On December 28, 2006, Mary Daniel went into her Curves location and was totally taken by surprise! There on the back wall was a very large banner which read:

Congratulations
Mary Daniel
For losing 100 pounds the Curves way!

A lot of fellow Curves members had signed the banner with words of encouragement and expressions of congratulations and good will. It has been this sort of encouragement that has made her a true believer in Curves.

Before Mary Daniel joined Curves in 2004 she had already had both hips replaced. She was a self-described "couch potato." "The only thing I did was hobble to work 5 days a week, come home and dive into my Lazy Boy chair until bedtime... I was on a dead end street and I had two choices; one was to just give up and lie there or the second was to do something." After seeing her daughter's success with Curves (she had lost 80 pounds), she decided to join the Six Week Solution Class. On September 16, 2005, she weighed in at 316 pounds. After the six week diet class she had lost over 20 pounds and 17.75 inches. "Curves had just given me the first step to heal myself." Within the next month she began the Curves exercise program. Not only did she start seeing the pounds melt away, but her blood pressure lowered so much she was able to get off of her medication.Mary is no longer a "couch potato."
"I can now look back at my life and see that I was on a one way trip to nowhere!With the new attitude that has come with the shedding of some excess pounds and a renewed view of me, I don't just want to sit back in my Lazy Boy and watch the world go by. I want to become a part of it all. I am looking forward to the time I can retire so I can travel with my husband and see the country. I want to spend quality time with my children and grandchildren, and I want to become a more active, example setting Christian."

Becky Knipp remembers the day she joined Curves - December 28, 2002. During this time in her life she was clinically depressed and was undergoing treatment. One day she even became suicidal and told her doctor that she had planned to decide after her workout at Curves that afternoon if she wanted to end her life. Fortunately, she decided that she wanted to live. Over the next two years Becky focused on getting mentally healthy, but started to become physically unhealthy. She had since stopped working out at Curves and at 5'7", was weighing 332 pounds. At this point, Becky decided it was time to turn the page on a new chapter in her life. She began the Curves Six Week Solution in January of 2004 and few short months later, she also began doing the Curves workout again. She has successfully lost 146.5 pounds and 108.5 inches. Becky says that the biggest benefit she experienced from losing weight and exercising is the improvement in her mood and depression. "Since exercise increases endorphin levels, my depression is now under control. People tell me that I am smiling all the time. I am a much happier person now than I was before!"