Who belongs to Curves?

[TINKTWINS]

I just joined and im curious about any thoughts on it and I'd love to hear some success stories. Its new to our area, so I havent met anyone yet who has some great stories.

Thanks

 

[kejoda]

You'll find your answers here on the wish board.

http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=59

Hope it works for you.

 

[Cthia]

You should go visit the WISH boards. There are a lot of people over there that belong to Curves, me included, that can answer your question.

 

[TINKTWINS]

Thanks Ill look again. I scanned the Wish board first before I posted, but didnt catch anything on Curves, Im going now to look again!!

 

[Hnymoon@Dixie]

I've never been on the "wish board" but I go! I've been going for 3 months now & have lost 23 pounds! Very happy! Its fun! My best friend has been going for a year & has lost 58!

 

[TINKTWINS]

That is awesome

Congrats to you!!!

And your friend.

Are you dieting at the same time?

 

[peg2001]

My sister belongs and is hounding me to join. Here's an interesting magazine article on the company:

http://www.curvesinternational.com/images/media/Time_Mag.pdf

Peggy

 

[Hnymoon@Dixie]

Originally posted by TINKTWINS
That is awesome

Congrats to you!!!

And your friend.

Are you dieting at the same time?

Well, she looks soo good I had to start so she wouldn't show me up!!!!!

We chat on the phone about it but I wouldn't say we're doing it together. I'm just a big copy cat!

 

[Sharon A.]

I almost signed up for Curves until I saw that they didn't have any childcare available. Seems kind of strange for a workout place geared to women. When I asked about it, the receptionist said, "Well, the workouts are only 30 minutes." Oh well if it's only 30 minutes, I'll just leave my kids in the car then.

 

[lisajl]

I almost signed up for Curves until I saw that they didn't have any childcare available

This comment made me smile!

They want women to have 30 minutes to themselves. It is very nice, but if you don't have a relative living close to you, it makes it difficult.

I think they just don't want to pay the insurance in case your kid gets hurt at their facility!

I go to Curves and love it....of course my kids are 17, 9 and 6 and the 17 year old watches the other two for me....


Lisa

 

[dvcfamily41801]

My mom and I just had our first workout tonight! I loved it. It will work perfect for me, we plan on going at 7am and I can still be to work by 9. I just hope there is never a wait at 7!!

I will let you know tomorrow how my muscles feel LOL!!

 

[DixieDreamer]

I have been a member since May 8th and enjoyed some great results... LOTS OF inches lost. Won't bore you with all the details - but it definitely is reshaping my body along with the weight loss I have been enjoying for some time now from eating low carb (almost a year now and I am NEVER going back!).

 

[TINKTWINS]

Im in week 2 now. I really like it. It would be perfect if they did have child care! Id go every day if they did!. It is hard to sneak out when you have little ones. Ive got to go early in the am before my DD wakes up, she is getting really clingy whenever I leave the house.

Im glad to hear your succeses. Im considering trying low carb, but on my own, just cutting back. When I tried Atkins before I almost ate one of my kids!! It was really hard for me, and as im reading labels and checking the carb levels, ive come to realize this is where my weight gain comes from, I eat way to many, Im not a big red meat or veggie eater.

 

[JESW]

Love it!

I haven't had the major weight loss that others have had but I do feel firmer (more firm?). I hope to go tonight. Which one in MA do you go to - I go to Franklin.

I think it would be tough for them to have child care since everyone's time there is different. Lots of Mom's go after they drop their kids off at school. And then after work hours would be busy too. They could hire child care providers and they may spend half of the day with no children. ???

Jill

ps. HnymoonDixie - congrats on the weight loss! Did you do anything else beside curves to lose it? Are you on a specific eating plan?

 

[tigercat]

I went for a trial run and found that I couldn't use several of the machines. Now don't laugh but being 4' 8" tall trying to get on some of the machines was difficult, one machine I couldn't even do, another one wouldn't give me the resistance because my legs didn't reach very far and another one I couldn't get off of it because of the position it is (I couldn't reach the floor so I could have leverage). It sounded like a wonderful idea though and I was disappointed when it didn't work out.
tigercat

 

[nuke]

I've been going to Curves since the end of January.

My Curves has a large membership so we have 12 machines and do the circuit twice. With that and the stretching, my workout is exactly 30 minutes. I try to go at least 3 times a week, but with work and no pre-school this summer it is hard.

When my son goes to kindergarten in the fall, I will be back to 4-5 times a week. I love it!

 

[TINKTWINS]

Jesw I go in Everett.

Tigercat, didnt they have the cushions with the machines you could use? My friend that goes with me is of smaller size, she needs to use the extra cushion.

 

[tigercat]

They did have 2 cushions for the group and others needed them as well so I had to run and get the cushions when I needed them. Also, even with the cushions some machines just were not available to me. By the time I got the cushions on, got on the machine I would be able to do about 2 reps and the music would change and I would have to try and get off. So between getting on and off, cushions and running back and forth to get them I just wasn't getting any kind of a workout. It was very frustrating for me as I also tried the local gym and even the personal trainer that was there got frustrated with making sure I was going to get a good workout on the different machines because there were so many that just didn't work. I do have a 10 visit workout to the new local women's gym so I'll have to see if that works. Although, I won't really be able to join that one because it is so expensive.
tigercat