Hey all!

I have been a member of Curves for what I think is a year as of May (I have to check my paperwork) and of that year that I have been a member I spent 90% of it not going. I've only started going 3-4x a week for the past 3 or so weeks. I hated it before and I hate it now. I like the concept of the circuit training with all women but in general I just really dislike it. So far I am not one of those people that gets a lot out of exercise and leaves feeling fantastic and pumped up. I leave feeling like I've just wasted 1/2 hr of my life I could be doing ANYTHING else. REALLY, truly dislike it, and over the past month of doing it - still hasn't gotten any better.

So here is my question - at the weight that I am at currently now - would I benefit more from something like Curves or something like Aquafit?

Granted I havent been to Aquafit in years but I plan to do a drop in to see if I like it still... but I love swimming and I love Water.

So why not do both you ask? Well, I can't afford to do both and pay my self-pay band payments at the same time. It's one or the other and I have to decide in the next couple of weeks if I am going to continue with my Curves membership for the next year or what ( you're locked in for a year). If I do drop the Curves and go Aquafit the membership for Aquafit also includes membership use to all their gym facilities (treadmills etc) however at this moment a co-ed gym kind of freightens me!

Let me know what you think!

Much love as always,

Ang

I fully agree that you should find something that you like. Remember that no exercise in and of itself is going to "make" you exercise. We all have to find the motivation. Going to Curves for three weeks in your year membership is probably less about curves and more about you and what you want. I know that people on the thread have had negative things to say about Curves. However, I have been on both sides with the dedication to my workout. For the first year, it was great. I had friends to workout with which made a huge difference than later on when I had no one. I went a lot less then. I found the encouragement from the staff at my weigh and measures wonderfully reinforcing. I loved the muscle tone I gained from using the equipment properly (working to muscle failure). It really made a difference for me. I lost more than 50 lbs. There were women there who had WLS and no one criticised them. In fact, they were encourged and celebrated for the amount of wt they lost. There are so many factors that can add to one's experience being good or bad. I say, the workout is great and to my surprise, I was getting an aerobic workout while going there. I thought it was missing until my husband and I went to Six Flags with friends of ours. I know my BMI was the highest and I blew past them when climbing the hills with no huffing and puffing. It was fantastic!!!!! I did get bored after a year and started doing nothing which coupled with a lapse in eating judgement lead to me regaining the lost wt. What ever workout you choose is only going to work if you work it. Take care.