[Andrea]

I have written about the SparkPeople website before. The site offers support, articles, tracking, recipes, videos and more.

Recently, SparkPeople put out a book called Spark Solutions. About two months ago, my honey and I borrowed the book from the library and started the program. In those two months, in spite of multiple traveling and other things attempting to side track us, we have both lost weight, lost inches, and feel healthier. The majority of the recipes are delicious (once my honey added more spices) and we don’t feel like we are struggling to maintain the program.

The book offers two full weeks of detailed meals (including recipes) and exercise, with explanations and alternatives. You can even get the grocery shopping list for the meals on the website.

The book also offers directions for weeks three and four, or you can redo weeks one and two, as we have done.

I don’t know how you all are, but I am intimidated by food choices and cooking and tend to eat what I have always eaten with little thought to what is in it. Spark Solutions allows me to concentrate on learning portion sizes (my big downfall), while learning new ways to make dishes using healthy alternatives.

I am even more intimidated by working out or going to the gym and I don’t want to pay a trainer to torture me on their schedule. Spark Solutions takes the guesswork out of working out for me. I know how often to concentrate on cardio, when I should do strength training, and when I should rest.

Bottom line is we found something that works well for us and have purchased the book, now that we know it works.

Anyone else doing Spark Solutions?