GRRRRRRRR!!!

congrats on losing a pant size..thats wonderful. the scale does not always give us complete results. You have lost 1% of body fat..that is an accomplishment and should be celebrated. Look at it this way..you are trying to change your life. You did not gain weight over a day nor are you going to lose it that way.... as you said slow and steady wins the race . Just think with your ambition and drive in a few months you will be looking better than ever!!!! keep it up girl and make it a life style!!!!

Scales are the :devil: Spawn..

roflmao! :laugh:
Well put girlfriend!!
:flowerforyou:

Clearly Curves is throwing you a 'curve' with their faulty equipment and inadequately trained staff. As you say, your scale might not be state of the art, but it's going to show you pretty consistantly what has been happening with yourself. Plus the undeniable pants size thing. Sounds like success to me!

I've got a 12 dollar scale, but have been hinting for a nice digital one for Xmas. I wonder what nasty surprises will be in store for me? I do not doubt the downward trend my cheapie has been informing me of, but I may possibly weigh much diffrently than I thought, maybe more or less.

Oh well, it's all just numbers, right? The important thing is how you feel and how you feel you look.

Well Kristi,
I happen to KNOW that you are not the first, OR the LAST lady that Curves has had WAY off measurements.
I do not know if it is lack of training, or if it is a sales thing where they try to sign you up for more because the progress is not as much as it should be. the
"SEE, you ARE making progress, but you still have a ways to go. So in order to do that...you have to buy more sessions!"
At another Weight-loss place (That I will not mention.) it is called the. "IF SHE CRIES, SHE BUYS" method. :explode:
I am a firm believer in the "do it yourself" method of weigh ins.
I want to see with my own eyes what I have done and be able to monitor it myself.
I want to know HOW to do it. So I can measure myself when I see fit.
And gage my process from there.
I went to GNC and picked up a pair of body fat calipers, the lady that was there even showed me how to use them. :happy:
Which just might be me, but after a lot of experience with gyms trying to SELL me something on a fear tactic, :mad:
I no longer wish to have them touch me.
It is fine for them to show me how a machine works or tell me if they think one of the things that I am doing could be done better.
Of course I am sure that all gyms are NOT this way at all and I will say that I have found a gym that I LOVE and will go to for life at our local Community College. THEY are not trying to SELL me anything!
They remember who I am and call me by name. They are always available for advice JUST LIKE YOU ALL ARE! :bigsmile: And this is the part I LOVE!
There are REAL people there. Not the super buff guy or the overly bubbly squeaky aerobics instructor girl.
Again, this might just be me.
But I digress.
I would trust the scale at home and the fact that you have lost a whole dress size LONG before I would trust the girl at Curves.
--Diann...

I hate to be the one to bare bad news...however the fitness industry does not have a big brother.

I have managed multiple healthy clubs and have been trainin for 5 years...and many places like Curves dont train their individuals...and their personnel are not paid well which means they don't have the motivation to educate themselves to help you.

I would invest in a scale you can trust...and stick to weighing on ONE scale. Get someone you feel comfortable with and have them do your measurements...and make sure they use landmarks...so the measurments are done in the exact same spont the next time.

Unfortunately for those who want help...if the professional they are using is not careful...their statistics they feed you can make or ruin your whole day.

Keep on truckin'! You are doing wonderful. Get joyful with the loss of a pant size...and forget the silly scale.

kristy my pal,

I know I already put in my two cents. I just found some change in the bottom of my purse so I can add two more.

I originally signed up for Curves a couple months ago. After I went online and did some research, I felt that Curves wouldn't be able to be a long-term solution for me. The machines they use DO offer resistance - but it is a low level of resistance, and cannot be increased. Fortunately I live in a large city suburb so I had other choices. Contracts can be rescinded 'pain-free' for three days, so I spent two days going to other gyms and fitness centers in the area, including a local-one-gym owner, and two 'chain' gyms. (Gold's and 24 Hour Fitness).

The sign-up fee for Curves was $149 and a six month committment, meaning if I quit before, I still had to pay for the six months at $49 a month. Six months seems to be the period when most people see the best results for fixed-resistance machines like they use at Curves.

I settled on Gold's. Gold's membership is $229 and a one year committment at $65 monthly. If it was about money, maybe I would have thought Curves was better. But I wanted to make a lifetime committment. Gold's has 200+ locations nationwide I can use. They have been in business a long time, whereas several Curves in my area have recently closed. I believe Curves are franchises - but I'm not certain about that.

Golds are open from 5AM - 11PM M-F and 7-7 Sat and Sun.
The location I go to offers everything from nutrition to about 30 different classes at various times, from yoga to Pilates, Spinning, and everything in between - all included (only Pilates has an additional fee.)

They also have a locker room with showers and all products supplied (towels, shampoo, soap, conditioner, hair dryers. I can have a trainer or not. I can find a workout buddy.

They have a 'Ladies Only room' with everything you would need from balls to bikes, treadmills, ellipticals, Nautilus, cable machines, free weights, TV, music & magazines.

The rest of the gym also has tons of free weights, about 150 Nautilus machines, about 40 recumbent bikes, 40 treadmills, 30 Ellipticals, Rowing machines, 15 Stairmasters - most of the machines are either equipped with a personal TV/music system (where you choose your channels) - or are in view of a wall of TVs, set to different channels. Magazines to read while on the bikes or treadmill. Pool, Sauna, Steam Room, lounge with fireplace, social events, drinks (energy, juices, or supplements). Of course Exercise balls, mats.....really good, motivating music. It is a beautiful facility. You can do the same 'Circuit Training' that Curves offers with the beneift of all these other ameniities, and the ability to increase your resistance and incorporate free weights.

So maybe you would like a different gym as a change when your Curves membership runs out. I'm happy with the gym. Don't pay for the trainer, though. They give you a one week free trial of usage of the gym. They give you one 'Orientation' session with a trainer. See this post:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/2408-the-trouble-with-trainers

Good luck, sweetie. Yes I know I talk too much. Just ignore me

Cheryl

Here's what I do, I weigh on the digital scale at the gym, fully clothed and ready to workout, I do this every monday. Then I come home and get on the scale fully clothed and make the scale at home say exactly what the gym scale said. the first time I did this I then took all clothes off and found that with all my workout clothes and shoes on I was a full 5 lbs heavier.

It is hard, especially with large numbers to loose, and trainers are not always trained! You keep doing what you are doing, keep loosing pant sizes and feeling better and you will get the results you want!

The number on the scale is just a bonus if it ends up saying what you want it to say!