Frugal Tip: SparkPeople
By · Feb 06We all know that we need to count our calories and fat intake when we are trying to lose weight. But that isn’t really a lot of fun, and it can be a lot of work. A few weeks ago on Twitter, Andrea at Mommy Snacks mentioned this website called SparkPeople that helps you track your eating and exercise. That is exactly what I needed. Accountability. If I am going to have to write down that I ate 15 cookies, it suddenly becomes a little less appealing.
There are two ways to keep track of your eating. You can manually enter everything you eat, which is what I do. Or they provide you with a meal plan that you follow and then mark off the foods as you eat them.
Click on the picture above and you can see what I have had to eat today. You can also see that I have had 3 glasses of water so far today. That is a friendly little reminder for me to make sure I get my full 8 glasses of water.
SparkPeople has a variety of services including online communities that help you to connect with others in your area, or with your same goals, emails to help you stay on track and encourage you and a lot of articles with helpful information on every topic you could think of. I haven’t used most of the other features yet, but writing down what I eat is helping me a lot.
The best thing about SparkPeople is all of these services are totally FREE! No membership fees or dues. Click here to register and get started right away.
I will keep you all posted on my progress (talk about accountability!!). I know from experience that these last pounds are the hardest to lose, but I am looking forward to looking my best at 30!
7 Comments
February 6th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
good for you!!!!! i recently started working out and eating healthier too! can’t wait to hear the results!!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:08 am
Way to motivate us all! Good luck!
February 7th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Way to go! I love sparkpeople. It is free and easy to use!
Happy day.
February 7th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I hoping to see your username in the post. I’m signing up now and they ask who referred me. I would put you. Maybe you might get something
February 7th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Maya,
My username is frugalisfab. Glad you will be joining!
February 8th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Way to go! I’ve heard that this is a great website…and your site is awesome too! Glad I found it.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Wow, what a nice website. This will hopefully be what I need when I get done with this pregnancy, and I just turned 30, so I need to do something! Thanks for the input.