Thursday, 21 June 2012

Fat Secret vs Spark People

At the moment I use a website called FatSecret (www.fatsecret.com) to track all my food and weight loss etc but recently have wanted to change it as have FS for quite awhile and although since really starting it has served me very well I wanted to change to have a fresh start. Alot of people have talked about Spark People (www.sparkpeople.com) so decided to have a look and see what it was like. I have to say although they have alot of good things I am going to stay with Fat Secret.



FAT SECRET
V'S
SPARKPEOPLE



FAT SECRET PROS                                                             SPARKPEOPLE PROS
Very easy to use                                                                                                       Very fun interface
Simple Interface                                                                            Lots of quick information to hand
Give very clear nutritional info                                                                 Quick personal challenges
Iphone app is very good                                                   Quick set goals for weight  loss                  
Can scan barcodes with App                                                                                     App is very funky
Has a huge range of supermarket/restaurant/brand info                       Front page has live feed
Very easy to weigh in and track weight                                                                Can earn rewards
So easy to record food                                                                Tells you what to do and gives you
                                                                                      mini goals to hit your monthly/ yearly target



FAT SECRET CONS                                                                  SPARKPEOPLE CONS
Is a little boring looking                                                                              Hard to track food easily
The site lacks energy                                                                       Lacks in brand names for the UK
Can not personalise it allot                                                                        Way to much advertising
What you see is what you get                                                 Layout is sometimes a little too busy
Seems quite static                                                                                    Can not scan food barcodes
Daily information is not quick to hand                                      Really hard to edit nutrional info


FAT SECRET
V'S
SPARKPEOPLE



For anybody that is thinking of using an app I would highly recommend them. It is such a good way to track what you are eating especially when you are on a calorie controlled diet. It is also a really good way to track your weight. Most sites will show you in a graph or something and it is so good to see the line going down!!

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