Im really excited for fitbit, tho!

6 months with SparkPeople…priceless

It has been 6 months since I joined SparkPeople. My weight has dropped from 240 (maybe higher… I was afraid to get on the scale, so I am going by my highest weight recorded on the doctor’s chart) to 174, my BP has dropped from 169/89 to 117/74, my cholesterol is now well within normal limits, I am sleeping well, my psoriasis has healed, my hair and skin look healthy, my color has improved, my fat clothes are all way too big, my mood is improved (there are days when I feel positively elated, and that never happened before!), I’ve made new SparkFriends… the list goes on.

Oh yeah… and did I mention that as of this morning, I am no longer obese? In another 6 months, I’m not even going to be overweight! All I can say is thank you, SparkPeople! No exaggeration, I am very close to tears right now. This site ROCKS!
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Good luck to all the sites helping people change their life – and everyone working on goals!

SparkCheers!

Chris (SparkGuy)
SparkPeople Founder/CEO

We are a family on an open ended world tour, so live a digital life. What I liked about peertrainer is I had a support group with me all the time. I mostly use it when we are in Spain in the winter. I discovered great people, support and some new things I did not know which changed all of our diets…even when we are on the move.

I get emails from SparkPeople, but I also find it a bit overwhelming, so have not tried it yet or any of the other things you mentioned. Maybe this year!

Thanks!

Thanks for the beYOU.tv mention. We have a major new class feature that will be announce in the next few weeks. I think it’s great and I’ve been working on it, non-stop, for the past 3 months.

Also, beYOU.tv has a free 7-day trial offer. If any CN reader want to give beYOU.tv a test drive, this is the way to go.

I look forward to reading CN in 2009!

Greg
beYOU.tv

I want to plug our food diary: http://www.mynetdiary.com .

Our food entry is by far the easiest – it searches foods as you type, suggesting found foods on the fly. It does not get easier or more Web 2.0 than that :)

And the database is over 69,000 foods, accurate and up-to-date.

We provide a free iPhone app in the App Store (iTunes link) that instantaneously sync two-way with the web site.

The community and support groups are coming in January, we missed the New Year by a couple of weeks.

Here is a couple of reviews from iTunes:

studio2054
[MyNetDiary] does much better than the rest: it uses a web 2.0 interface (ajax) to make entering food very, very simple. No clicking “submit” and waiting for a page to load to find a food — it searches as you type. So entering foods – on the site or on the iphone app — is very quick and easy. [...] And the existence of an iPhone app and the quality of user interface are my primary criteria: unless it’s simple, fast, easy, I simply can’t keep up with the food diary. So if you’re serious about counting calories on your iPhone on an app that’s connected to an online service, you should consider the superb MyNetDiary.

drsarah
There are free online food/exercise diaries, including Gyminee which has an iPhone web app for its site, but none have the elegant, user-friendly interface of MyNetDiary. For me, ease of use is crucial if I’m going to stick to a food diary long-term.

The service starts at $7/mo (when paying for 6 months) and we provide full and free test drive of all the functionality, on the web site and on the iPhone.

Why pay when there are free sites?

1. No ads, no spam.
2. Easier and faster.Free sites are designed to have more steps and show more pages, even for simple tasks – to show more ads. MyNetDiary is designed to make things easier for you and take the minimum of your time – most actions are done in-place, on the same page.
3. 69K, accurate, and up-to-date food database, with professional quality assurance. Free sites often rely on users to enter foods, resulting in duplicates, errors, and outdated food information.
4. Real, knowledgeable, and friendly support people to answer your e-mails quickly and to help you.
5. State-of-the-art technology, light-years ahead of free sites (and ahead of all paid sites, too).

So, if you are serious about weight loss, MyNetDiary is something you can stick to for a long ride – healthy weight loss takes months.

If you have any questions, shoot us an e-mail to support@mynetdiary.com , we will be glad to help!

I wish you all the best in the new year!

Polina
support@mynetdiary.com

Cheers,
HeyStephanie
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