All DietsWhat You Should Know
SparkPeople.com is a free website that provides helpful tools to assist anyone in their weight loss journey. The SparkPeople.com site offers a variety of resource centers for just about anything from nutrition, to exercise, to motivational blogs and chat rooms. There is a network of personal trainers, medical experts and even nutritionists available at any time to help you through your journey.
Product Features
When using the SparkPeople.com website, you can log in daily to track your meals, and even log in your daily weight loss/gains. Registration to the site is absolutely free, and there are a variety of online tools available to everyone, even without registering. There are helpful member blogs and chat rooms so that you can interact with others going through similar weight loss journeys. The SparkPeople.com site also offers free recipes, free menus, and even articles on the latest weight loss products and nutritional items with product reviews from consumers as well.
SparkPeople.com is not based on any diet pill or nutritional supplement plan. The SparkPeople.com site, instead, provides calorie counters, recipes, and helpful advice from physicians and nutritionists, even specific food plans based on age and weight factors. There are no pre-packaged foods that need to be bought ahead of time. You can buy your own food and track your own progress without having to weigh in at any specific facility.
Advantages
- SparkPeople.com is a free site to anyone.
- SparkPeople.com can be accessed 24 hrs a day.
- SparkPeople.com does not require a membership to be accessed and even provides daily menus based on age and weight factors.
Disadvantages
- SparkPeople.com is geared more toward a low-carb high protein diet that some may not appreciate or be able to maintain.
- SparkPeople.com puts emphasis on daily exercise but may not provide regimens for the severely obese.
- SparkPeople.com may be a little user-unfriendly at times and difficult to find certain online tools. (See reader comments.)
- Although physicians are available for answering questions, an answer may not be provided immediately.
Conclusion
SparkPeople.com is an excellent and powerful tool to be used throughout ones weight loss journey. New dieters can become overwhelmed with most diet centers in which they may have to weigh-in in front of other members, or have to pay high monthly fees in a tight economy, as well has having to leave the comfort of their homes and even having to find childcare in many instances to travel to a diet/weight loss center. SparkPeople.com provides all the tools necessary for weight loss such as calorie counters, nutrition counseling, and weight-trackers and food trackers, all from the comfort of your own home. Since SparkPeople.com also provides online blogging and chat rooms, many people will find it helpful that they are not struggling alone with their weight, and may have a better chance at maintaining their weight loss after partnering up with an online “buddy”. Overall, SparkPeople.com is a good online tool and encourages a healthy weight loss regimen and healthy food plans, and that can be easily incorporated into other supplement and exercise program based regimens.
I want to cancel because it is not what I need. Too many of the foods I eat are not in your foodcatalog.
Sincerely Renee Aulicino
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I have lost over 20 pounds and to answer Reneee question, look in the export from other members for foods. You can also add foods & share with others. As for Severely obese people. I am one and yes if you look there are exercises we can do plus you can add your own. there are teams that help also all you do is search it out.
The best place & plans ever. A FYI you can make your own meal plans too. So there is no way it will not work. fyi my husband lost 45 pounds on this too.
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Iwant to cancell my membership it is not what Iam interested in now since Ihave diabeties
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All you have to do is add the rood to the food base. And iy will br there the next time.
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I am just trying to register
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I really love sparkpeople it helps keep me on track!
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I have been trying and trying to change my user name and my password. what do I do?
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Spark people is nice because it encourages you with points and has great support. Ilove thefeeling of gaining points. Itmakes me feel like I have accomplished something. The Spark book is also a great source.
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I can not verify my e-mail address your link will not let me is there another way that i can do this so that i can send mail.
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sparkpeople helped me lose weight on thier diet and recipes
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I am a new member,and I want to start
What should I do ?
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im very interested in dieting. I was wonering how this website got started.
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I can never find the log-in-HELP
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need help loose 100lbs
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I started sparkpeople, i’m so happy to find a website like that.I was weigth in 307 now i weigth 280.That is 27 pound less of me.
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Hi i am going to have a gastric surgery. Any advice
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Is anyone else having trouble getting the website to come up tonight? I am very frustrated. Otherwise a good program.
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I am frustrated because I can not get the sparkpeople web site to open tonight.
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I think its a good learning tool to use,They have all kinds of foods there to offer.Don’t leave ,just because you can’t find what you are looking for. Theres times I want to give up but no more ,I am sticking it out. Please try it again.
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Sparkpeople is a GREAT site !! I have lost 30 pounds since mid december and I’m still going strong ! If you want to make great friends lose weight and have FUN this is the site for you !! SP is saving my life !!
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do you have A BODY WEIGHT RANDE TOOL?
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I have celiac would this work for me
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Iam very new to this site, only one week.It has great resources but is a little time consuming to navigate. I can see where it will be really motivational.
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