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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
SparkPeople
I just joined... does anyone else use this site?
I printed out the meal plan. Doesn't look so bad (some yummy stuff there), but it seems like the grocery list is a bit more expensive than I'm used to.
Re: SparkPeople
Unfortunately, eating healthy does tend to be a little (to a lot) more expensive--at least as first. But eventually you'll meal plan in a different way to maximize what you buy. I'm not a Sparksperson--I prefer to "support" Lance and Livestrong through dailyplate.com, but if you have any questions or need advice or even vent, let me know. Oh, and I wouldn't recommend trying to change everything all at once. Try to gradually make transitions to things they recommend--like don't just throw out any/all frozen dinners--if you've got a ton of them, just spread them out and eat them over a longer period of time. It will make the monetary impact appear much less.
We actually eat pretty healthy on a normal basis. I have issues with sodium intake (if I eat too much I feel like absolute asss for a loooooong time) and I'm somewhat grossed out by red meat, too much dairy and other animal products... so I actually have to plan out my meals to get a good dose of everything that I should be getting, otherwise I find I'm lacking in protein or iron. I'm a vegetable-aholic and I'll eat raw broccoli florets by themselves as a snack. Gross, right? :P I am having so much fun finding new recipes though!
I will check out dailyplate.com too... thanks, Derky!
I hope this isn't gross b/c the other day I was making a veggie platter, and I was downing the raw cauliflower like there was no tomorrow. I was never a big cauliflower fan, but just found that I actually really love it - cooked and raw
i use it on/off. i have never used their meal plans. it's useful to me to track %s of carbs/fats/proteins and a couple other choice vitamins/nutrients. i hand enter all of my recipes on sparkrecipes. IMO it's more realistic to do it that way; you won't always have someone telling you what you're supposed to eat for the day. it really, really helped me get a grasp on portion sizes and what components of recipes added up to.
also, SP tends to underestimate calories. it gives most people a range of 1200-1550, which is usually too little-just barely enough for most people's caloric needs. check out this calculator instead, then input that number into this.