I don't use sparkpeople's boards at all because they are so awkward to use. The folks are pretty supportive, but the boards suck. They could do so much better with vbulletin or something like that.

I like the sparkpages, though, which are kind of like personal weight loss blogs. I spent a lot of time searching sparkpages for successful people (long term weight loss), and then I follow their blogs. Most of them don't post a whole lot, but they are still inspiring.

The boards over there are full of people who will never lose the weight successfully, and I try to avoid their posts. What the person who will never lose and maintain has to say is not edifying, it's often self-delusional, and full of misinformation. The sparkpeople boards software make it very hard to weed those out, so I just don't read there.

Karen