Sparkpeople.com Reviews

The missing link to finally succeed at losing weight!

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Rated 5 out of 5

The sparkpeople.com site is incredible.  I joined it a year ago, but didn't start participating in it until January 2010.  I finally started to get serious about losing weight.  The catalyst for me was when my husband took me on a cruise after Thanksgiving.  I went shopping for a lot of new outfits, and was unsatisfied with what I could find in my size.  Of course, all the cute stuff was for someone much smaller than myself.  I had enough.

Like many people, I made a New Year's Resolution that this was going to be the year that I finally lose some weight.  I logged back on, and really took the time to look over the site.  The site is created to help tr...

It's Putting some Some Spark Back in My Life!

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Rated 5 out of 5

We have all been there, some of us more then once. Weight creeps up on you and you need to turn to someone or someplace for support. It can be embarrassing for some, so they turn to the internet instead of talking to the doctor.

Sparkpeople has been around for quite a few years (can you believe 2001?). I can actually remember its humble beginnings and honestly, not too much has changed. When the website first launched the web was filled with diet and weight loss sites. The internet world was booming and everyone wanted to capitalize. Sparkpeople provided a place for dieters to hang out, share stories and get to know each other. Few tools were available such as message boards and a f...

The SparkPeople are awesome!!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I recently found and joined this website.  Their concept of weight loss is exactly how I feel about exercise and portion control.  They give you practical steps to achieve a healthy lifestyle.  I love their encouraging emails.  They have helped me set up a doable routine that is easy to follow.  They have taught me to believe in myself and to lean on and allow others to support me.  I have learned to make moderate and continued changes one step at a time.  I stay away from problem areas that would tempt me to stray away from my plan.

I now take a parking spot further away when shopping and I take the stairs whenever possible.  I walk at the mall and window shop while getting my exercise.   Its hard to be patient, but I'm trying.  Their advice on portion control and eating less fat and carbs and finding a good substitue is working for me.  The key is to eat smarter and stay active and I can get healthy.  Thanks SparkPeople!!!

SparkPeople works!

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Rated 5 out of 5

SparkPeople.com offers super FREE diet and fitness plans. If you don't mind receiving emails from them, it's really up to you how active you want to be on the site. You can input all your current information and diet goals, and they will create a customized plan for you. You can participate in the community to share advice, stories, and inspiration with other people. You can get calorie information on lots of foods. They have videos you can watch on fitness moves, and lots of expert advice. They also just published a new print book that is a bestseller! I particularly like the motivation syste, in which you early little virtual awards/tropies for reaching milestones. But it's not going to take the weight off for you--you still have to work!

SparkPeople has been so helpful in creating some discipline.

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Rated 4 out of 5

I joined Spark people and have been so thankful for it in the past couple years! I love how you can connect with other poeple to share stories, get encouragement, commiserate, and fellowship.

My FAVORITE thing about Spark people is the recipe calculator. I make a good majority of my family's meals. From SCRATCH. You name it I probably make it, and that really gets hard to figure how many calories we eat or how many is in a serving of 'XYZ'. Not anymore!! I get my ingredients and figure out how much I used and around how many servings is in a dish/pot/casserole and 'voila'....there is my calorie amount!!! It has been so helpful and allows me to tweak little things to lessen calories...

Sparkpeople is cool

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Rated 5 out of 5

I found Spark just by chance one day surfing the internet looking for diet stuff and was taken away by the complexity of it.  It takes some time to get used to it and find other people with interests such as yours.  The thing that took the longest for me was to write down everything that I ate and then assign calories and other nutritional values to the foods.  Granted there were people that had already typed in the information.  The fun thing was to spin the wheel and see how many points you could get.  I did get the book they promoted.  Actually another online diet program did help me more than Spark but Spark has alot to offer and you meet lots of nice people.

Free online weight loss with no gimmicks

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Rated 5 out of 5

You never really think you are going to get something for nothing but Spark People . com will prove this theory wrong! I have been a member for more than a year and have lost more than 60 pounds that have NEVER come back! It is not a gimmick and does not cost one red cent. There are no special foods to buy, no equipment and you just lose pound by pound following simple rules of behavioral modification and voila-- the weight comes off and stays off. And, the best part is you meet lots of really nice people, both around the world and locally who are all focused on developing healthy lifestyles that transcend a diet and become a way of life that you can incorporate no matter what your schedule is, no matter what your dietary needs are and no matter how out of shape you are when you start, It is like a miracle that happens over and over foe countless peoplpe and so easy it's a wonder no one thought od it before thhis!

