new here - compare to Sparkpeople?

I found that Sparkpeople was much better with providing tools (videos, recipes, menu plans), but my fitness pal is better in terms of community support. I joined my fitness pal because my sister and friends decided to use this one and I want to meet my goals with them.

This site has a better, more user-friendly food diary. Sparkpeople has a lot better information along with health and exercise resources, free workout plans etc. Both communities are great! It depends which features matter the most to you.

I feel that the tracking here is much easier than sparkpeople - and the support is 100% better than sparkpeople.
Sparkpeople has more articles and information, but you can get that without doing any logging or tracking on that website.

MFP 100% all the way better and I have been logging in for 240+ days straight!

I've been on SparkPeople since January and I was so ho-hum with it.. Then I found MFP and the people here seem to be way more motivated and they are also so much more interested in your life and helping you succeed and supporting you. I think SparkPeople had all the bells and whistles and everything you need to succeed, but I truly think MFP has the community and the people that make this hard journey just a little easier. I'm never going back to SP.

The community support here is fabulous. That's why I'm here. We all give praise when needed, advice when asked for, and a kick in the rear end once in a while.

I prefer spark for the recipes and meal plans it has a much better database. But mfp has a better community and forums that you can read and gain info from.

I remember Sparkpeople from years and years ago. It was free, then it became a paid site and then it was free again. I have had my account since 2007. I loved it there, it was so easy to use. Now, its cluttered and busy. Full of ads. I did use the iphone app for a while and felt it was a great product. I have found many new recipes on SP. The problem is, there are so many users that the groups and forums are a mess. I do not like how they are organized and set up. I find it too distracting. I like the concept of SP, the blogs, the groups, the forums, and the challenges, I just find it too busy.

When I first got on MFP it did not seem like there were many people here. But I liked the clean layout and the ease of use. I have seen so many changed with the iPhone app, and its all for the better. I find this site much easier to use. The support is there when I need it. And the website is not so busy and cluttered with stuff we dont need.

I do still visit SP when I have some time. I check in with the groups and I do enjoy the exercise videos, recipes and some of the articles they have on the site. But I prefer MFP for tracking my food and exercise.

Another one I have visited in Fat Secret and you can connect to others who might be following the same type of program you are. Its a nice site. Friendly. Its sort of in the middle of MFP and SP in terms of busy, clutter and such. I find a lot of people in the UK using the site. I visit there because there is a work from home group that I enjoy chatting with the people.

So, I guess I have a site for every reason, but I use MFP daily.

My company is using Sparkpeople for a fitness challenge so I started using it (just to track exercise) a few months after using MFP. I've found Sparkpeople to be very overwhelming in terms of the number of emails I received without really expecting them. Also, I find their site to be very cluttered which made it difficult for me to find things. (And I work in Technical Support!)

I understand that Sparkpeople is motivation for anything you want to do in life and that's awesome. But I like MFP a lot better for fitness and weight loss.

I find it easier to log here than on SP, and also love my groups here. I never felt that I got to know anyone on SP or that anyone really cared if I logged in or not. I have dabbled in SP, but have given it up, as I am MFP all the way!

I use to use Sparkpeople. I like this site quite a bit better due to the calorie/exercise calculations.

After reading this post, I went to sparkpeople and signed up to see what it was all about. I think the concept of the program is a good idea and it appeared to have some better resources (i.e. meal plans, exercises and videos) but the site itself is soooo cluttered and busy that it didn't take long to feel overwhelmed. MFP is so much more user-friendly, the pals on this site are eager to help, always around and are a great support family. Needless to say, I deleted my account with sparkpeople I LOVE MYFITNESSPAL!!!!!

This site has a better, more user-friendly food diary. Sparkpeople has a lot better information along with health and exercise resources, free workout plans etc. Both communities are great! It depends which features matter the most to you.

This. I don't really like Spark's food diary, though it is better than years ago. I'm mainly here to use the food tracker, but Spark's exercise tracker is better (full of examples of how to do certain exercises), as well as the Teams and articles there. The forums here, even though many have said are supportive, can also be full of arguments & trolls. Also, besides religion, anything related to sexual orientation is banned & deleted (more specifically, if you mention gay/lesbian - anything heterosexual is fine). (see here for explanation: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/robogreifer/view/if-you-re-not-pissed-off-you-re-not-paying-attention-127576) Therefore, I don't participate much on the forums here, instead I use Spark since there are specific groups you can join, and I have yet to encounter any trolls there.

I've met great, supportive people on both sites.

PS - sorry if I get this post deleted because I said bad words! :laugh: