I’m so tired of people assuming that if you’re overweight, you can’t move or exercise. I’m in the gym 3-4 times a week and I know a lot of other Plus Size Princesses are too, so lets meet up and do a high intensity workout together My next FREE event, “Cardio & Curvy Conversations” is happening on Saturday, October 27th from 2-4pm at New York Sports Club!

This event is open to TBGB readers of all sizes (yes, skinnies too), so feel free to sign up! We will do a 1 hour workout with my favorite trainer, Anthony Truly, followed by an interactive chat on fitness, weight loss and of course, dating.

New York Sports Club is sponsoring this #CurvyConvoNYC event and offering each attendee a 1 week pass to any NYSC in the city… they’re also letting me give away a couple of gym memberships. There are two ways to win a NYSC gym membership:

1.) Register and attend here

2.) Tweet: Want to win a New York Sports Club membership? Follow @thebiggirlblog & RT this! Click for deets —> http://ow.ly/ey9wL #CurvyConvoNYC

(of course if you do both, you double your chances to win)

Last months “Love Songs & Curvy Conversations” was sold out, if you weren’t able to make it, here’s what you missed:

Side Note: The Plus Size Princess Fitness Challenge starts next week… if you want to join us, leave your twitter handle in the comments section here

On Saturday, I hosted “Love Songs & Curvy Conversations” at Lenox Coffee. It was my first event and it was sold out!!!

I put together a few pics for those of you who missed it (click on the images to make them bigger) and I’ll have video up soon. I want to thank my sponsors for being so supportive of TheBigGirlBlog and giving away great prizes. Thank you Match.com for giving away TWO memberships… I think the winners are going to have lots of fun with that

SimplyBe is one of my favorite places to shop right now and they were kind enough to raffle TWO $100 giftcards to TBGB followers. I can’t wait to see what the winners choose, I know they’re going to look adorable!

We also got to hear from Tiffany from the Foxcroft collection (she’s wearing a foxcroft denim shirt that comes in plussize! You can see me wearing it here), Foxcroft gave away three shirts to facebook followers and attendees who spoke up and shared their stories.

The best part of the evening was meeting my Plus Size Princesses, I feel like I know you all from your comments/tweets/emails but being able to hug each of you and hear your stories meant a lot to me. (Special shout out to Nora who drove all the way from Connecticut! And to the Mom & sis from Saint Lucia who were visiting and hung out with us xoxo)

I could not have done this without Alex Lawrence, my pianist and best friend (I’ve known him since the 2nd grade!!) finding friends who will stand by you and support you 100% is rare these days, I love him so much- follow him on twitter @alexlawrens.

Speaking of supportive friends, I was glad that my friend Ms. Kathryn Finney was able to come too, she is so busy but she made time for me! I also had blogger buddies in the building, Alyssa from StylishCurves and Shaina from aThickGirlsCloset both came out and we all kinda matched in our color scheme… werk!

You can see more pics from #CurvyConvoNYC on my facebook page.

Lastly, I want to announce that my next event, “Cardio & Curvy Conversations” will be held at New York Sports Club on October 27th! Want to come workout with me? Register here!

I just got an alert that “Love Songs & Curvy Conversations” is completely sold out!

First of all, thanks to everyone who registered for this event. I’m really looking forward to meeting all of you and I’ve been working hard to make sure we all have a fun evening on Saturday. For those of you who are registered, it will be a great chance for meeting other PSPs and Bloggers. So make sure you bring business cards! You can get some easily from sites like UPrinting business cards so that you can keep in touch via email/twitter with the NYC PSP’s that you meet.

If you weren’t able to register you can still be a part of it by following @thebiggirlblog and the #curvyconvoNYC hashtag from 6:30-8:30pm EST.

Lastly my amazing sponsors: match.com, simplybe.com and The Foxcroft Collection are running giveaways with me at the event AND ONLINE. You can win via facebook and Twitter

To win a match.com subscription, tweet:
Want to win a Match.com Subscription? Follow @thebiggirlblog & @match then RT this message! http://su.pr/2hINMD #CurvyConvoNYC

To win a $100 gift card to SimplyBe.com tweet:
Giveaway Alert! Follow @thebiggirlblog & @SimplyBeUSA to win a $100 gift card (RT to enter) Details —>http://su.pr/2hINMD #CurvyConvoNYC

and for my facebook followers, to win a shirt from Foxcroft:
“Like” them here and leave a note on their wall saying “I read The Big Girl Blog & I’d love to win a shirt!”

Click here for more info and I’ll see you all tomorrow in- person or on twitter

Thanks for supporting TBGB!

xoxo

TBGB’s first meet-up is this Saturday (9/29) at 6:30! “Love Songs & Curvy Conversations”, will be an evening of live music (provided by me) and an in-person chat on Dating, Fashion and Fitness. This free event is open to everyone (even if you’re not a Plus Size Princess), so be sure to register here as we’re almost at capacity!

Love Songs & Curvy Conversations is being sponsored by Match.com, , SimplyBe.com and the Foxcroft Collection. Here’s what I’m giving away:

• 2 subscriptions to Match.com, one of the most popular dating sites around
• 2 $100 gift cards to SimplyBe.com, gorgeous plus size clothing (size 10-28)
• 3 tailored shirts from the Foxcroft Collection, beautifully tailored shirts (size 4-24W)

All attendees will be entered to win each prize and for those of you who aren’t able to come, you can enter to win via twitter/facebook… rules to do that are below!

To win a match.com subscription, tweet:
Want to win a Match.com Subscription? Follow @thebiggirlblog & @match then RT this message! http://su.pr/2hINMD #CurvyConvoNYC

To win a $100 gift card to SimplyBe.com tweet:
Giveaway Alert! Follow @thebiggirlblog & @SimplyBeUSA to win a $100 gift card (RT to enter) Details —>http://su.pr/2hINMD #CurvyConvoNYC

and for my facebook followers, to win a shirt from Foxcroft:
“Like” them here and leave a note on their wall saying “I read The Big Girl Blog & I’d love to win a shirt!”

I know not everyone lives in NYC, so “Love Songs & Curvy Conversations” will be live-tweeted, just follow @thebiggirlblog and the #CurvyConvoNYC hashtag beginning at 6:30 on Saturday.

I’m so excited to host my first meet up in NYC!

“Love Songs & Curvy Conversations” will be a fun evening of live music (provided by me) and an in-person chat about dating, dressing and losing weight as a Plus Size Princesses.

Have questions you’ve always wanted to ask me? Want to meet other TBGB readers? This is the place to be!

…Oh, and there will be giveaways

Sign up for the event by clicking the button below:

See you there!

P.S. Everyone is welcome to attend, so bring your skinny friends too!

Yesterday I attended a lunch with some of my blogger pals, to take a peek at what SimplyBe.com has in store for the fall.

For those of you who don’t know, SimplyBe is a European brand that is branching into the US market (they’re also available in Germany). Their clothes range from sizes 10-28 which I love, because Plus Size Princesses on both ends of the spectrum can find things that fit.

Here are a few of the things I really liked from the preview. I’ll be placing orders soon so I can tell you how everything fits!

P.S. that little heart detail is the elbow patch on the gray sweater… so cute, right?