The sight to be at

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Rated 5 out of 5

I Love this web site. no mater if you want to lose 1 or 500 lbs this is the web site to be at. The suport of the the people on this site is alsome. A podcast to leasn to and just a way to learn from others and Johnathon. and If you not looking to loose weight but maintain, or just need that added support to keep the lbs off you should check it out. The site is free, and so it the podcast. If you have questinon it has a major resource ctr to find what your looking for and there are Forms to discuse with others. you can also call into the raido show and ask you questiion live. I never relized that by tracking you food, you can see what your taking in and to better control your diet. I found out that I wasnt taking in enought calories in a day, and that is what was contrubiting to my weight gain. Honestly if you haven't checked out this site do so today you really won't be sorry.

Spark your new lifestyle.

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Rated 5 out of 5

With the help of SparkPeople.com I have lost 21 pounds. I am learning how to chose a healthy lifestyle. The food and fitness trackers are wonderful tools that help you learn how to manage your portions and get more fitness in your day.

The support you recieve from not only the wonderful articles there are to read throughout the site, but from the people themselves is a very inspiring and motivating tool as well. There are some very wonderful people there going through the very same things as you, whether it's loosing weight, trying to become more healthy and active or going through family trials and errors. There is someone there who can help you and support you. Give good advice or just listen.

I love SparkPeople and I am so grateful for finding that site. I would recommend it to everyone.

Reviewer received a sample of this product.

Spread the Spark!

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Rated 4 out of 5

January has made it's way back around, and we all know what that means--New Year's resolutions!  A time when most of us step on the scale, knowing that we've been eating like crazy since Thanksgiving, and are surprised when the number is much higher than we want it to be.  So what do we do?  In a haste, we declare that we are going on a diet and we are sticking to it!  We are finally going to get this weight off and keep it off.  I like so many of you have experienced that very situation and declared the exact same thing.  I've lost weight before (over 60 pounds), but have gained some of it back.  I decided that this time, I would try something different.&n...

it works as hard as you do - great motivator

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Rated 5 out of 5

SparkPeople is a great way to keep tabs on how much you're eating and exercising. It's been proven that keeping a food diary is one of the top habits of successful weight loss, and after a few days of realizing you're eating more than 3000 calories a day, Spark People gets you motivated to try out some of their fitness tips. They offer exercise and diet plans - and the price is right - free. But they are also easy to use if you are following some other plan - you can still use their food diary and tracking tools.

They also motivate you with "points" and "trophies" that dont really mean anything, but for those that need a goal to work toward, these little things help.

Now that I have some friends and family members also using it, it brings some accountability to my weight loss that I didn't have before.

Sparktastic!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I really like this site.  It doesn't preach that you CANNOT do this or that, it does't preach you MUST do this or that.  What it does is give you the tools to make the right decisions.

The communities are a great place to go for support and motivation, there are even some "challenge" communities that have been created by both members and Spark.  I recently tried my first challenge (28 day bootcamp), and I couldn't believe how fast the time flew by!  I started figuring that I would be sick of it in a week or so, nest thing I knew I was less than a week from finishing.  Some days were hard, I just had too much to do, and fitting in my exercise was rough- but I made th...

I've lost twenty pounds, and they're still coming off!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I am now totally addicted.  SparkPeople is one of the best weight loss sites I've ever seen!  The interface is completely intuitive; you enter your personal information, and the site immediately helps generate a diet and exercise program suited to you.  You can follow their menu plans or put in your own, using the huge library of foods and their nutritional information already available on the site.  The tracker adds up your calories, fat, and protein amounts, creating graphs and charts to help show you how you're doing and what to do next!  The fitness programs, likewise are extremely customizable, and there are video demonstrations for all the exercises the site wi...

Spark your weight loss

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Rated 5 out of 5

Sparkspeople.com is the best on-line weight loss community available, in my opinion. This weight loss site is practical, fun, full of resources, and it is user-friendly.

How the Spark Began

The idea behind Sparkspeople came from one man's dream to lose weight and take control over his life. He took the challenge on step at a time...literally. He started with just 10 minutes of walking every day. He took pride in being able to check that off of his to-do list everyday. He branched out from there and changed his lifestyle by sparking one area at a time, taking baby steps towards his goals.

Using Sparkspeople.com

Sparkspeople.com is a fast-growing, completely free  Web site tha...

I lost over 100 lbs with SparkPeople.com!

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Rated 5 out of 5

SparkPeople.com changed my life. After being an overweight child, and then teen, I stopped even thinking about dieting once I was an adult.  A friend sent me a link to SparkPeople.com and I was miffed. I was used to ignoring my nearly 400 lb size and figured everyone else did to.  And while my weight still doesn't define me now, my lifestyle has completely changed due to the FANTASTIC wealth of information and easy to use tools I found on SparkPeople.com.  I've lost 110 lbs in a little over a year and don't see any sign of stopping. I'm stronger and healthier than I've ever remembered feeling and am doing things I never thought possible.  It's free, and perfect if you have decided you are "DONE" being fat.