In July, 2005 I weighed 248 pounds and wore a size 20. My doctor informed me that my blood sugar was too high and that I was borderline diabetic. I realized that I was in big trouble. At that time, I was already taking medication for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. In addition, there was a history of diabetes and heart disease in my family. My Dad died of a heart attack at age 56 and my mom died at age 59 one month after undergoing a triple heart bypass. It was after my doctor visit that I decided to gain control of my health. I started my weight loss journey with step aerobics at home (I wasn’t ready to work out in public) and by using portion control, which meant eating only half of the food I would normally put on my plate and I never ate anything after dinner. By October, 2005 I weighed 218 pounds, I had lost 30 pounds, Yahoo! I was ready to work harder and began to look into joining a health club. I visited Curves to see what they had to offer. I liked that it was a 30 minute workout (which is very doable), you are weighed and measured each month and the club was for women only. It was then that I decided that Curves was the place I wanted to continue my journey. It has been 28 months since my journey began with Curves. I no longer take any medications for high blood pressure or high cholesterol and my blood sugar is normal. I weigh 132 pounds, have lost 116 pounds and more than 90 inches, and have been able to maintain my weight loss thanks to the wonderful support of my family, friends and the staff at Curves. I feel fabulous! Thank you Curves.

Sherrie Frontz claimed that before Curves, she was a couch potato that never left the house. She had no energy and felt bad all the time. In March of 2005, Sherrie began working out at Curves three times a week and following the Six Week Solution plan. The weight began dropping off and her energy level started rising. Her quality of life has also improved both mentally and physically. She no longer suffers from the migraines that plagued her for the majority of her life, her blood pressure is the lowest it has ever been and her cholesterol dropped to normal. Sherri says, "I have so much energy I look for things to do! I have added walking to my Curves program and I feel good! I have tried to lose weight before, but nothing worked until Curves."

As a wife and mother of six, Betty Radde struggled with her weight. Then in 1997 she tragically lost her husband of forty one years in a car accident. She turned to alcohol and food to cope with her depression and before she knew it her weight had skyrocketed to three hundred and eight pounds and she had developed high blood pressure. Finally in 2004 Betty decided that she needed to lose the weight and get healthy. She saw an advertisement for Curves one day and wondered if our program would work for her? At the age of sixty-seven, she decided to give it a try. "There was so much encouragement from so many people at Curves. I became less depressed, and had so much more energy." Since she joined Curves, Betty has lost one hundred and fifty four pounds.