You might not want to include spark people actually. Yes it has the standard track your calories tool but if that's all your using then your using SP wrong. SP formula is about getting you to think about what your eating and how active you are. Its about educating yourself while getting support from those who are doing the same or have accomplished their goal of a lifestyle change.
The spark plan or "diet" does involve listing your foods but its more about making your aware of what your eating. Its useful for seeing the amount of Sat. fat and other baddies your taking in. Plus you can track other things. I tracked my iron intake and discovered that I was SUPER low. In the end I returned to eating red meat and I feel so much healthier for it.
Spark people acts like a life coach giving you literature to read and activities to do. It stresses that the calorie counting is just a tool and not to be taken as the diet. If your eating crap but staying under your calories then your not following their plan.
Maybe that was what calorie count was about too. Maybe I just drank the kool-aid. Either way my experience has been that SP is different.
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The spark plan or "diet" does involve listing your foods but its more about making your aware of what your eating. Its useful for seeing the amount of Sat. fat and other baddies your taking in. Plus you can track other things. I tracked my iron intake and discovered that I was SUPER low. In the end I returned to eating red meat and I feel so much healthier for it.
Spark people acts like a life coach giving you literature to read and activities to do. It stresses that the calorie counting is just a tool and not to be taken as the diet. If your eating crap but staying under your calories then your not following their plan.
Maybe that was what calorie count was about too. Maybe I just drank the kool-aid. Either way my experience has been that SP is different.