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Read Our Curves Success Stories
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Jasmine Confer
Pounds lost: 65
Dress sizes lost: 28 to 16
"After a year in Iraq, my husband came home to a new woman. For the first time in six years, I' ve held my head high. I now stand next to him with pride, instead of hiding behind him in shame because of my weight."
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Jasmine Confer joined Curves in January 2005, right after her husband of 10 years left for Iraq. At first she was a bit skeptical. "I was afraid to join another workout facility and never attend. I could not handle being a failure again." Fortunately she was greatly surprised with her commitment to Curves and with her weight loss results!
While Jasmine's husband was aware that she had joined Curves, during his time in Iraq she never sent him pictures of herself or spoke to him on the webcams that they had available through some of the computer labs. She also asked her friends not to talk about her weight loss or send him pictures of her. "He would beg me to send him a picture of me and I would apologize and tell him I am sorry, he would have to make it out of Iraq alive and back home to me to see me again. I wanted him to have an extra incentive to come home, and extra initiative from me to keep working out." In January 2006, Jasmine's husband called her to tell her he was coming home. On the day Jasmine picked him up from the airport, she says her heart was racing. "After what seemed like forever, he came walking around the corner in his Marine Corp uniform and his eyes were the size of golf balls...he was so stunned and shocked it was me." Then he hugged her and whispered in my ear, “I cannot believe that I finally get to hold you after all of this time. I cannot believe this is you and you are smiling back at me.” In this moment, Jasmine finally felt good about herself, which she says was a life altering moment.
"All that I had worked for at Curves had changed every aspect of my life and all made perfect sense right at the moment. He told everyone at the airport luggage rack that he barely recognized me and he could not stop putting his hands around my waste and hugging me. A year later (2007) this is still the case!" |
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Pat McCoy
Pounds lost: 26
Inches lost: 37
Dress sizes lost: 3
"I am meeting myself – a woman whom I’ve had inside who was pretty cool - and the woman I am maturing into. I like who I am and I didn’t before.”
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| Responding to all of the “Honey-dos” and “Mommy-do’s” of her husband of 19 years and their three children, Patricia McCoy was a tireless homemaker. Establishing a business to help other moms meet their household needs, she was extremely busy. But she was not fulfilled. And despite all of the activity in her life, she was unable to lose the pounds she had gained over the years. None of her attempts to lose the weight – to health clubs to a personal trainer to a treadmill in her own home – have worked. Until Now. |
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Fran Spivack
Pounds lost: 115
Dress sizes lost: 24
"My fear of other people' s judgments isolated me. I only went to work and came home. Curves hasn' t just changed my life, it' s made my life."
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| Fran Spivak filled her days dreaming “what if.” What could her life be “if” she lost weight, “if” she wore normal-size clothes, “if” she could walk 10 feet without getting winded. Not long after stomach-stapling surgery, she found herself regaining and nearing 325 of her original 530 pounds. She thought she would have to take drastic action. Happily, Curves required only discipline induced by the wisdom, warmth, and camaraderie its program offered. In less than a year at Curves, Fran worked off more than 100 pounds. By becoming such a big loser, she’s become an even bigger winner. |
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