will display my hair from time to time (perhaps weekly) as I keep you abreast of my hair growing and strengthening journey

I will also be posting my hair care regimen very very soon. I will be reviewing products and tell you what is and isn't working for this princess

Make-up/Skin Care


I consider myself to be a princess I like make-up, and all things girly I like to try new products, new looks, and questions what products have the most...dare I say it.. "bang for their buck". After all my bucks can't be used on just any crappy product that doesn't give results...and I mean GREAT results. After all isn't the sole purpose to look AND feel fabulous!

I do not consider myself to be a beauty expert just a barbie/princess that wants to look great at the drop of a hat and doesn't want to spend every dime I make doing so....this also includes a dab of plus size fashion. *wink*

Allow me to reintroduce myself.......

It's been an unnecessary amount of time since I've been seen in these parts, so I feel obligated to explain what "The Royal Transformation" is about. This started in January as the world's window into my highs, lows, and struggles with healthy living, eating, and weight loss. Now it has become much more than that. It is now my home of ramblings about weight loss, healthy living, hair, make-up, nails, self-esteem, healthy body image, self-love, and all things dealing with a glowing mind, body, and soul.

So many people gauge their love for themselves on this, that, or the other. I've heard many people say "I'd be perfect if I could lose 50 pounds" or "If I could stop my skin from breaking out I'd be pretty". Why can't you be pretty as you are? The world has a tendency to make people (women in particular) feel as if they have to attain a goal to be great. I love myself! All 250 pounds, five feet, and four inches. I love every lump, curve, dip, crevice, and wrinkle. Somewhere down the line with this blog I hope you learn to do the same. We all have our issues like my love/hate relationship with my hair's out of control thickness, yet slow growth to my love of all things girly, pink and make-up related. Together we will try different products, regimens, stores, exercises, and brands. Together we will find what works for us, so that our best healthy, beautiful version of ourselves shines through. So enough talk let's begin......the transformation.

...and where the heck have you been???

I know, I know bad bad blogger! I never meant to stay gone so long. I'm not quite sure what I was thinking. I decided to cut my trainer, and gym membership due to a hard financial slump, and made myself believe that I could live without internet too! That was just wrong on my part. I missed my blog something awful! Never again I promise *pinkie swear* !

Well I'm sure you're asking....how has the weight loss been going so far? Ummmm not well...but it's still going! I have days when my eating habits are great and my desire to jog 2 miles in the park is at it's highest, and then there are the days that I only leave the house to go around the corner to the local bar for a pizza burger. Yes, a pizza burger. Work in progress I say. Never give up. One thing that always helped this journey was my blogging. Maybe just maybe the support of my internet masters and mavens will get me back up to speed! Have a great friday!

Being accountable......

My shoot totally threw me off balance. I haven't blogged since last thursday and I'm truly sorry for that, but most importantly it threw off my good eating habits. While running around last Thursday prepping I realized when I hit the pillow I hadn't even eaten 900 calories that day. The day of the shoot, Friday (which went phenomenal by the way) I ate a total of 800 calories. Saturday was more like 1000, Sunday was a little over 900 and Monday through Wednesday was some ridiculous amount as if I tried to compensate for under feeding myself over the weekend. *SMH* I think I have it together...finally. I hate it when I lose focus. Though I have no problem admitting it. Yes I guess thats the biggest lesson. Not wallowing in the old adage of oh I screwed up I will never get this right. It' a journey....and theses are just small steps on the trip.

Fit for a Princess......

Wow these past few days have been a little nerve wrecking. If you've been following me for a while you know my first photoshoot is tomorrow and I am so nervous/anxious/excited/happy. I have also been running around trying to get all my necessities for the shoot at as low prices as possible. I also did a few things very last minute so I'm glad everything worked out. I was still completeing my second look with my friend at the mall yesterday when I stumbled upon this beauty.....OMG does this shoe fit my persona!!!! I have dubbed it the princess shoe and it has no choice but to be the focal point for which outfit I picked yesterday LOL! Luckily I realized I had an outfit at home that was just calling on these shoes and the right accessories. When I walk in my closet and see them it brightens up everything. I love these babies...just had to tell the world.

A ramble: Life as the Big girl.....

I will never put myself down. I know that there are thousands if not millions of people in the world lobbying for that position so I will be my head cheerleader instead. While cruising around the blogosphere I read some interesting points and started thinking. On this rode of life I have spent most if not all of it overweight so I have lots of experience in big girl life. This didn't happen after a crazy breakup (actually I tend to lose weight after break-ups), or after giving birth (I've never had that pleasure) it's just been a long process.

My mom was a generally healthy woman in her younger age. All five feet one inch of her was a high school basketball star, but my mom was never a skinny girl. I can't ever look at a picture of her and say, "Yeah that skinny woman is my mom". So the birth of her first and only child brought on a weight gain, but nothing that threw her off her pivot now she's just as healthy (weight-wise) as she was when she graduated in 1969. Now it's her 27 year old daughter she's worried about.

The only problem with that is I have never been worried. I never felt as though I didn't live a full, happy and productive life. I dated....great guys, and not-so-great guys. I learned, I laughed and had fun. I have never felt as if my life was any less than that of a girl that was a size six. As a matter of fact as a waitress I am one of the heaviest girls on our staff. I am one of the fastest and the most efficient. That has lead me to being one of the best servers in the restaurant, as well as taking a part-time management position. I surround myself with my size 4 employees all day and hear their insecurities that aren't too different from mine. Sure I have had my share of experiences that they'd never had. But no one's life is the same.

I have a great family, a cute apartment, a job, good friends, likes, dislikes, triumphs, and tragedies. No I have never worn a bikini, but I have one numerous pageants, no I have never had a boyfriend pick me up and spin me around, but I have had one profess their love with 100 pink, white, and red balloons. We all have different lives, but my size has never made mine any different. So whatever your size is know that when this life is over and you look back on how you have lived the perfect reaction should be..."dammit that was fun". So far that's how I feel and even though I'm in the process of making a far healthier me..the body I'm living this life in wouldn't be traded for the world.

7/13/09

I'm a girl that likes adventure I get bored easily and boredom has talked me into some really really really dumb things. So when it comes to my workouts I try very very hard to keep boredom at bay. My current solution??? Using random and switching my speed intervals on the elliptical and the treadmill. Today I woke up pretty late for my workout and I didn't really get to the gym till about 9:45am! I didn't feel like strength training and since my trainer was busy with other clients I figured I could get on the treadmill furthest in the corner and do my thing unnoticed. Once a got on I was feeling a little more than brave. I hit a couple of magical buttons and lo and behold I began a 45 minute trek that had moderate speeds and intense varying inclines. What kinda damage did I do in my 45 minutes you ask??? 512 calories and I'm pretty freaking proud!

Breakfast: Yoplait light yogurt in Strawberry Banana and a large peach
Lunch: Qdoba Mango Salsa Chicken Salad
Snack: Green Monster incl. 1 c. spinach 1/2 banana, 1/2 tsp. flax seed, 1/2c. original almond breeze, and ice
Dinner: 4 oz. Tilapia 1 c. brocolli and a side salad
Snack: 1 c. green grapes and a Snicker's Marathon Nutrition Bar in Dark Chocolate Crunch