SparkPeople?

[DrHooch]

I am trying to keep myself busy as I wait for AF, and I am thinking about what I can do to make myself healthier in the case that I do eventually get pregnant. I would like to lose weight, so I'm trying to get myself back on SparkPeople. It worked so well for me last time I wanted to lose weight. Is anyone else on there? 

[remylove1011]

What's SparkPeople? I've never heard of this... **goes off to google**

[DrHooch]

www.sparkpeople.com

You can track food, exercise, weight, and share with friends for motivation.

[remylove1011]

Jan 24, 2015 11:20:24 GMT -5 DrHooch said:

www.sparkpeople.com

You can track food, exercise, weight, and share with friends for motivation.

Interesting stuff. I'm terrible at sticking to any sort of work out plan, but seems to do well with keeping to a healthier diet. There used to be a Weight Loss Check-in on Volderboard and I feel like I saw it once here also. 

[joy]

Sparkpeople notoriously under estimates how many calories you need. I always avoided it and let MyPlate on Livestrong tell me that I could eat more. Haha.

Good luck!!

[theholmanherd]

I've known people that use it, but it never seems to be for long. Have you tried myfitnesspal? I am an avid calorie counter, and IMHO, CalorieKing is THE source for counting, but you can log just about anywhere (most sites allow you to add a food for your own use, so you can input something or a corrected version of it with your info from CalorieKing). My fitness pal makes logging exercise easy so I like that one. CalorieKing also has their own program, but you have to pay for it. Their database is king, but their program isn't.

Take all this with a grain of salt, though, because I don't like online logs. I still do it in a small notebook (fits in my purse), using CalorieKing or a restaurant's direct website to get the calorie counts. Most of my long list of favorites/usuals I have memorized, though. I've been doing it for years.

[ttcbabyj]

Jan 24, 2015 11:29:09 GMT -5 joy said:

Sparkpeople notoriously under estimates how many calories you need. I always avoided it and let MyPlate on Livestrong tell me that I could eat more. Haha.

Good luck!!

^^ So true MyPlate and My Fitness Pal said I could eat 200 more calories and they won hands down!! So funny...glad to see others think like me. 

[theholmanherd]

Here...
www.healthyweightforum.org/eng/calculators/calories-required/

I use that to figure out how many I need. It gives you weekly adjustments based on how much you've lost and how many calories you will need to maintain your weight loss when it's over.

Then just used CalorieKing to get your counts and keep track of it somewhere.

Good luck!

[lemonliz]

I have used myfitnesspal. I like it a lot. The apps are great.

[theholmanherd]

Jan 24, 2015 14:19:00 GMT -5 bostongirl617 said:

I vote myfitnesspal. I used it since 2011 and it was very easy to fit it into my life. I was able to loss over 40 lbs and keep it off. Even now of I gain a lb or 2 I will use it for a short time to retrain myself.
Good luck!

That's awesome! Congrats!