I’m curious to know if any of you are members of a Curves fitness center. I joined about a month ago. I’ve been trying to go three times a week to get my “Curves bucks” to win a water bottle or some awesome prize like that. The main reason I joined is that I’m SICK and TIRED of feeling TIRED.

After I work out at Curves, I feel great. Like I did ten years ago before having kids! I’ve learned this is from “endorphins” that are set loose to float around in my mind. Whatever. All I know is that I’m getting used to feeling that way — and I don’t want to stop.

Have I lost any weight? My goal is to lose 25 pounds — and guess what? In a whole month of working out (12 times), I’ve GAINED two pounds. Last night, my 18-year-old trainer gave me a little pep talk. She said I’d probably lost inches and gained muscle. And she told me I was doing GREAT.

I needed to hear that. I worked out this morning next to a woman in her 70s to my right, and a woman in her 20s to my left. The younger woman is a new mom with a 3-week-old son, who she carried in his carseat. She exercised while he slept next to her.

We worked out to an upbeat version of “Amazing Grace.”

I have a new friend there who I see all the time now — we work out together. I am HAPPY at Curves. When Mama’s happy, everybody’s happy at my house.