SparkPeople?

xDanniellex

Anyone use this site?  I just joined tonight, and I'll be checking it out over the next couple days.  Anything I can use to help me lose weight for my sister's wedding in June is a good thing.

Thoughts?  Preferences?  Stuff to check out?   

beeeyotch

I used to love it. But it's too much for me anymore it's. Of as user friendly as it used to be and it's just a lot of stuff. I like myfitnesspal more 

LSUmommy4

B.A. (before Ava and well Allison when I was dieting/watching what I ate) I loved it.  They have inputted so many common things in the food categories so even if you do go out to eat you'll most likely be able to search for it and include those calories/fat intake in your total.

I love water so it's never been a huge issue for me to drink what I need to but I found it to be a great tool everytime I was finished or ever 2-3 glasses to update that and see my tank fill up for the day.

They do have some pretty good recipes too...granted to bland for us down here so I would always add some seasonings but they had some work out things too that you could get on and then input what other exercise you do and track your weight loss.

Especially since it's free it's the best free site I've found oh and they do have a great community!  So you could get folks to be rooting for you even if they don't live in your area but you may really find some folks to help keep you motivated locally.

BMWwife

I used their recipe builder but I never actually logged into the website. I have been using myfitnesspal and I love it! They sound similar though.

buckeyethor

I love myfitnesspal! Down 10 lbs!

BMWwife

buckeyethor:

I love myfitnesspal! Down 10 lbs!

Feel free to look me up if you want. Starrgazerlily

MarylandWed

i used spark people when i was trying to lose wait for my wedding. i found it to be a chore. at the time they didn't seem to have a lot of the foods i ate in their database so i would have to enter them in each time. it may have improved by now. obviously it's been awhile.

BMWwife

MarylandWed:

i used spark people when i was trying to lose wait for my wedding. i found it to be a chore. at the time they didn't seem to have a lot of the foods i ate in their database so i would have to enter them in each time. it may have improved by now. obviously it's been awhile.

I haven't really used spark people so I can't speak to them. I love the bar code scanner on myfitnesspal. I just had refried beans, cheese, green chilies and greek yogurt for lunch. Each items bar code scanned and I was quickly able to add it to my diary. 

2 things bother me though. The serving sizes through me for a loop sometimes. A lot of times I'm only using 1 or 2 tbls of something and it wants me to put the serving size in cup increments. Takes a little bit of math on my part. 

The second thing is I don't like the way your daily for diary is shown on the mobile app. It only shows the calories for each item. I dont care about the calories I need to know how much protein I'm getting. You can click on the item and it will show you, but its not at a quick glance. 

AKBrideinMD

I used it and it helped me lose 50lbs before I got pregnant. I need to lose almost that much now, ugh. I liked it but agree it could be more user friendly and I have been thinking about checking out fitnesspal.