anyone doing the Curves "smart" program?

[carmie3377]

I've been a member of Curves for a while now. The first time I was a member, I lost weight really fast - 158 to 131lbs in 4 months. I kept it off for two years until I got pregnant and the weight came on again. I joined Curves again and haven't done so well. I started out at about 160 and here I am a year and a half later stuck at 150. Now, I haven't been loyal to my exercise or diet. For a couple of months or so, I'll do great, then slack off. I know that when I get to my goal weight of 135 I'll feel better about myself and stick to the routine, like I did the first time. Our Curves started the Curves Smart last fall I wasn't going to do the Curves Smart because I thought i could do it on my own. However, one of the trainers suggested that I use her "key" (or what ever it is called) so I could give it a try. It kicked my butt! I was huffing and puffing like crazy when I was done. I went ahead and signed up for it and now I just hope it helps. Has anyone had success on it when they weren't getting the results from regular Curves?

 

[NWPrincess]

My mom is a Curves member and explained the smart program. It seems like you could just use a heart rate chest monitor? It seems to do almost the same thing...

 

[jamstew]

I've been a member of Curves for a while now. The first time I was a member, I lost weight really fast - 158 to 131lbs in 4 months. I kept it off for two years until I got pregnant and the weight came on again. I joined Curves again and haven't done so well. I started out at about 160 and here I am a year and a half later stuck at 150. Now, I haven't been loyal to my exercise or diet. For a couple of months or so, I'll do great, then slack off. I know that when I get to my goal weight of 135 I'll feel better about myself and stick to the routine, like I did the first time. Our Curves started the Curves Smart last fall I wasn't going to do the Curves Smart because I thought i could do it on my own. However, one of the trainers suggested that I use her "key" (or what ever it is called) so I could give it a try. It kicked my butt! I was huffing and puffing like crazy when I was done. I went ahead and signed up for it and now I just hope it helps. Has anyone had success on it when they weren't getting the results from regular Curves?

Although CurvesSmart is a whole lot tougher workout than regular Curves, when you used the trainer's CurvesSmart card, you were doing a workout tailored for her, not you Your card will be set for your strength level.

I joined Curves the first of March (also started Nutrisystem at the same time), and went into CurvesSmart after the first week or two. I've lost 22 pounds in a little over 3 months, which is excellent considering that I spent 10 days at Disney during that time and then had bronchial pneumonia for 3 weeks and couldn't work out at all. I just started back this week, but I'm not using my CurvesSmart card until I get my strength back up. With CurvesSmart, I burn between 325-350 calories. I'm 62 years old and have low metabolsim, and there's no way I can lose weight with exercise only--I have to eat right, too. Even at Disney, when I didn't have my Nutrisystem food available, I was very careful about what I ate and managed to lose 2 pounds while I was there. I'm sure that walking 60 miles helped some

 

[jamstew]

My mom is a Curves member and explained the smart program. It seems like you could just use a heart rate chest monitor? It seems to do almost the same thing...

You also get resistance on the Curves machines. If you're going strictly for cardio, a monitor would work, but if you want to lose weight, you need more than just cardio.

 

[carmie3377]

Although CurvesSmart is a whole lot tougher workout than regular Curves, when you used the trainer's CurvesSmart card, you were doing a workout tailored for her, not you Your card will be set for your strength level.

I was just using hers to get an idea of how it worked. The first couple of days on my card were pretty tough too. It has gotten easier though.

I joined Curves the first of March (also started Nutrisystem at the same time), and went into CurvesSmart after the first week or two. I've lost 22 pounds in a little over 3 months, which is excellent considering that I spent 10 days at Disney during that time and then had bronchial pneumonia for 3 weeks and couldn't work out at all. I just started back this week, but I'm not using my CurvesSmart card until I get my strength back up. With CurvesSmart, I burn between 325-350 calories. I'm 62 years old and have low metabolsim, and there's no way I can lose weight with exercise only--I have to eat right, too. Even at Disney, when I didn't have my Nutrisystem food available, I was very careful about what I ate and managed to lose 2 pounds while I was there. I'm sure that walking 60 miles helped some

Congrats on your success. When I went back to Curves after my son was born, I did Nutrisystem too. I lost 9 pounds the first month, but then got lazy on both sides, exercise and eating right. Anyway, I think I'm on the right track again. I weighed myself (on the Curves scales) at the 2 1/2 week mark and was disappointed to have only lost 1.2 pounds. The trainer did the body fat analysis on me and it stated that I had lost 4 pounds of body fat, which was 3.2%. Plus, my clothes are getting looser on me. So although I haven't been happy about the scales, I know that there is more to it than that. I must have gained more muscle to have lost only 1.2 pounds per the scale but 4 pounds of body fat. So overall, I am happy.

I go for my one month early next week, so I'm hoping for great results. I'll post when I do.