MFP vs Sparkpeople?

I joined sparkpeople for about a week. I looked at it once. The first day I joined MFP, someone said hello to me, then I got a couple of friends and now I'm feeling great. I just deleted sparkpeople yesterday. I think MFP is the way to go because I need constant motivation and I really get it here!

I use Sparkpeople for information and the recipe calculator, but I really hate their site layout.

The only thing SparkPeople is good for is the recipe calculator. :indifferent:

I have to agree with most of the posts here.
I only use sparkpeople for the recipe calculator , recipes & menu planner they do have quite a few very tasty ideas.
The site IMHO is just way to hard to figure out. So many ads and distractions I can barely tell where to focus.
MFP is sooooo much more user friendly.

Ditto to above. I belong to both. I like the daily recipe emails from sparks and i track my measurements there (more options). I do all my chatting and logging here though and love love love the database so much more.

Yep, I agree with posters above me, MFP ALL THE WAY!!!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

I only use sparkpeople for the recipe calculator, the rest of it is too frustrating and not always accurate or easy to use. Once MFP has their recipe calculator up and running, I will be very happy to cancel sparkpeople. :grumble: :devil:

MFP has such a great community, support for technical issues, great tools, you name it. Spark can't compete.

I like MFP better as well. The site functionality is exceptionally better! I didn't even know about the recipe calculator. :huh:

I think both have thier upsides... spark has the recipe section which is fabulous. I would like to see that on MFP.

I personally got rid of spark and kept MFP for simplicity. I am canadian and I found with spark they had mostly american brands so I was constantly having to input foods manually, however on MFP I can count on one hand how often I have had to do that so its much easier for me.

In fact, you're lucky to be able to ask that question on here: many forums don't allow you to mention the competition by name. MFP must be very secure (as I think it should be!).

I would think the real reason (rather than being secure or insecure) you shouldn't mention the competition's name on your own website is that you kind of open yourself up for the possibility of future defamation based litigation.

I belon to both but only use sparkrecipe on their site

Sounds like MFP needs a recipe calculator?!!

In fact, you're lucky to be able to ask that question on here: many forums don't allow you to mention the competition by name. MFP must be very secure (as I think it should be!).

I would think the real reason (rather than being secure or insecure) you shouldn't mention the competition's name on your own website is that you kind of open yourself up for the possibility of future defamation based litigation.

ok so do I need a lawyer?????

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MFP might. Just kidding!

MFP all the way, baby! The only thing I use sparkepeople for is the recipe calculator, and I've never even joined to do that. I just don't save any of my recipes. I take all the NI and plug them in here, so don't need to save there.

Clearly, the only small thing lacking from this fabulous website is a recipe calculator!

I sometimes use spark people for their Youtube channel (especially if its raining). That's only because they were the first ones I came across to do youtube video workouts though - I think there're probably others out there I haven't come across. But their workout channel is good - especially for exercise beginners.

I also used it at the beginning for their nutritional articles. A lot of nutritional theories get thrown around MFP message boards in a haphazard way and I liked that they had some more systematic discussion of it. Having said that, I love the message boards here, and can't stand SP message boards. People here are ALL awesome.

I don't like the "Spark Points" crap. I didn't like getting 5-6 emails / day (blocked them all now thank god). I hated articles going over multiple pages. The site design was terrible (and this really is the most important point).

I haven't found the recipe calculator, but I'm happy with the way MFP logs food. I think MFP could have slightly better reporting features and maybe some "how to use MFP" pages but other than that, I love it. I've logged in every day since 15 Jan. And most importantly, I lost 7kg (15.5lb) in 5 weeks so far - by eating more and exercising less!! I'd NEVER have thought to do that if it weren't for MFP.

I agree. MFP wins hands down.