Sparkpeople Review

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 that is full of helpful weight loss tips, recipes, groups, buddies, success stories and blogs. It allows you to track your food intake, calories, exercise, progress, measurements and more all in one place.

With a conveneient checkmark system, personal spark pages and ways to connect with on-line and local support, Sparkpeople makes it easy to stay on track with your weight loss goals.

 Earning Points

Much like the point on the show "Who's Line Is It Anyway," spark points are meaningless. However, you can earn points for practically everything you do on the site, from checking in everyday, to posting in the community and reading articles. How you use the points is completely up to you. Some teams use them to compete with one another. Others see how many points they earn each day as a way to ensure they have done enough to ensure they had a healthy day to promote weight loss. I use the points to compete with myself and try to out-do my last record.

Highly Recommended

I highly recommend sparkspeople.com as a healthy weight loss site. The advice the experts offer is priceless, along with the support of people who understand the emotions you go through on the weight loss journey, from frustration to joy.