Any other Curves for women members here?

[CathyCanada]

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[Mrs. Potato Head]

Good luck, Cathy! I am sure you will do well! Let us know!!!

Carol, I am so envious! It is 14 degrees here today. Anything would be better than this bitter cold! I added some carbs today and I feel like I have cheated! I still only had 43 total grams. I am allowed up to 60.

This has become quite a popular thread, hasn't it!!!

 

[poohraedopey]

Hi everyone I was thinking of joining curves in abotu a month AFTER my trip cant afford it right now and need to work out TIMING with the hubby anyways! LOL! I just found out that ivillage the womens network now has a curves message board if anyone is interested in finding more support there..... http://boards1.ivillage.com/messages/get/fbcurves3.html

Hoping to be able to join you all soon!

I've been losing weight on my own since March 2000 and been up and down in that time. I had a gym but we didnt renew and I gained about half of what I had lost back so I am hoping to join curves and relose what i gained and then some!

 

[Felicia]

Well this is the start of week 3 for me! Last week I was home with the kids and the flu, so I didn't get to work out I was there last night though and made up for it - sweating the pounds and inches away! I won't be going tonight, but will be there tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration. You all are doing great!!

 

[CathyCanada]

Welcome to our thread poohraedopey!!
And Felicia, glad to hear that you are back at it!!

And I can now say WOOOOOHHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I lost 3.5 lbs and a total of 3.5" too!! I gained 1/4" on my arms and calves but I think that is just the change to muscle, I can feel a difference. I was preparing myself for the worst, but was pleasantly surprised!
Been twice this week and shooting for at least once more!
CC

 

[Mrs. Potato Head]

WAY TO GO, CATHY!!!!!

 

[danicaw]

I havent gone for almost 2 weeks.
I think (an hubby agrees) that I pulled a muscle in my oblique area - hard to discribe (I am sitting here trying to show you guys...its right here on the side, see! ). So I have taken some time off from Curves, since I am not sure what I did and what has been upsetting it.
I am doing 45 to 60 minutes of cardio at home but I really am missing Curves.
Plus my monthly weigh in is next week. Would it be nuts for me to go just for the weigh in? Hopefully by then I will not be hurting anymore.

Congrats Cathy. Way to go!
Thank you all for helping me stay motivated.

 

[CathyCanada]

Danica,
The obliques run across your abdomen (like an X I think), but I am not sure where it starts. I would go for your measuring/weigh-in and tell them where it hurts and maybe they can help you.

Good luck and good for you for working out at home!
CC

 

[Mrs. Potato Head]

Danicaw, I agree with Cathy. Go for your weigh in and talk to them! They may have some stretches, or something that will help you. I salute you for working out at home. I have such a hard time doing that! I find every excuse there is to do something else! Let us know what happens!

 

[noel]

HI....just found this thread.

I just went to a Curves in the Milwaukee area for the first time on Wednesday. My friend Tammy went Tuesday, sent me an email raving about it Wed morning at work, so I thought I'd give it a shot. WOW! I love it! We went last night too and are planning on going Sat morning as well.

Until about 5 years ago I was always a size 4-6. Now I'm only finding clothes at Lane Bryant and in the plus size areas of department stores. I'm realizing that if I don't do something soon, even those clothes won't fit me.

For the first time in a very long time I actually am excited to work out and look foward to it. Best of all I KNOW I can stay committed to this. I'll be formally joining next week, but am enjoying the free 1 week trial.

I'll keep you all updated on my progress.

 

[CarolMN]

Welcome to the thread, noel!

danicaw - Hope you recover soon. I also think you should go. Even if you don't get weighed and measured, ask them if there is an alternative exercise you can do instead of using the oblique machine. I asked at my Curves which one of the machines was the "famous" obligue machine everyone here was talking about. The answer was that they had one, but got rid of it. Even though it wasn't so stated, I got the impression that they either had a lot of complaints (or possibly injuries from not using it correctly??).

This morning, I came in and noticed that they had rearranged the order of the machines. I was disappointed because they put my two least favorites together. UGH! Oh well, for the first time I didn't have any trouble remembering how many times I'd been around, LOL!

Our Curves is actually getting crowded - there are a few times during the day when 3 or 4 people are waiting for a station to begin their workouts. At least that's what I was told. (No problem at 6 AM so far. ) BUT, they're expanding sometime this month and adding two more machines. One will be new to us and is supposed to be good for your "butt" and the other one is the ab/back machine. We already have one of those - I like it because it really does seem to help my stomach muscles. Hopefully the expansion will all be done when I get back from vacation.

Keep up the good work, everyone. I usually reread this whole thread at least twice a week to keep me going. I might have to read it lots of times in a row when I get back from vacation to get me motivated to return.

 

[Mrs. Potato Head]

Welcome, Noel! Keep us posted! You will not regret joining!

Carol, a couple of weeks ago, our Curves, too, changed around the machine order! It really threw me off! My least two favorite are next too each other, too! The squat and the oblique. We are going to get a new machine, as soon as there are 44 more new members from referrals. So far I think that there are 18, so 26 to go. I wonder what it will be!

I wish that ours opened at 6 a.m.! We don't open until 7:30, so I have to wait until my DD gets on the bus at 8:00. If they were open at 6, I could go and be home before my DS leaves for school. That would be great, but it won't happen! They did open at 8:30 and just moved it up to 7:30. I think 6 would be pushing it!

 

[danicaw]

Thanks you guys for the encouragement.
I think I will go for my weigh in and talk with them about this crazy pain.

Our location is getting crowded too. I havent had to wait yet, and hope it doesnt come to that since I usually and on a schedule . We changed order when we added the new machine. Boy did it throw me the first day.

Welcome Noel!

 

[TnRobin]

Okay, you have me intrigued. I have an appointment at 4:00.


Please tell me this won't be one of those high pressure, you need to sign up for two years to get this extra special secret discount type sales pitch.. I just want to try the work out for a few months - not sign my life away.

 

[danicaw]

Robin, you will get a % off your annual dues if you pay upfront for the year.
I told them that although I liked the workout, I wasn't going to invent money until I had talked to my husband about it. I took the weekend to do that and returned on the following monday to join. They didn't hassle me about wanting some time.

I hope you appointment goes well. Enjoy and let us know what you think.

 

[TnRobin]

We I did it. Since we are planning on moving in the (hopefully) near future and there is not a location within 20 miles of my new house, I have signed up for the quarterly. They tell me there has been talk about adding a location in our new town.

I start on Monday after work. Like CC, they were shocked when I told them where I found out about it. The owner want to know if you guys would mind having some of this post displayed on the wall??

 

[CathyCanada]

I'm cool with that Robin. Isn't the internet wonderful??
Cathy

 

[Pooh93]

That's fine with me TnRobin. I went again this morning. I've been still averaging 4x a week. I really like it as I think it has really helped my stress level, plus the combinations of it and WW is starting to give me results. Three cheers for CURVES!!!

 

[CathyCanada]

And 3 cheers for YOU Laurie!! 4 times a week!! I want to work up to that, but haven't been able to discipline myself yet.
Good for you!
CC

 

[Pooh93]

Thanks CC! I hope I can keep this pace up! I'm ready for the weather to turn nice and stay nice so I can start walking outside again, too!