“Be wary of any food that has been created by humans rather than nature. The ingredients on the labels of processed foods, such as the average cracker or potato chip, are mind-boggling. If I don’t know what it is, it’s not going into my body.”

I have been reading about every other diet out there and found THE ABS DIET, and was intrigue because of the step promises and the hype around it. I am considering doing it for two weeks and see if it holds up to it’s name and claims.

Healthy Water? 33g of SUGAR!

Just when you thought it was safe to drink something you thought was “healthy”, think again…..including a water drink. WATER! Just more proof companies DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. They care about you CASH!

LINK: List of the 20 worst drinks out there.

I am not going to tell you who the winner was but I can tell the list looks delicious. I am a label reader now and I know I don’t like more than about 10g of sugar in my drinks or artificial sweeteners.

David : I am officially according to the US Government, not obese anymore. I am just Over-Weight. Today with my new weight of 214 pounds I am now 29.8% fat which is only over-weight. Been looking forward to this day for a while now. Next big mile stone is 15 pounds away which leads me to our next big bit of news.

Kelly: Today when Kelly got on the scale the first digit did not have to work as hard to display a number “2″ instead Kelly being very green used less power and only made it display a “1″. Kelly is now as she puts it “A Buck & Change”. Way to go! Sets us up for a very good weekend and more weight loss.

As a side note, we walked a mile last night and it did not seem to impact the weight loss at all. I was a little more hungry than I think I should have been at bed time but not in any pain other than my lower back which is killing me but that is another story.

1. SparkPeople is so hard to navigate. It’s an endless maze of buttons and nothing is where it should be or where you expect it to be. Even after using it for an entire year I still can’t find simple things like how to change my GOAL WEIGHT.
2. Busy Busy – With all the colors and icons, adds and other junk it’s a very busy web site. Too busy for me with ADHD and Dyslexia…just say-in!
3. SPAM – I know I can turn it all off, but seems like every time I do I get more updates from the site. Then I can’t find where to turn them off and have to spend countless hours looking for the setting.
4. Reports – Half  the time I put in my weight or food the REPORTS server is down and I can’t  pull my reports to see my progress. It’s been worse lately than it was at first. Not being able to get to information is a huge pain. Even free info.
5. Freedom – The site is no very hCG diet friendly. If you drop more than a pound a day or eat less than 1000 calories it get grumpy.

SparkPeople is a very busy web site

Sparkpeople does have some pretty icons

Sparkpeople - Reports are broken

To be fair there are some things I like about SparkPeople:

1. The Report when they are up that are very nice
2. Big community on there if you are looking for a fat BFF to help you along.
3. FREE

FatSecret.com

1. Simple Interface and easy to use
2. Nice community and not too large (wink wink)
3. Kind of Facebook-ish but not annoying like Facebook.
4. There is an App for Blackberry that is a simple version of the site. I love it.

FatSecret.com - Easy to use menu

FatSecret.com - Simple Interface

FatSecret.com - Blackberry App Rocks!

FatSecret.com - Easy to look at design and colors

So there you have it. Join up and find me on FatSecret.com (LINK TO SOMETHING)

I am a fat burning machine this time around and pretty happy so far. I am off to a better start than last time and I am going to be aggressive about my weight this time. There are stalls in the diet and I only had one last time, but this time when I get one of those .2 pound loss day I am kicking an ALL APPLE day and getting things moving again. I want to drop another 30+ pounds this round and will stop at nothing to get that done. I also need to be off P2 in time for some events here in town so I don’t have any time to goof off or not loss weight.

Hope you all are having a good day and please feel free to post. Kelly is doing well and hanging with me on the weight. She is down 6.6. Not bad at all. I will post more when we hit mile stones…10, 15, 20, 25, and 30.
I am looking for guest posters too who are doing hCG and are willing to share.

This next round I am looking for a solid 30+ pounds again. Kelly is looking for the same as well. If I reach my goal I will be under 185 and that has not been the case since high school. (1988 or 1990). That would be amazing.

After this next round I have been promised I can go shopping for new clothes too. That is a good reason to be excited too. I would encourage all of you out there to post comments so we can help each other out.