35+ Social Media Sites for the Health Conscious

I love Sparkpeople!

So far as the forums, my favorite running forums are at kickrunners.com

Wow ! just what I was looking for couldn't have come at a better time, been looking for social health sites to connect on, be a great time saver this will. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the shout out J!

ok this will be some shameless self promotion, but I am in the business of helping people...so I just want to spread the word. I am finishing up my free emailed workout site (should be lauching by Monday). www.projectfit.org and yes, it's all free.

Sparkpeople is awesome!

Check out fitday.com
It's free and very helpful to anyone who wants to take a scientific approach to diet, weight loss and fitness.

My favorite is thedailyplate!!!! it is so awesome very encouraging! I love it!

Great list. Thanks for putting this together!

Thanks for the Featherish link, Jim. We're a really fun and helpful community and there a lot of people with lots of helpful advice and tips for everyone. I'll probably be checking out a lot of those other sites...they sound really cool!

Great list! I have been looking for a list like this for a while now. I especially like the Health Ranker site and of course 3FatChicks is a classic

far and away fatsecret.com is the best, it has all the things you need in one package and a great community to support you

like weight watchers online without the fees!

I agree that SparkPeople is amazing. It's what helped me lose 70 pounds last year.

I wish you'd included body image acceptance sites in the list, though. Everybody's focused on diet, exercise, etc. Sometimes it's just about self-esteem.

I hope that your omission of Livin' La Vida Low-Carb, http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/ was not intentional. Anyone wanting excellent information, entertainment, and fabulous interviews on the low carb lifestyle needs to bookmark this website. P.S. Do not be afraid.

Active Low Carber forum is a good resource for those following carbohydrate restricted diets (many different plans find support there):

http://forum.lowcarber.org/

It's also free and has a lot of members offering support to each other.

i love healthcastle.com!

Check out the susanpowteronline.com community

What a fantastic list, thanks for sharing. I think social support is the most overlooked part of people's weight loss program. Sites like these make it that much easier to get that support, find motivation and provide inspiration to/from others. Welcome to Weight Loss 2.0!

Thanks for this! FitFiend.com is still pretty early on and there are some amazing features on the way!

I use Gyminee it is a fantastic site. I myself am a web developer and those guys really came up with something great. I highly recommend you check that one out... I'll have to cruise through the rest of this list and see those others! Great list!

Here's another fitness social networking site:

Fitconnect.com

MyPyramid.gov has a new menu planner that looks surprisingly promising (surprising because I am naturally suspicious of the government and it's lobbyists). The format is a little different than others I've seen. I've tried it out for a day and think it's something I could use regularly.

It's not a social site though -- if you want online support as well, you'd have to combine it with something else.

Have to add -- the more I play with the mypyramid.gov site, the more I like it's potential -- but it's really buggy. Too buggy for me to keep going with it. I hope that will be fixed soon.

Great list. Thanks for putting this together!

Thanks for the shout out

wow sure looks like there are quite a bit of social networking sites geared towards health.

Coming out by the end of the summer is www.gotalkfitness.com. This site will include a daily workout log, a daily nutrition log and all of the social networking services currently offered on sites such as myspace. You will also be able to seach members of gyms and interact with personal trainers, nutritionists and physical therapists in order to get professional answers to all of your fitness questions. Check it out now to sign up for our newsletter and register to get a free t-shirt.

I'd like to add Iowa Avenue, a dynamic healthy-living social community connecting people in a meaningful way for a meaningful purpose. It's about health, fitness, and weight loss, with a little fun thrown in for good measure. It's free, so join today! to your list.

Being the owner, I'm definitely bias, but hey, I think it's a great place to connect.............:)

I've been in and around the fitness industry for 25 years. It's very exciting to see this incredible interest in fitness and community and tracking success.

We put out www.MyTrainer.com, a sports and fitness community around video content generated by the trainers with social networking features.

Free fitness video's for everybody!

It's not a social site though -- if you want online support as well, you'd have to combine it with something else.

What a fantastic list, thanks for sharing. I think social support is the most overlooked part of people's weight loss program. Sites like these make it that much easier to get that support, find motivation and provide inspiration to/from others. Welcome to Weight Loss 2.0!

Thanks for the excellent cool list!
fantastic job!

Thank You :)

Jim, this really IS a great list. People who want to get in shape and interact with others to do it can use all the resources they can find! We launched mybodysite.com to give people a place to connect and talk about all levels of fitness. We're working on all sorts of new features for the fall and I hope you will consider adding mybodysite.com to your next list. Keep an eye out for new stuff coming soon, too. : )

John

I love the online sites that provide personal support and lots of tips, recipes, and other help. My favorite is currently www.prevention.com, which is an offshoot of Prevention magazine - it's good stuff.

dailymile.com is a great social training site. You can log miles, get answers, join groups, and meet training partners in your area.

This is a good list to start with. Social sites in this niche is growing daily! So many to keep track off. I found this one by Ryan Lee. It has a twitter like interface where people can communicate their workout routine in real time. Though that was cool.

Check out MyPypeline.com, it launched in July/08 and offers 250+ (and counting) workout videos that can be streamed in a browser, downloaded, or burned to DVD. The site also offers a FREE membership that provides fitness tracking tools, the ability to create a community profile, and 6-12 week online training programs. The workout videos include titles from existing high profile fitness trainers such as Tracey Mallett and span all genres including Yoga, Cycling, Core Stability, Circuit Training, and Triathlon.

MyPypeline is currently offering your first video rental or purchase for free, no strings attached. The promo codes are listed at the bottom of the homepage at: http://www.mypypeline.com.

Hey J, this is indeed a great list. I think it's hilarious how half the comments are from people with even more sites to add! There can be no excuse for not being in shape these days! Thanks diet-blog for mentioning comotivate.com - like many of these others we're just getting things together.

I'll second dailymile.com is a great new fitness site. It has changed the way I workout.

Thanks for including WEGO Health in your solid list - you're proving the power of Health Activists helping each other. I hope you'll join our community, and keep telling it like it is!