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Birmingham
Member Since October 2005
My Story
My brother passed away June 2005, the first sibling to pass, out of 11, he was 27 years old, married only 9 days, to top it off, he died on his 27th birthday, on the 27th day of June. Of course the family was shocked, and devasted, I greived so much to the point of weight gain, I am 5'3" and I weighed 202 lbs, I had very very low self esteem, my legs and back were in lots of pain, I could not walk comfortably, I did not fix myself up, I just let everything go. I saw the advertisement about Curves on line, so I called made an appointment, got cold feet then I cancelled the appointment. A few weeks later I had gone to the grocery store, got home and I could not walk up the stairs, my hips, legs, and the syiatic nerve in my back caused me so much pain.I could not carry the groceries upstairs, so I stayed at the bottom of the stairs in pain for about 45 minutes. That experience scared me, so I reset my appointment with Curves, I signed up the first day of my visit, I literally cried real tears in the Circuit Coach face the day I joined when she told me how much I weighed, My BMI, & Body Fat number was not even on the chart, my inches everywhere were 40 - 50 +. I was so embarrassed that I left Curves the day I signed up in October, and did not return until the 2nd week in November 2005. I have been there every since. I started out doing 3 days a week, without diet and I lost pounds and inches, I was so elated that I decided to change my eating habits, I start cutting my portions back, and I lost even more. I did the 6 weeks solution with great success, when Curves Smart came I did that as well, long story short, I went from a size 22 women to now a 14, I plateud with my weight lost, so now I am on the weight management plan with great success heading to a size 12 in about 2 weeks. I love Curves it works for me, Curves is a healthy, fun, safe,inspiring life change for me to keep active, happy, and alive with no health issues. Curves helped me get my self esteem back, uplifted my head from the community support, and banished the grief I was carrying, as well as the stress. I know that as long as I continue to do my curves circuit 3 days a week,and ride my bike, walk a couple of miles every other day, maintain the easy user friendly weight management program, following Phase 1, then phase II, and lifesyle with phase 3, I will continue to have permanent weight loss with the education of all of Curves learning tools, and Curves continous study of us as women and our weight and health issues. Thank - You Gary & Diane, along with the team of Curves International for being concerned and caring for ladies all of this world, keeping things up to date in this changing health craze. Sincerely, Rene Curry, Birmingham, Alabama, Lifetime member of Curves