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List of Weight Loss Forums and Social Networks
There is a growing number of superb websites offering innovative ways to connect with a support network of people who are interested in fitness or weight loss.
Some of these sites have already been mentioned on diet-blog.com - however this list is more comprehensive and will be updated from here on.
Most sites are free while others may offer a premium fee-based service.
- Weight Loss Wars - Allows you to compete with other members in weight loss contests and challenges similar to The Biggest Loser. Great for coworkers to do together as some fun workplace healthy interaction.
- Tincap - Support Forums
- Weight Loss Buddy - Devoted to matching up weight loss buddies based on a number of criteria.
- Wego Health - Large community health site including diet and weight loss forums.
- Fat Secret - Journaling, chatting, tips, recipes - can be centered around any diet.
- Weight Circles - Blogs and "circles" (like-minded support groups). New.
- Losing It - Social Networking.
- Extra Pounds - Blogging and Tracking.
- SparkPeople - Popular weight loss program with many social networking features.
- Diet.com - Began as the "personality type diet" - but now offers a number of ways to connect with others.
- Diet Television - Track diet and exercise habits and link up with others.
- Traineo - Popular fitness site with ability to get others to motivate you.
- Gimme20 - Fitness tracking with blogs.
- IntroPLAY - Track exercise. Compete in exercise leagues.
- FitLink - Fitness themed with ability to find training partners.
- WalkingSpree - Emphasis on walking and linking with pocket pedometer. Blogs and journals.
- PeerTrainer - Many social networking features. Fitness emphasis.
- Weigh Ins - Users can post weight loss challenges and/or take part in other challenges.
- WellSphere - Join groups centered around specific goals.
Feel free to comment with any suggestions or corrections.
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Created / Updated: December 22, 2011
Excellent list. Social networking is an excellent way to "partner up" for weight loss. I turely believe that having a good support group makes weight loss much easier, and often more fun as well!
ReplyYay- thanks. Spark people is the one I'm on and EVERYTHING, except for items in the shop, is free. I'm gonna check the others out so thanks for the list.
ReplyI think as more and more sites are opening up, it's a great way to socialize on what we are supposed to eat.
But there could be findings by some research going on, and that as the dust settles, it may be that we are supposed to eat reconizable food (like fruits, vegtables, meat, and beans/legumes.
But, quite frankly, the United States has the worse agriculture in the world, laced with pesticides and poor biotechnology, and the USDA is pushing for other countries to accept the trading of biotech foods.
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Jimmy Carter, 83, died this morning of natural causes. He beat Gerald Ford in his 1977 bid for the president.
This now leaves only two surviving former presidents: George H W Bush, now 83, and Bill Clinton, now 60.
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ReplyJames, I've been to the web and there is nothing about Jimmy Carter passing away. Where did you get your info?
ReplyThere are some things that work amazingly well in cyberspace. The ability to reach a large enough audience to be interesting because they are not limited by time or place is a key factor to their success. In some cases anonymity may also play a role.
Diet communities have been remarkably successful, bringing together individuals looking for support and information about topics of interest.
Here are a couple more...
Eating Right - Messages - diabetics
American Diabetes Association - Message Boards
http://www.diabetes.org/ Message Boards link (top right)
Active Low-Carber Forums (ALCF) - weight loss
an on-line support group started in 2000 which currently has more than 86,000 members
http://www.lowcarb.ca/
weight watchers - members only
ReplyAnother one is www.mindoverfatter.co.za. They also have a free online yahoo support group and newsletter both of which you can sign up for on the webpage
ReplyHI,
ReplyI offer customized diets and training programs on my website, but I also have lots of free advice and pics there as well as a blog. Please have me listed!
I've just joined Spark People and it seems to have the most features that I want on any of the diet/fitness websites that I've visited. Menu plans, recipes, message boards, support groups, blogs, fitness plans...
ReplyHey Jim,
Per your blog on communities on October 24, you left off FatSecret.com
ReplyI use SparkPeople. I have used paid sites and none offered the support of SparkPeople. If anyone has any questions about navigating the site, my screen name is my last name.
ReplyThanks for this, these sorts of websites really do help when trying to lose weight.
In 2007 we will be adding some great new features to our site to help users connect with more people to gain support and motivation. Current features are also being improved so that they can keeping tracking their progress in a fun way!
ReplyThanks for the write up! It would also be really cool to split apart reviews of each of these sites!
I think there is a lot of crossover, but some of them have unique features which could be highlighted!
Anyways, thanks from the gimme20.com for the link! You'll notice we recently launched the 'groups' section of our site which allows our users to create their own sections of the website on a shared interest.
J
ReplyGreat idea. It's so much easier with a partner.
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ReplyHeres one for Aussie readers... a free Australian based low carb - wholefood community: http://www.apinchofhealth.com