Orland

Member Since February 2007

My Story
Fifty-five--diabetic--tired all of the time--and over weight; yes, that was me two years ago. I had a hard time keeping up with my grand children, did not want to walk very far, and hated to participate in outside activities. I felt sixty-five years old instead of fifty-five. It was time to do something and now. I looked into the mirror and did not like myself very much; I was becoming into my mother. Diabetic--tired all of the time--and over weight!

I am a teacher to high school students, and one student called me out to a hula-hoop challenge. She whipped me with very little problem. Embarrassed as I used to be the hula-hoop queen and all around athelete in my family, I knew I had to take hold of my life: now! It was time to take action and action I took! Curves here I came.

The trainer helped me get the most out of my workouts. The more I went, the better I felt. I began to compete with myself. The weight began to come off slow and even at some point very slow.

Through a dietician physician, I learned that I was carbohydrate sensitive. After trying his diet and loosing 25 pounds with 10 more to go, I am now enrolled to attend our local Curves weight management program. Thanks to Curves Smart I have a tracking program that I can compete with myself. Sometimes I win and somethimes I loose, but most importantly is that I can see and feel muscles that I had not seen for a very long time. I can now hula-whoop with my five pound hula-hoop for 20 minutes, walk on our treadmill for 80 minutes at a 3.8 mph, and work out on my Wii for two hours before feeling taxed.

My high school students and other teachers know me as "speedo" now. I am 57 going on 48 and I feel great. If it was not for Curves, I shutter to think where I would be. No, that is not true. I can look back into my memories and remember my mother. The junk food queen of our little town: Over weight--diabetis--and tired all of the time.

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