SS - I don't have any diet/recipe suggestions... But I also go to Curves and absolutely love it. I have been doing it for nearly three months, and without really making any eating changes I've seen the weight and inches come off. I would suggest taking a look at the Curves book, it explains the philosophy and two different diet approaches (low carb or low calorie) and with each it gives daily plans and several recipes. I also visit a forum that is dedicated just to Curves and it has a lot of great information as well as diet sections related to all the current diet crazes and a lot of recipe suggestions (www.curvesforum.com).

Best of luck to you...and I'm darn proud you don't want to do the surgery and want to make your life a healthier one! ((hugs))

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