Curves - Thoughts?

Hi everyone,

I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most temporary
success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right back
where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy lifestyle
over time.

Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried Curves,
either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying cause
I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered if
anyone had experience to share with me?

Thanks!
- Amy

please GOOGLE this group and use CURVES as your subject.
i hope you have several hours!


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"AmyGemini" wrote in message
m...
: Hi everyone,
:
: I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
: diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most
temporary
: success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right
back
: where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
: don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy
lifestyle
: over time.
:
: Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried
Curves,
: either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying
cause
: I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered
if
: anyone had experience to share with me?
:
: Thanks!
: - Amy

please GOOGLE this group and use CURVES as your subject.
i hope you have several hours!


--

just another republican witch hunt!
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080104A.shtml













"AmyGemini" wrote in message
m...
: Hi everyone,
:
: I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
: diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most
temporary
: success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right
back
: where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
: don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy
lifestyle
: over time.
:
: Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried
Curves,
: either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying
cause
: I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered
if
: anyone had experience to share with me?
:
: Thanks!
: - Amy

AmyGemini wrote:

Hi everyone,

I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most temporary
success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right back
where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy lifestyle
over time.

Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried Curves,
either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying cause
I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered if
anyone had experience to share with me?

Thanks!
- Amy

Amy, Curves is highly appropriate for some people and highly
inappropriate for others. Can you give us more information on where you
stand now and what your goals are? What is your current diet and
lifestyle like?

You're right that the diet model doesn't work. You have to change your
mind and then learn a different lifestyle. It's very possible, though,
and what this group is best at helping you with. What your actual
choice of foods consists of tends to be secondary, though we'll be quick
to criticize nearly everything you put in your mouth. :-)

Dally

Start thinking of structure as an every day thing for the rest of your life.
If you've been on programs before and stopped, Curves won't be any
different. It's not a matter of dieting. It's a matter of exercising and
eating right the rest of your life.

"AmyGemini" wrote in message
m...
Hi everyone,

I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most temporary
success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right back
where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy lifestyle
over time.

Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried Curves,
either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying cause
I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered if
anyone had experience to share with me?

Thanks!
- Amy

Start thinking of structure as an every day thing for the rest of your life.
If you've been on programs before and stopped, Curves won't be any
different. It's not a matter of dieting. It's a matter of exercising and
eating right the rest of your life.

"AmyGemini" wrote in message
m...
Hi everyone,

I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most temporary
success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right back
where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy lifestyle
over time.

Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried Curves,
either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying cause
I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered if
anyone had experience to share with me?

Thanks!
- Amy

Amy,

At my gym (LA Fitness) heavy set people rarely last - there's an
intimidation factor. Curves seems like a better bet.


(AmyGemini) wrote in message om...
Hi everyone,

I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most temporary
success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right back
where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy lifestyle
over time.

Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried Curves,
either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying cause
I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered if
anyone had experience to share with me?

Thanks!
- Amy

Amy,

At my gym (LA Fitness) heavy set people rarely last - there's an
intimidation factor. Curves seems like a better bet.


(AmyGemini) wrote in message om...
Hi everyone,

I've been lurking here for a few days and checking out different
diets. I've tried several over the years and had the most temporary
success with Weight Watchers and South Beach although I'm right back
where I started now. I believe that any diet is a good one if you
don't feel like you're on a diet and can maintain a healthy lifestyle
over time.

Unfortunately for me... I NEED structure. Has anyone tried Curves,
either the diet or the exercises or both? It seems worth trying cause
I really need to get back in the habit of working out but wondered if
anyone had experience to share with me?

Thanks!
- Amy

My goal is to feel healthy again by losing weight. I'm sickened by
how much I have gained in the past few years and struggle with
thinking it could take just as long to get the weight off. I am about
220 lbs right now and only 5'3". My heaviest ever (recorded, anyway)
was 226 so I'm almost there again. Last year I got down to 193 but
then went off of South Beach for my honeymoon and never got back on
My current lifestyle is extrememly sedentary - fancy word for LAZY
and my eating habits are good one day, bad the next. Today I'm doing
very well though!

My goal right now is to get back to 150 and then see what my
possibilities are beyond that. The lowest I recall weighing in the
recent past is 140 when I graduated college (1997).

Immediate goal - I want my stretch jeans in size 20 to not have to
stretch!!!

- Amy



Dally wrote in message ...

Amy, Curves is highly appropriate for some people and highly
inappropriate for others. Can you give us more information on where you
stand now and what your goals are? What is your current diet and
lifestyle like?

You're right that the diet model doesn't work. You have to change your
mind and then learn a different lifestyle. It's very possible, though,
and what this group is best at helping you with. What your actual
choice of foods consists of tends to be secondary, though we'll be quick
to criticize nearly everything you put in your mouth. :-)

Dally

My goal is to feel healthy again by losing weight. I'm sickened by
how much I have gained in the past few years and struggle with
thinking it could take just as long to get the weight off. I am about
220 lbs right now and only 5'3". My heaviest ever (recorded, anyway)
was 226 so I'm almost there again. Last year I got down to 193 but
then went off of South Beach for my honeymoon and never got back on
My current lifestyle is extrememly sedentary - fancy word for LAZY
and my eating habits are good one day, bad the next. Today I'm doing
very well though!

My goal right now is to get back to 150 and then see what my
possibilities are beyond that. The lowest I recall weighing in the
recent past is 140 when I graduated college (1997).

Immediate goal - I want my stretch jeans in size 20 to not have to
stretch!!!

- Amy



Dally wrote in message ...

Amy, Curves is highly appropriate for some people and highly
inappropriate for others. Can you give us more information on where you
stand now and what your goals are? What is your current diet and
lifestyle like?

You're right that the diet model doesn't work. You have to change your
mind and then learn a different lifestyle. It's very possible, though,
and what this group is best at helping you with. What your actual
choice of foods consists of tends to be secondary, though we'll be quick
to criticize nearly everything you put in your mouth. :-)

Dally