CURVES for Women Members?

Grammymax,
YES!!! I'd love an online Curves workout buddy! :happy:
I've been a member for a little more than 2 years and haven't managed to lose much weight, but definitely have more strength, endurance and flexibility. I was doing really great last spring/summer, then my husband came back from 5 months in Iraq and the pounds just crept back to pre-deployment weight and then 5 more (((:sad: I'm determined to get rid of ALL the excess pounds and keep them off - it was a real shock to have to buy new work pants because my old ones were too tight in the waist!
I feel much better about myself at 120, just trying not to get discouraged because it's such a SLOW journey!
I usually hit Curves M-W-F and try to walk 3-4 miles on T-TH nights now that the weather's warming up. Hopefully Kansas had its last snow of the season last weekend - what a blizzard!
Looking forward to chatting with you! :glasses:

129.5 pounds..........FINALLY broke the 130lb barrier this morning....... yippee!!! :happy: :bigsmile:

Now if I can just keep moving in the right direction.....
Our Curves has been closed since Friday; moving into a new location, twice as big! Can't wait to see what it looks like tonite! I expect it'll be packed since it was closed for a few days. Yes, our Curves has the Smart workout. I like it, except the random days when it increases me by 23 or some stupid number like that! That makes for a killer workout since the machines' resistance is directly tied to your PI and the increase/decrease each day. It IS nice to see how many calories burned, even if I don't agree with the number every day. Makes it easier to log the workout into the exercise here at MFP. My only complaint is that Curves doesn't really have something that works the abs more - but I have an AbRoller at home and am trying to use it for 100 crunches every other day. Skipped last night; the dog had surgery to remove a cracked tooth yesterday, so she was a big crabby last night.

Drinking enough water's not a problem for me. I have about half of a Coke Zero in the morning at work to get my minor caffiene fix, then drink 2-3 camelback bottles of water the rest of the day, plus only water at meals unless I get a lemonade at a restaurant. Having a Brita filter at home and at work makes it much easier to drink water - it never has a nasty aftertaste, and I'm not putting plastic bottles into landfills!
Well, I really ought to get some work done........ have a good day, and keep drinking that water! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Hi Esther!!
The new Curves facility is AWESOME!!! Easily twice as much space, an entire separate room for cubbys, changing and stretching, much bigger area for weigh-ins and consultations. Rose (the owner) and her gals did a fantastic job.

I sure could tell I hadn't worked out since Friday - the muscles were screaming by the time I was done with my workout,:sad: but I still broke the 400 calories burned mark. Would have liked to see closer to 500 calories burned, but that'll take a few more days of consistent workouts. I also had a metabolic test done yesterday at the health center, and was quite surprised to learn that I really should be eating about 200 more calories per day than I thought, which is probably one reason why I wasn't losing; my body was in starvation mode. So....will add more good calories to the diet and see if the scale keeps moving in the right direction!!
Marla

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May I join y'all?
I've been going to Curves for 6 years now, sometimes more faithfully than others.:grumble:
Since November I decided to get serious & I love the Smart system, too. It's great beacause I get started singing & joking & forget to pay attention to how hard I'm working.
This week I went M-T-W-Th.

I'm so happy to have a curves group to chat with. :flowerforyou: I go M-W-F and try to go Sat as well but I'm not always able to, depends on if my daughter has an activity that free's me up to go. I'm getting my period today so I'm less eager to go but already this board has helped because I see all of you chatting about it and now I'll get my butt there. I've been doing the 3 - 4 times a week steady for the 5 weeks I'm going, this is the first week that I've been reluctant to go. Isn't the smart system great, like someone said, it's a personal trainer without paying for one.

So glad to chat with all of you, look forward to keeping the chat going. For those going today, post and let us know how you did

hey curves people! i am a member too. i joined march of 08. when i joined MFP and started a weight loss contest at work 1/5/09, i had only been to curves about 45 times. ugh i was mad at myself. so, i pumped it up and lost 7 inches and 3 pounds of body fat the month of february. i also won a free month by entering one of their contests! i do like it there so much. my arms are toned now and i can feel my whole body is stronger.
today was the last weigh in here at work. i lost 10 pounds since 1/5/09. NOT what i WANTED but i was not 100% all of the time. my ticker is based on my home scale.
i go 4-5 times per week on a good week. i like going because regular gyms make me feel confused and overwhelmed. plus the ladies are GREAT! :flowerforyou:

Grammymax,
It's almost impossible to keep the lights green on all machines for the entire workout. Each day you log in you'll see a message that says what your new PI is and whether it increased or decreased that number. If it increased, expect to see some orange on the machines you increased on last workout, because the resistance increased on those machines. The whole system recalibrates each time you work out, based on your past 10 workouts. You'll get the hang of it.... it just takes about a month.


