I agree they provide a good service, and I've used them occasionally. Their
main service though, is calorie-counting, and I'm not sure how I feel about
that. When I get into counting calories, I tend to get obsessive about it
and stop paying attention to the food itself. I went for years drinking
protein drinks and making shakes and all that for the sake of
"calories", and also obsessing over the number on the scale. I did
get very skinny! But too skinny, I think now. And I was not healthy.
My skin and hair were dry, I had rosacea, I had very little saliva or
tears, was cold all the time, weak fingernails, and my teeth were
sort of looser in my mouth. Also I HAD to eat every 3 hours or I
got weak and woozy.
These days I'm 20 years older, and not that skinny, but way, way
healthier. My skin and nails are in great shape, even though I do
gardening and wash dishes a lot and don't use hand cream. My
joints are better. And I'm the only person in the family to NOT
have osteoporosis (my Dexa scores show nice strong bones) or
low thyroid, and my cholesterol etc. is better.
Paying more attention to my appestat, and to what I WANT to eat,
and to what truly tastes good, makes all the difference for me. Actually
tracking food is probably a good thing for many people, and it
sure appeals to the scientist in me. Doesn't work well for us
to get easily obsessed with numbers though!
If Sparkpeople works for you, it makes sense to use it. Different
people really do need different things.
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Sam <samdgood@yahoo.com> wrote:
you said "Personally too, I dislike Sparkpeople because of all
the ads, and their emphasis on certain kinds of foods"i would like to say, i have checked out a few sites that i could join that are similar. they wanted me to pay or they have ads on them. i checked out spark people because of the post here and i really like it. i don't pay attn to the ads because i know they are the reason the site is free to me. i'm not trying to change your mind, just wanted to give my opinion. which is that spark people is a great site with easy to use trackers, lots of support, great motivational tools, etc.
i love fast 5 and one important thing i love about it is the flexibility. i choose my window and i choose the foods i eat. i enjoy reading about others ideas and opinions which makes this a good group.
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