Interesting new recipe site for the calorie conscience.....

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bbombard
bbombard Posts: 17
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Hi all,

If you are like me, you are constantly looking for something new to eat and need to know the number of calories in the meal. Or maybe you have found a recipe passed down in the family or in a magazine that looks really good but dont know how much damage it will do to your calorie count....

I found a site called Sparkpeople (see url below) that looks very promising. NOTE: I havent fully tried it out so please judge for yourself..... It provides a recipe calulator so you can find out how good or bad a recipe is for you and has thousands of recipes with a slant on healthy. I thought I would share as I know we are all always looking for ways to spice up what we eat while staying on our path to achieving our goals. Good luck to all!

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/home.asp

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  • reojames
    reojames Posts: 96
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    I've heard a lot about that site (sparkpeople) recently, but have never checked it out...until now! Very cool! thanks for the link
  • dale49
    dale49 Posts: 37
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    I checked it out but compared to MFP it seems very 'busy' and hard to follow. But maybe that's just me so if it works for you....go for it!
  • bbombard
    bbombard Posts: 17
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    I was just interested in the recipe aspect. I found the rest to be a bit complicated. MFP is the place for me!
  • flattsfan22
    flattsfan22 Posts: 86 Member
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    I've been a member of sparkpeople for years, this is how I lost my first 20 pounds but it is like some people mentioned very busy. What I like about the site is that you can join groups that have a specific interest such at the C25K program and the Chalean Extreme Group etc. You can also look at people's sparkpages which I find a great motivator to look at their progress and what they are doing for their programs. I also like the recipe site which is sparkrecipes.com, I have used many of the recipes from there and they are always great. The MFP site is way more organized and I think has a bigger database for the foods.
  • justinsmom
    justinsmom Posts: 2 Member
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    Thanks! This is a great site for recipes. I found a ton of Asian low cal recipes. It really is worth checking out!
  • moranc
    moranc Posts: 14
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    Not sure if anyone else has used this, but MFP also has a recipe calculator so if you were only using Sparkspeople for that you have access to one on here. Personally I prefer the one on here more than the one on Sparkspeople but it's all a matter of preference. :happy:
  • mvlaurel
    mvlaurel Posts: 22
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    I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for your original posting! I had never heard of sparkpeople before, and while I LOVE MFP, I have been able to find some great recipes on sparkpeople, and some of the articles that have been sent to my email have been very interesting. I am not interested in it for the tracking and community stuff that is available here ( this site is fabulous) but it is a great addition!
  • NinjaPrincess
    NinjaPrincess Posts: 62
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    I get the motivational emails from spark people but use mfp for all my logging and read the message boards here! I like to have lots of resources to help me along the way :)

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