Curves
The Curves workout is the only mode of exercise that has kept me hooked. I''ve never been one to sit around (other than at my job), but before Curves, mowing the yard and running up and down steps was the only consistant physical activity I got. The main reason for this is that exercise bores me to death. I had a treadmill and exercise bike at home, but I just couldn't get in to that. When I'm home I feel like there are so many other things I need/want to be doing.
Since I quit smoking, in 1997, I gradually gained a good bit of weight. I tried dieting a few times, but I'm not good at that either. Weight Watchers requires way too much math. Atkins had me literally craving fruit. Substituting a healthy snack for a "bad" one wasn't for me either. Really - when you want a Snickers Bar, an apple just won't due. Heart disease runs rampant in my family, so this along with the 30+ pounds I wanted to get rid of, I decided to join Curves. On June 25, 2003 I did just that. I'm proud to say that I have not missed going to Curves at least three times a week since then. It is only a 30 minute workout and like I used to tell myself when I had lunch duty at Northern Elementary - I can do anything for 30 minutes.
In the beginning I was anxious to be weighed and measured monthly, then that became unimportant to me. Curves just makes me feel better. In the middle of some particularly stressful days, I find myself craving it. I can be as tired as I can be, but 30 minutes of Curves and I feel refreshed with renewed energy.
My clothes gradually became looser and I've gone from a size 14 to 10 with basically no dieting at all. I still resisted being weighed and measured because I didn't want a number to get me down. Last week, though, I got brave and let them lead me to the scale and put the tape around me. The results are in. I've lost 28 inches and 22 pounds! Unless a physical problem stops me, I'll continue to go to Curves at least three times a week. I'm almost afraid to stop going now.
Since I quit smoking, in 1997, I gradually gained a good bit of weight. I tried dieting a few times, but I'm not good at that either. Weight Watchers requires way too much math. Atkins had me literally craving fruit. Substituting a healthy snack for a "bad" one wasn't for me either. Really - when you want a Snickers Bar, an apple just won't due. Heart disease runs rampant in my family, so this along with the 30+ pounds I wanted to get rid of, I decided to join Curves. On June 25, 2003 I did just that. I'm proud to say that I have not missed going to Curves at least three times a week since then. It is only a 30 minute workout and like I used to tell myself when I had lunch duty at Northern Elementary - I can do anything for 30 minutes.
In the beginning I was anxious to be weighed and measured monthly, then that became unimportant to me. Curves just makes me feel better. In the middle of some particularly stressful days, I find myself craving it. I can be as tired as I can be, but 30 minutes of Curves and I feel refreshed with renewed energy.
My clothes gradually became looser and I've gone from a size 14 to 10 with basically no dieting at all. I still resisted being weighed and measured because I didn't want a number to get me down. Last week, though, I got brave and let them lead me to the scale and put the tape around me. The results are in. I've lost 28 inches and 22 pounds! Unless a physical problem stops me, I'll continue to go to Curves at least three times a week. I'm almost afraid to stop going now.
posted by SMSSecretary at 6:11 PM
2 Comments:
wow, I am so proud of you and you do look wonderful! I keep thinking about curves and as I drove by today, I thought Tammy and I could go together and she could inspire me!
I need that 30 minutes of relief too! so thinking about it and you are my inspiration!
sorry have to teach and this would be comic releif, right! and I have 7th graders at that time too! and what a class!!! oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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