Curves

"LEPFAN1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi guys,

I just read the Curves book and it promotes low carb along with (their

own)

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exercise program. Has anyone tried it? I'm thinking about joining. Could

use

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some outside encouragement and maybe being with other people in the same

boat

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would help. May also make me actually exercise instead of sitting on the

couch

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looking at that Pilates tape.

Thanks,
Lori
Lori

"To the world you might be one person but to one person you just might be

the

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world" -unknown

I joined curves last year. I couldn't get into it. 1/2 hour of exercise is
not enough for me. All the weight I lost was from low carb, not Curves.

However, I recently joined a gym. Within the past 2 weeks. My body feels
firmer already and I lost another 7 lbs since I joined.

Whether Curves is for you or not , is totally personal preference, however I
need at least an hour or more of exercise 5 times a week for noticable
results.

Sheli

"LEPFAN1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi guys,

I just read the Curves book and it promotes low carb along with (their

own)

Quoted message said:

exercise program. Has anyone tried it? I'm thinking about joining. Could

use

Quoted message said:

some outside encouragement and maybe being with other people in the same

boat

Quoted message said:

would help. May also make me actually exercise instead of sitting on the

couch

Quoted message said:

looking at that Pilates tape.

Thanks,
Lori
Lori

"To the world you might be one person but to one person you just might be

the

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world" -unknown

I checked out a Curves knock-off nearby called Fitness For Women. Same
concept. I really want to join - I KNOW it would work for me! I did a
circuit years ago at a regular Bally's type gym and had such good results.
That was years before I had kids and turned into a giant egglplant! LOL! I
did a 30 min workout 3 -4 times a week and it toned me up, i lost some
weight and inches and got into a bikini in a very short amount of time!

The only reason I haven't joined is the $$. You have to join for a year to
get the 29.99 a month rate, otherwise it's about 50 a month, too steep for
me right now. I also don't know if I could leave the kids with DH 3 nights a
week, i'd feel bad :-)

You should call them and check it out, usually the places will give you at
least a free workout - if not a free 1 week trial.

Curves just opened less than a year ago in our small town. I thought about
joining, since they had a special discount for school employees at the time,
but I couldn't see spending that much money just for a 30 min. workout site
for me.

Do you have a YWCA or YMCA close by? It's more expensive, but depending on
what they have to offer, I think it's the better buy. Many of them have
childcare services, exercise classes, weight rooms, swimming pools, etc.,
plus activities and programs for the whole family. And a great place for
kids' parties, too.

We're dead broke right now or we'd join the one close to us. So, for now,
I'm out walking when I can.

--
Linda
296/205/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

"LEPFAN1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi guys,

I just read the Curves book and it promotes low carb along with (their

own)

Quoted message said:

exercise program. Has anyone tried it? I'm thinking about joining. Could

use

Quoted message said:

some outside encouragement and maybe being with other people in the same

boat

Quoted message said:

would help. May also make me actually exercise instead of sitting on the

couch

Quoted message said:

looking at that Pilates tape.

Thanks,
Lori
Lori

"To the world you might be one person but to one person you just might be

the

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world" -unknown

I pay 39 dollars a month now for a full gym with kick boxing classes, toning
classes, weights, treadmills, babysitting...everything!

Much more worth the money than curves...and I'm seeing results.

--
Sheli

Quoted message said:

Hi guys,

I just read the Curves book and it promotes low carb along with (their own)
exercise program. Has anyone tried it? I'm thinking about joining. Could use
some outside encouragement and maybe being with other people in the same boat
would help. May also make me actually exercise instead of sitting on the
couch
looking at that Pilates tape.

The best workout is one you'll do. Curves fills that niche for a lot of women
that can't / won't spend hours at the gym. And it's an excellent workout IF
done correctly. And that's it's main downfall. Hydraulic resistance machines
are controlled entirely by you. If you don't push it hard, it won't push you
hard, if you know what I mean. Plenty of women go there, bounce around on the
rest stations, work the machines in a completely half-assed manner, and think
they are "working out". (and then, of course, wonder why they aren't getting
results down the road)

LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/171/140
& hubby- 6' 310/190/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

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That was years before I had kids and turned into a giant egglplant!

I took that to mean that you're purple? Cool!

Yvonne

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Dropped 21 wrote:
That was years before I had kids and turned into a giant egglplant!

I took that to mean that you're purple? Cool!

Yvonne

i only turn purple when the kids drive me nute - otherwise I was just shaped
like an eggplant....or Grimace if that's a better visual!

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Dropped 21 wrote:
That was years before I had kids and turned into a giant egglplant!

I took that to mean that you're purple? Cool!

Yvonne

i only turn purple when the kids drive me nute - otherwise I was just shaped
like an eggplant....or Grimace if that's a better visual!