The Skinny on Curves

[pasithea]

Cross-posting this to my own journal for friends. *sigh* This really ticks me off. :/ I'd seriously been considering joining Curves prior to seeing this:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/feminist_rage/153259.html

Comments

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Wow. I never knew that about Planned Parenthood. *sigh* And all have feet of clay.

I've got a lot of friends who have done very well with Curves. They've lost weight (well, inches - weight isn't really discussed all that much) and seemed to gain stamina. The place isn't really designed for people who are really fit or working on sculpting - they go for resistance machines with no settings to play with, and are mostly trying to get and keep people moving in a supportive environment with other [usually rather overweight] women.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Don't base my Planned Parenthood thing on what happened with one office, in one city, in 1994. I should have put that disclaimer.

They do a lot of good, it's just that I really have a hard time getting past what happened when I contacted them, back then. I had miscarried before I got pregnant, years before, and we had given up on concieving before I got pregnant (medical condition I had). So it really shook me up when they had that attitude.

(And it wasn't a pre-existing condition, everyone lived happily ever after.)

Curves sounded like a good idea, but the registration fee was a bit steep, and now I don't even live near one so the point is moot. I walk so much every day, I've been losing weight without trying. Not FAST, but it's coming off.

[centauress.livejournal.com]

Yeah, her experience with them is totally against their policy.

In any organization there's good people and bad.

...For instance, I tend to still eat Domino's pizza 'cause most of my money goes to the locals, not corp. There's alot of decisions to make when looking at what to support and not support...