Yeahbuddy,
You have more self-confidence than I do if you go to a 24 hour with the workout junkies!!!! That's why Curves works so well for me - no gym bunnies with perfect bodies. At 46, I know I'll never have a "perfect" body, but I just feel so intimidated anywhere but Curves.

Heather0mc,
Don't get discouraged if you don't continue to lose at a quick rate - about 1lb per week is the healthiest way to take it off and keep it off. Remember..................you're burning fat and building muscle in it's place, so you may not see the scale move but the inches should decrease. I'd rather see inches lost instead of weight lost, but I'll happily take either :happy:

Grammymax,
It's almost impossible to keep the lights green on all machines for the entire workout. Each day you log in you'll see a message that says what your new PI is and whether it increased or decreased that number. If it increased, expect to see some orange on the machines you increased on last workout, because the resistance increased on those machines. The whole system recalibrates each time you work out, based on your past 10 workouts. You'll get the hang of it.... it just takes about a month.


Yeahbuddy,
You have more self-confidence than I do if you go to a 24 hour with the workout junkies!!!! That's why Curves works so well for me - no gym bunnies with perfect bodies. At 46, I know I'll never have a "perfect" body, but I just feel so intimidated anywhere but Curves.

Heather0mc,
Don't get discouraged if you don't continue to lose at a quick rate - about 1lb per week is the healthiest way to take it off and keep it off. Remember..................you're burning fat and building muscle in it's place, so you may not see the scale move but the inches should decrease. I'd rather see inches lost instead of weight lost, but I'll happily take either :happy:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: And trust me, I'm no gym bunny! The one I go to is (ok, giving away my location, here) in downtown Sacramento, CA. It seems like everyone and their mother goes to that gym between 4:00 and 6:00 (another reason I only do cardio. I don't think I could get any weights even if I wanted to). I have to go to that one, though, because I work downtown and there isn't any other one between here and home

Heather0mc,
Don't get discouraged if you don't continue to lose at a quick rate - about 1lb per week is the healthiest way to take it off and keep it off. Remember..................you're burning fat and building muscle in it's place, so you may not see the scale move but the inches should decrease. I'd rather see inches lost instead of weight lost, but I'll happily take either :happy:

Ditto on that! Inches lost are so much more rewarding!

Woo hoo, grammy:flowerforyou:

Hello ladies, sorry for not checking in yesterday it was a super crazy day. I hit curves yesterday which made day 3 and i got a bonus day today. I try to do my 3 and if I get sat in it's a bonus. I was a little disapointed when I left today. I thought I did so awesome on the machines, I felt like I was in green majority of the time and then when I checked out it told me otherwise. I don't usually get discouraged but today I just thought I did sooo great, it was disappointing:grumble:

Grammy I have the same problem with the lights, I either get orange or blinking green. It seems like there is a fine line for the solid greet. I don't see it too often.

Heather0mc - Remember the last tool to measure weight loss should be the scale. Inches are more important then lbs, and a lb of muscle weighs the same as a lb of fat so if you lose on but gain the other it will even out but a lb of muscle works out so many more calories a day. That being said, I should practice what I preach, I hate when I don't see it on the scale because although it should be the last means of measurment it's the easiest one for us to see everymorning LOL A lb a week is soo healthy and will stay off for so much longer then 3 or 4 lbs a week. Keep up the good work, your doing great.

OK a survey- Which machine at curves to you hate the most:mad: LOL For me it's a tie, the butt one where you push back with one foot and the squat machine is the killers for me. They are just evil LOL:devil: What about everyone else.

Went to Curves this morning. I was pretty frustrated because I forgot to check in on the computer before I started my rotations so it only registered one round (Friday was my set up so only did one round so it picked this morning up as round 2 because I forgot to log in:mad: )

Well, even though I couldn't see my results on the computer I was able to check calories burned because I wear a heart rate monitor. I burned 263 calories this morning, including the stretching. Pretty good for only my 5th visit:happy: Now I just have to remember to check in on Wednesday morning before I start.

My least favorite machine is the one where you stand and pull up so your arms are parallel to each other. I actually really like the one where you push back with your alternate foot (a co-worker of mine calls that one the J-Lo machine:laugh: ) and the squat machine. I'm only 5'1" so fit into it pretty good.

I'm not going to try 5 days for a while. I need to get used to my new routine first.