Many women have a list of diets they've tried over the years and the one thing all these diets have in common is that they
often fail. Why? They leave you hungry and deprived, and they slow your metabolism, setting you up for a never-ending cycle
of yo-yo dieting. The Curves Weight Management Plan changes all that. Here's how:
It Revs Your Metabolism
This is perhaps the most significant aspect of the Curves weight-loss plan,
and it's what allows you ultimately to be delivered from dieting for good. With a higher metabolism, you burn more calories
all day long — even when you're sitting on the couch. The Curves plan raises your metabolism through eating —
yes eating — and strength training, which builds calorie-burning muscle.
It Allows You to Eat
On the Curves plan you eat all day long — six small meals rather than three
large ones. This helps keep you from feeling hungry even during the low-calorie phase of the plan, which lasts only one or
two weeks, and it keeps your metabolism revved. Should you have moments when you're just not feeling quite satisfied, the
plan includes a list of "free foods" from which you can eat an unlimited amount. And if you reach a plateau in your weight-loss
efforts, you eat more, not less, to kick your metabolism into a higher gear.
It Offers a Wide Variety of Food
The Curves plan requires that 30% to 40% of your daily calories come
from protein, and it recommends limiting your intake of starchy carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice), fruit, and sweets, but
no foods are off-limits.
It's Healthful
Diets that deprive you of certain foods also deprive you of the nutrients contained
in those foods. Because the Curves plan not only allows, but encourages you to eat a wide variety of foods from all the food
groups, your diet will be rich in the nutrients your body needs.
It's a Diet You Can Stick With
By now, you've probably already figured this one out. The Curves meal
plan satisfies your hunger, your taste buds, and even the occasional less-than-healthful craving, making it easy to stay with
it.
It Produces Permanent Results
The real magic of this program lies in the fact that it helps keep metabolism
high as it helps you drop pounds. You often reach your goal weight with a higher metabolism than you had when you began. And
if your metabolism does diminish from significant weight loss, Curves has a method to raise it without regaining weight. The
payoff? Dieting ends — for good. You'll be able to eat as much as 2,500 to 3,000 calories a day.
It Works
Does it all just sound too good to be true? Under the direction of Richard B. Kreider, PhD,
FACSM, scientists at Baylor University have put the Curves fitness and weight-loss program to rigorous testing, scrutinizing
its effects on hundreds of women just like you. The results? It works. Women on the Curves plan have lost weight, boosted
their metabolism, lost body fat, gained muscle, and enjoyed several other benefits.
