getting started...fitness good...interface bad

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3/8/12 3:54 P

Welcome to Spark People!

The secret of Spark People? Make it yours. Use it to suit your goals. Lots of teams not your style? Not to worry. One or two is plenty for accountabilty.

Love to research? Read the articles or play trivia.

Whatever makes sense to you to get to your goals.

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3/8/12 12:38 P

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***Just wanted to take a moment and welcome you to Sparkpeople. Joining Sparkpeople is on of the best decisions I have made and I know you will love it as well.

***Try joining a spark team. The support and motivation that belonging to a team will help you stay on track. This can be found under “Community”.

***Make short term goals. They will help reaching your long term goals manageable. If you look under “My Trackers” click on “Other Goals” and you can set your short term and long term goals. Sparkpeople offers some for you to choose from or you can create your own.

***Try using the nutritional tracker. It really makes it easier to stay within your daily nutritional goals. This can be found under “My Trackers”.

***Read the many success stories to help you stay focused and motivated. This can be found under “Community”.

***Be patient. This is a journey not a marathon. If you need support during your journey please feel free to email me anytime. I am more than happy to be your spark friend during your journey.

***Check out Challenge Central. There are many challenges designed to keep you on track such as the Official 10-Minute Daily Exercise Streak Challenge, SparkPeople 8-Week Diabetes Weight Loss Challenge, Official 28-Day Bootcamp Workout Challenge, and many others that may interest you. This can be found under “Community”.

***Under the “Community” tab you’ll find Secrets of Success. There you will find tips from members to help make your journey easier.

***Do exercises that you enjoy. Working out can be fun.

***Please feel free add me as a friend, and I'll do the same.

You can do this. Believe in yourself. You are worth this journey.
In friendship and support,
Gwen

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3/8/12 12:02 P

Welcome - glad you have joined us

Do take time to participate on all the groups you have joined.

I would recommend you using the nutrition tracker and the fitness tracker which is located on the left hand side of your screen - using them daily will definitely help - but when you have time please take time to look over all that is available here as there is a large number of great tools that help.

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3/8/12 11:08 A

I'm trying this for the third time. I do an hour of cardio each day, strength training twice a week and document most of what I eat. I'm doing great.

I can't seem to navigate the busy busy busy jam packed trainwreck that is the sparkpeople interface. My fitness pal...clean and simple....easy.....intuitive. Takes about 10 minutes and everything makes sense. I want to do this because my wife uses it...if I can just figure out where the fundamental stuff is located amidst the 1 billion things I don't need. :/ I'm going to really try.

-Eric