Read Curves Success Stories

Carla Hewitt, Alpharetta, GA

"God has Blessed me with a special Place to take control of me. Thank you CURVES for a great start!"

My On Going Story..... On August 21, 2004, a very special person in my life passed on after living with cancer for several years. We had made a pact several months ago that for every pound he gained back (he lost about 20 lbs. due to loss of appetite from the chemo) I would lose a pound. Well, thanks to some wonderful appetite stimulating prescriptions and an all you can eat restaurant called China Buffet, he gained back 16 pounds! I on the other hand was not living up to my part of the bargain. On July 14, 2004 I stepped on my doctors scales for my annual checkup…205 pounds. I couldn't believe my eyes. Never, even during my 9th (and 10th) months of pregnancies with my three girls did I ever see the scales tip 200. I was so ashamed. The next six weeks I starved myself, drank "health shakes", weighed everyday and lost 16 pounds. Then summer ended. We had our two oldest girls going off to college, and our youngest starting her junior year in high school. Then this very special person entered the hospital, with fever, for a ten-day stay. Thanks to hospice he was able to come home on Friday, August 20, 2004. My middle daughter, Jess, attends college in my home town. My sister Janet and her family live there also. On September 1, 2004 Jess and my sister Janet, joined Curves!!! They encouraged me to join. My weight was finding me again. On September 20, 2004 I drove through the parking lot where I thought there was a Curves. The space was dark. They had moved, but I didn’t know where. I went on to work. The next day I was stopped at the light by the same shopping center and I saw a banner for Curves with a phone number. I called. They said they were around the corner in a bigger space in the same shopping center. That's life isn't it, sometimes we just don’t look hard enough, or quite go far enough! She said please come on in!! I made the block and found a parking spot. On September 21, 2004 I walked in the Main Street Curves center in Alpharetta, Ga. and took back control of my life. They were kicking off a Six Week Challenge that week. It was just the start I needed. I begged to be included (they had put off the kickoff the week before because of a hurricane). It was meant to be! I told them and they agreed. I started this journal entry on October 21, 2004, one month after I started Curves and two months after my daddy passed. I miss him. I am adding to this On going Story this day, October 25, 2004. My 4 week weigh in and measurements say it all, weight loss 9.5 lbs, 8.25 inches and 7.14 lbs of body fat! And I feel great! God has Blessed me with a special Place to take control of me. Thank you CURVES for a great start!

Elise Ray, Alpharetta, GA

"I couldn't have done it without the love and support I get from the great staff at Curves."

I've always had issues with my weight. But when the scales hit 160 pounds, I knew it was time for action. Upon, the great things I heard from a friend I looked into Curves. I had my figure analysis and checked the place out. One week later I joined and it was one of the best decisions I've made! I started really watching what I ate and working out 3 times a week. In the first month I lost 7 pounds. I was feeling great and had tons of energy. Before joining Curves I had a hard time hiking long trails with lots of steep inclines. This summer I was able to hike up to Glacier Basin on Mt. Rainier to meet my boyfriend after he summated the mountain. It was 7 miles round trip with an 1800 foot elevation gain. All told in the past 10 months I've lost 19 pounds, almost 20.5 inches and 6% body fat. I couldn't have done it without the love and support I get from the great staff at Curves

Pam L. Alpharetta, GA

"I am very proud of me. I am 50 years old and I did something that required more stength than I had at 25. And it's a darn good job too!"

"Just prior to Christmas, when I became a Curves member, I was already thinking ahead. I told Jackie that my personal goal was to be fit enough come spring, that I would not hurt when I started gardening. But in March a more demanding job presented itself. My husband and I decided to lay procelain tile on our new porch by ourselves. I didn't grasp the size of the project until we went to pick up the 14 boxes of tiles, 15 sheets of concrete board, 250 lbs of thinset mortar and 40 lbs of grout. My husband had a herniated disc in January so lifting heavy weights is not something he does unless under duress. I carried each 60lb box of tile from the truck into the garage and later from the garage to the porch. I helped to carry the concrete boards to the same sites. I poured dry mortar from the 50lb bags and I mixed mortar (by hand....now that's an arm workout!). I set 700 screws and laid and grouted all 216 sq ft of tile. It was a total of 19 hours on my hands and knees, leaning, lifting, pushing, pulling, bending and twisting. Yes, of course I hurt, but only for a day and only from tired muscles. No strains, no intense pains. I know absolutely that if I had not been regularly doing the Curves workout, there is no way I would have tackled this project let alone survived it. And you know what? I am very proud of me. I am 50 years old and I did something that required more stength than I had at 25. And it's a darn good job too! Thanks Barbara, Gail and Jackie! Now bring on that gardening.....