The SparkPeople

I'm a member, but mostly to use the calorie counter,  my name weirdly is TURDUNKEN because I couldn't think of anything!
 

I'm thinking about joining this because I'm really bad at picking at little things during the day. Actually tracking my calories should help me with this. I'm really worried because I cook a lot of meals and that I'm going to find it to be a hassle. We'll see how it goes!

Doing whole meals were a pain at first..counting every..little..bit..used....


I drink alot of coffee..couldn't believe how many calories racked up with using sugar!!!!

Can also log on my iphone.....it's in the apps....

Okay, so I'm doing this and so far, so good. It's really helping me be accountable for what I put in my mouth! My question is this, when I input my exercise in the tracker it tells me how many calories I burned that day, but doesn't subtract those calories from the nutrition page. Is there a way to make it do this?

It's really helping me be accountable for what I put in my mouth! My question is this, when I input my exercise in the tracker it tells me how many calories I burned that day, but doesn't subtract those calories from the nutrition page. Is there a way to make it do this?

That isn't how SP works - your calories burnt are figured in when calculating the calorie range you should be eating. As long as you are exercising within the range on the exercise portion, you don't have to do anything - it's already taken into account on the nutrition side.

But if you up your cardio significantly so that you're consistently burning more or less than your target range, then you should go in and update your goals so it recalculates your calorie intake range accordingly.

Does that make sense?

Ahhh! Thanks! I'll go back in and make sure my original exercise goals are what I want them to be. I'm not sure if I did the initial set up properly.

I'm thinking about joining this because I'm really bad at picking at little things during the day. Actually tracking my calories should help me with this. I'm really worried because I cook a lot of meals and that I'm going to find it to be a hassle. We'll see how it goes!

I think you are pretty similar to me, though, and tend to make similar recipes fairly often. You do have to calculate your recipes, but once you have entered them in, you only need to select them to add them to your menu for the day. It's not too hard. Plus there are recipes on the site that other people already calculated, so you can just select those if you want to try something new. I find it works perfectly for people who cook a lot! 

Thanks, Jewlz! It's actually not been too bad. And, when I have a little extra time I go ahead and put in a recipe that I know I'll be using at some point.

Now the thing that's frustrating me a bit is the exercise feature. Only because I go to Curves, so it's a bit tough to calculate. They have a pre-set thing under 'cardio', but a Curves workout isn't just cardio, it's also resistance/strength training. I just ordered a heart rate monitor that will calculate my calories burned while at Curves, so I can just put those in each day. It will be much more accurate.

Hey there!!

I know I'm waaaaayyy late on this thread but I'm on Spark People too and you can look me up by Amberelle there as well! So feel free to add me!

I have pretty much fallen off the SparkPeople wagon.  I started Slimming World a while back so now I use that website for tracking calories and such.

Next time I do get on SparkPeople I will add everyone on this thread.

I lost 20 pounds in 2009 using SP. I just used the meal tracker mostly. If you are someone that will be motivated by a social network or by keeping a record it will do wonders.