Good luck girls,
Eala I`d definatly prefer to go to the friendly one too, I dont know anything about curves, is it points, or cal counting?
Curves is an exercise place
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You do a 30 minute workout, you get into the "fat burning" zone in terms of pulse rate, and then maintain it. You spend 30 seconds on a low-impact pad, jogging or doing aerobics, then 30 seconds on a machine, then 30 seconds on a pad, and so on. You end up doing 2 and a half "circuits" round all the different machines. Then you cool down, and do some stretches.
I think they give diet advice now as well, as part of the exercise programme. When I was there years ago, you had to sign up/pay to do an extra "Curves Diet" type thing, which was horrendous. You either went low-carb or low-protein, and followed their meal plans to the letter for X weeks, then went onto the next thing. It was so rigid, and going by the recipes etc was much more geared at a Canadian/American audience. That one was calorie counting, which I just don't do well with
I know that by keeping on top of taking my Metformin properly, I *can* lose weight, even just with diet alone. But it's faster with exercise, and I really want to get fit as well. I'll be just trying to eat what I eat normally, but cutting out the unhealthy snacks... My general diet isn't so bad, but I need to lose the crisps and chocolate
So... fingers crossed! And good luck to us all! We can SO do this ladies!
I started at 16 stone after baby was born, and am 13stone now (my ticker is trying to be motivational for me, I'm "starting" at 13 stone in this thread though
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Current weight: 13 stone (182lbs)
Aiming to lose: 2.5 stone (35lbs) (initially!)