Hi Sunny and Everyone else,
I went to Curves tonight and put in a really good workout. I was actually sweating by the end of the first time a round. I went to my TOPS weigh in tonight. I lost three pounds last week. I think I have to owe it to this new coffee I started to drink over the weekend. It is called Java Fit. I bought it at a sports fitness expo in Columbus,Ohio on Friday. It is awesome. It has a stimulant in it that suppresses your appiete. That is what I needed since I was starting to get the munchies alot after working out at Curves. I reached my 20 pound status tonight at TOPS. So now I am going to work on reaching my 30 pound status by the end of this school year. I only have 2 1/2 more months left before I can send my students home for the summer. Don't get me wrong I love my job and my students, but they are all boys and they have reached the age of being a teenager. I don't think I need to say anymore. LOL
Tonight I was out for a walk/jog. I walked 10 minutes and jogged 5. It is a slow start to me jogging more. There were these kids out at the old middle school down the street from my house and they were making snide comments as I jogged past. I just kept right on going and thought to myself I can't wait to see what you look like in about 10 or 15 more years. Then we will see if you still want to make fun of how someone looks. At least I am out there trying to lose the weight and get fitter. I am hoping that my hubby will take me out this weekend to buy a new outfit. I think I might get a dress for Easter. Since I will be joining my church on Palm Sunday.
I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy.
Take care.

Hi Sunny,
I had several coworkers at school today ask me if I had been losing weight. I laughed at them and asked them where they had been for the last year. I have been working out and watching what I eat for the last couple of years. They said that they had not realized it and that I looked great. I was pleased to hear the nice comments. Especially since I have been under a lot of stress at work lately trying to meet my deadlines. I think I might reach this coming Monday's by tomorrow and then I will be so happy. I will only have one more major deadline to meet and that is March 29th. But is starting to feel good to know that the end of the school year is fast approaching. I think I heard someone say today that we only have 53 more days left. Then I will be able to relax a little this summer. I hope! LOL.
I hope you have a great weigh in and measure on Tuesday. You have been working so hard to reach your goals. Keep up the awesome work!
Have a great day tomorrow.

Hello everyone. I'm new to this site and was browsing around when I saw this thread. I'm actually going tonight to join curves and was looking for any success stories to keep me encouraged. I'm hoping to eventually lose about 40 pounds, but I'm in no hurry...wanna make sure I do it slowly so I'll keep it off. So, any encouraging words would be greatly appreciated. I'm not the most enthusiastic person when it comes to exercise.

I am new to this thread. I am in the Atkins thread mostly. I have a few things to say about my experience with Curves. I have a friend who was literally kicked out of a Curves for attempting to go more than three times a week. In my opinion, if someone is paying that much to join a facility, they should be able to work out as often as they want! I have checked Curves out and spoken to a rep. about joining, but I was totally UNimpressed. She spoke to me like I was in kindergarten, she didn't really appear to be listening to me and really put the pressure on to join. I think I will stick to doing my pilates at home and walking.

Hi ladies, new here also. And new to Curves. I've read some good and some bad about it. I have until Sat noon to decide to spend the money....my heart says go for it, I've enjoyed the 2 workouts I've done this week and am looking forward to my third tonight. I now have some questions to ask you and I will be asking at my Curves tonight. I've read that more than 3x can be detrimental (sp?) to your weight loss. I guess I find that hard to believe. I've also heard about not going more than 3x around the circuit per work out. Monday was my first time, and I liked it and could feel in my muscles a little. Tuesday I worked a little harder, got my heart rate up a bit more and went about 3.5x or maybe the equivalent of 4. I worked on the boards more (jogging) and then worked 2x on a machine or two that I need more work on. I just wonder what kind of results I should look to get. I'm not so good on my food, but I can say that I've cut back. I've also this week, ditched the caffine. I already drank lots of water, but now that I'm of the Mt. Dew, I drink more water. I need this to work for me! I'm tired of this 50 pounds I'm carrying around. I'm also only 29 and it seems that Curves is for the older croud, which is just fine with me, I fit in about anywhere, but I just wonder if this is right for me. Like I said I think I'll really enjoy it, and the short amount of time needed to fufill requirements of the program is definitly a perk for me. Thanks for listening!! Sunny you are so upbeat and original with your postings, how do you get all that neat stuff???? and to the Kar's keep up the good work, and just remember all those youngsters will be in your shoes in a few years! It just happens to the best of us!!

Hi Everyone. Well, I had my first workout at Curves last night, and let me tell you, I absolutely loved it. I have never, ever, been excited about working out (other than when I played sports when I was younger)...I can't wait to go again tonight. The staff and other members were all so kind to me and each other, it was amazing. The staff knew everyone that came in by name, it was like they were all old friends.

Sunny - Thanks for the support. I'm sure I'll be able to think up a few questions to ask you about Curves and your experiences. Thanks again!

