Noom: Healthy Weight Loss Plan 12+

I’m a very active, super fit and healthy 51-year-old woman who eats healthy 90% of the time but was still overweight due to the 10%… I knew I had food addictions and was eating for comfort and boredom but was unable to stop, before I found Noom (or did Noom find me?). I’m 4 weeks into my Noom journey and have lost 4 kgs and learned an enormous amount about eating psychology and nutrition to help me set up for a healthier life the rest of my life. I haven even quit drinking wine altogether as Noom gives you the ability to make choices that fit your lifestyle, not some easy-to-follow script. That also means that when I get to my goal, I won’t be making drastic changes that risk putting it all back on in a hurry. The system of logging your food (and drinks) and Noom adding up the calories, together with the food colour system, make it a breeze making informed choices .

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The tips and tricks taught during the process are interesting. The app itself and, especially, how payments are handled are a bit of a nightmare. It is really expensive but when I signed up for the 2 weeks trial (not free) I knew I would have been charged for a monthly fee afterwards. I didn’t expect to be charged for 4 months all together. No emails in regards, no notifications, nothing. The food log feature is basic and Americanised, frustrating to use to say the least. You are automatically prompted to ingredients with their default quantities, without suggestions of previous customised quantities selected and you cannot select an entire previously logged meal. It is just too slow of a process to keep it up. You cannot leave your support group (personally found absolutely useless and way too many notifications from it). The list of workouts/activities is scarse and alphabetically sorted, with no other options for sorting (not even the ‘search’ one). But most importantly, it misses ‘breastfeeding’ or ‘nursing’ option that must be included since the calorie budget for a new mum is different and a deficit too big could be dangerous. Cancelled the renewal as soon as I found the 4 month charge on my bank account and won’t recommend it.

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The food logging and weight tracking is helpful. I have not yet got the step tracking working so can’t comment on that, but I imagine it would be helpful. Working through the “psych tips” is tiresome and most are things many people probably already know, although knowing doesn’t always equate to doing. Finding the threads to comment on is difficult and I don’t really enjoy wading through and adding to them. I am in New Zealand and don’t always know what people are referring to. Occasionally I don’t understand exactly what the question is asking. I’m reluctant to waste other people’s time reading something I’ve only written because I was asked to, not because I actually had something worthwhile to say. (More than happy to comment when I do.) The data provided for food logging changes , which can be confusing, and there are long lists of products I’ve never heard of to scroll through. People who love spending time on social media might like all aspects of Noom more than I do. However, some aspects are helping me and probably could do even more of there were a version available specifically tailored to New Zealand brands and products.

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