When I joined Curves in January 2006, I had recently lost my husband and was very lonely. My blood pressure was also giving me some issues. I didn't care about anything or anyone... I seemed to have lost a purpose for waking up every day. My daughter Rosemarie talked to me about Curves and she convinced me to join with her. After all, you can borrow willpower from a friend and she was mine. I had just started Curves when one day I spent a Sunday with my blood pressure being 200/90! My doctor told me to keeping moving and to stay with the Curves program. At Curves, I met new friends and learned the habit of exercise for health and stress. I use to weigh 147 lbs. and now I am a slender 125. My time at Curves has turned me from being old and frumpy to feeling younger, stronger. Each day I face with a love for life. As the saying goes, "Aging is inevitable - getting older is optional". I am a new person at my age and, I have a flat stomach! If I don't go to Curves every day I feel as though I have missed something in my day. I know what it is now; the workout, the great staff, the motivational challenges but most importantly, the caring that comes from a Brand that cares about women. Right now I am at 756 workouts and am looking to my Milestone Shirt of 1,000! If you are a Senior reading this now and have been wanting to walk through a Curves door for years and think you are too old to exercise? Do it. Stop in. You won't be sorry you did! My daughter and I still continue to be members.

My name is Sharon Parks and this is my story. A friend of mine had started Curves in the fall of 2002 and had urged me to try it. She looked absolutely amazing……she had lost 25 inches and 35lbs. At the time I was smoking, a size 14 and would come home from work and have a beer and read a book until my husband came home; so Curves just sounded like a lot of work. Just about this time I also had a really bad episode with my diverticulitis. I decided that I would humor her and went down to the Curves in Attleboro to see what it was all about. Donna was the staff woman I spoke with and found that it would also help me out with my health issues. So in June of 2003 I finally signed up reluctantly and I can tell you today it was the BEST decision I ever made for my health! I quit smoking, lost 3 dress sizes, over 60 points on my cholesterol, over 100 points on my triglycerides and I feel absolutely Great!!!! I try to get there as many days as I can; but no less than 3 times a week. With so many machines; I keep a watch on the clock for my half hour. When I get home I have so much more energy. Each time I was hospitalized for diverticulitis I received many get well cards and calls from the Curves staff to see how I was doing. It made me really feel like I was a member of the Curves family and not just a member of a gym. After 3 years I finally had to have the intestinal surgery in September 2006 and my Surgeon told me at the time, because of going to Curves I recovered amazingly well and he suggested I continue going to Curves instead of going for physical therapy. The best gift my friend gave me was asking me to join Curves. I’m now into my 4th year and I’m looking forward to continuing this happy and healthy relationship. Thank you, Curves!

Hi - my name is Cheryl Caliri. My journey, like many of you, is and has been a long one. I am still on the road, but I am confident that with God's help, my family and the support of others, I will reach my destination. I have had weight issues for a very long time. It is hard for me to really remember a time when I was not overweight. Over the years I have done a lot of different "diets" all helping me to loose a few unwanted pounds only to have those pounds back and a few more on top of it. In November 2006 when a Holiday Bulge Contest was announced, and the top prize was a 2007 Ford Mustang, I was ready to participate. That Monday, I also went to Curves in Attleboro to find out about membership and to join. Some of the biggest and immediate changes for me included: exercise, something foreign to my body, eating 5 times a day, I typically ate about 1 time a day. I cut out soda, caffeine, and salt and increased my water intake to about 100 oz per day. I went from eating 1 time a day to eating 5 small balanced portions a day. "I still fight the battle every day to eat healthy but, with the help of God, my Family and Curves, I am a winner every day! By the way. [I won the] grand prize in that contest, the 2007 Ford Mustang convertible - value $25,000!" (I took the money.) I can do it - you can do it. Like the Staff says, "Just do it." Your body will thank you.