Hi everyone and welcome to Loribug and Maimers glad to have you aboard our fourm group. Sorry I have been missing for a few days. I received word late Friday afternoon that my oldest sister had spent the night and most of Friday in the hospital. She was complaining of pains in her right arm. But the doctors ran all kinds of test and did not find anything. So they sent her home and she goes back tomorrow morning for a stress test at 6:50 am. So I have been calling her and checking on her throughout the weekend. I have also been doing school work to keep my mind off my sister's health. I was surprised at how much work I got done yesterday after coming back from my workout at Curves. Well I need to go and try to get some sleep. I only slept 3 hours last night and then took an hour nap this afternoon. So I need my sleep so I am not a grouch tomorrow with my special education students. I need all the patiences I can get to make it through tomorrow since all the other classroom's around my room is testing and I need to keep my boys quiet. You all have a great week! Take care!

Kar - So sorry to hear about your sister, is she doing any better? And thank you for the welcome to the group. You're all so supportive of each other and I'm so glad to be a part of this now.

Sunny - Thank you also for all your kind words. You're an inspiration.

Unfortunately I was unable to go to Curves on Friday. I had planned on going, but I ended up having to take my mother over to Philly for a "date" with her girlfriends because she doesn't like to drive in the city (lol, even though she's originally from there) and by the time I got back and was ready to go, they were closed. So I ended up going for a walk instead. I did go Saturday morning though, and again, I loved it. Yesterday I had a Christening for my cousin, so I ate waaaay too much, but went for a walk again after I got home, at least I did something. Tonight's plan is Curves for a half an hour, then, since it's nice out (54 degrees and sunny), I'm going to go for a walk around the park near my old high school. Figured I best get the walk in today since it's supposed to snow tomorrow.

Hope everyone's day's going well so far!

Hello Everyone - Sorry I've been away...again.

Sunny - No, you did not hurt my feelings in any way what so ever. Life has been somewhat chaotic, and probably will continue to be so for a little while.

Last week we found out that Ricardo's father has Colon Cancer. This Thursday he will be having surgery to remove a portion of his colon, and he will have a colostomy (sp?) bag for a while. We're still not really sure what's going on, or what the next step will be after his surgery. Ricardo is pretty upset, because he just lost his mother 2 years ago when she was only 56 and now his father is sick. He is taking it pretty hard. So we have been spending as much time as possible with his father, helping him around the house, cooking some meals for him, making sure he is getting to his doctors appointments, ect...

I've also been trying to spend a lot of time with my father, as in the beginning of April, he is moving to Ironwood, Michigan to live with my sister. That is about a 12 hour trip for us. I've been helping him get everything together. We've made a list of everything he has to do before he leaves, and each day he completes something, we check it off, just so he won't forget anything. I'm really going to miss him, but I'm sure I'll take many trips up there to see him.

My weight loss efforts have been "so-so"..lol. I've still been walking just about everyday. I've found that I cannot use our exercise bike because of the pain that is causes my back & tailbone. When I'm at work, I am in pain just sitting at my desk, so I will not use the bike anymore. I have not weighed myself in a little while, so I'm not sure if I gained, lost, or stayed where I am.

There is a Kroger grocery store just down the road from my house. In their pharmacy, they have a big digital scale that is free to use. Usually when I go grocery shopping, I jump on it, but I haven't been there in a while. So I was thinking once a week I would go there and weight myself.

This week I am also going to buy the "Walk Away The Pounds" tapes. I am thinking that Sam's Club or Wal-mart might have them. I'll have to check them out on payday. I sure could use a tape like that today...because we're getting hit with a mini snow storm. BLAH... lol

Kar73 - Congrats on your 3 lb loss!! WAY TO GO!!! 20 lbs is great! Reading your post reminded me about how GOOD it felt to lose weight, and I remembered the feeling of seeing the scale go down! You are truly an inspiration! (Did your hubby take you shopping for a new dress??) Also, I hope that your sister is feeling better.

Welcome Maimers - So glad that you like Curves! It's such a fun place to exercise, meet people, and lose weight/inches! Keep us updated on your progress!

Welcome loribug26 - I'm glad that you are enjoying Curves so far. Did you decide to go and get a membership with them? I don't think going more than 3X a week will be detrimental to your weight loss. I think starting off, maybe the first month, you should go 3X a week, just to get adjusted to the work out, and equipment, but I see nothing wrong with going 3 + days per week afterwards. The one thing that IS detramental to your weight loss is not eating ENOUGH. Some people cut their food intake DRASTICALLY, and your body trys to hang on to everything that it can, so in turn, it slows your weight loss. And by not eating enough, I mean when people cut their calories to under 1,000 a day, or keep their fat grams severly low, ect...

SunnyD57 - that is a bummer that you couldn't get weighed or measured today. Can't wait to hear your results when you do get weighed/measured. Sounds like you have really been working hard! Is your shoulder feeling better? I sure hope so!

Well - I have to get going. I will try to post again when I get some more free time. I hope everyone has a great St. Patty's day tomorrow!

~ Kari ~