Weight Loss Websites

Having been overweight since quitting smoking back in in 2001, I’ve made my rounds on the diet websites. Most people swear by Weight Watchers and for good reason. It is a damned good website, has plenty of tools and teaches you how to eat heathily within their POINTS system. Unfortunately, it is a paid site and costs a pretty penny to start up.

Calorie King is also another favorite of online dieters. I used this back around 2002 or 2003. I loved it back then because I had a Palm based PDA and Calorie King also had a Palm application. As I remember it, it was a great program and easy to use. The downside is that it is also a paid site and paid program.

SparkPeople is the site that I’ve used since about 2007 and I love it. I has a very comprehensive and easy to use food and exercise logging system with a huge community. A plus that they added within the past year or so is the ability to create custom meals, ie. if you eat smaller meals rather than three large meals a day. For iPhone users, there is also an iPhone app which is great for on the go though it doesn’t detect the extra custom meals if you’ve added them. SparkPeople also has a sister site called BabyFit which is geared towards pregnant women and post-partum mothers to help establish healthy eating and safe exercise habits during those important months. Best of all, both sites are FREE.

Why am I mentioning all this? Despite being feverish and suffering from a bout of bronchitis, The Little Empress is hell bent on being mobile and getting into absolutely everything imaginable. And Mommy is having a tough time keeping up. I have zero energy by the afternoon and that’s when TLE is just getting started. I have about 60lbs to lose and I know if I lose even 15lbs that will make a difference with my energy level. I can’t let myself be the Mommy that can’t play with her little girl because she is too tired! So I’ve decided to start up my Spark People account again, keep track of my food, exercise and try to stay motivated.

So if anyone is interested, my SparkPeople page is here. My SP blog feed is available on the Mommy Misadventures sidebar or here.