Noom?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that no one no ever says what it IS though. Are you forbidden?

+1 Ha. This!

DH is using it.

Their whole concept is about limiting calorie dense foods. They put foods into three categories — red, yellow, and green. Green are the least calorie dense and you can have the most of it. Yellow is the middle, and then red is the most restricted. They give you a calorie budget based on your weight and weight goal, and then divide up that budget into the color categories.

Then they give you articles to read to learn about nutrition, exercise, etc.

You can track your water intake and your weigh-ins with the app, too.

There may be other things Noom does, but that’s what he talks about the most.

Exactly this. I've been on it for 3 weeks and am down 7 pounds (I'm 160ish). I really like the colors. It's not just points or just calories, it's teaching me how to portion and moderate. I did weight watchers in the past and it worked too, but it wasn't setting me up for long term success. Now I'm aware of how to portion control, enjoy treats but balance it with a healthy day otherwise. I just joined a group too, which you can utilize or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that no one no ever says what it IS though. Are you forbidden?

+1 Ha. This!

DH is using it.

Their whole concept is about limiting calorie dense foods. They put foods into three categories — red, yellow, and green. Green are the least calorie dense and you can have the most of it. Yellow is the middle, and then red is the most restricted. They give you a calorie budget based on your weight and weight goal, and then divide up that budget into the color categories.

Then they give you articles to read to learn about nutrition, exercise, etc.

You can track your water intake and your weigh-ins with the app, too.

There may be other things Noom does, but that’s what he talks about the most.

See that's why I am not interested. I don't think reading articles helps. If it did, no one would be overweight since there are a gazillion article on these topics freely avaiable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tried it, and wasn't nuts about it. But I am doing a program right now that combines the mindset aspect with diet awareness and education. It's expensive, but you get a personal coach and lots of attention, so I like it. Could check this out as well: https://bodysmartfitness.com/

I've been eyeing Bodysmartfitness. How much does it cost? I don't like that they are not transparent about pricing. How long have you been doing it and how are your results?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that no one no ever says what it IS though. Are you forbidden?

+1 Ha. This!

DH is using it.

Their whole concept is about limiting calorie dense foods. They put foods into three categories — red, yellow, and green. Green are the least calorie dense and you can have the most of it. Yellow is the middle, and then red is the most restricted. They give you a calorie budget based on your weight and weight goal, and then divide up that budget into the color categories.

Then they give you articles to read to learn about nutrition, exercise, etc.

You can track your water intake and your weigh-ins with the app, too.

There may be other things Noom does, but that’s what he talks about the most.

See that's why I am not interested. I don't think reading articles helps. If it did, no one would be overweight since there are a gazillion article on these topics freely avaiable.

Huh? No one is arguing that you literally lose weight from reading articles. The app is more than just reading articles.

[Anonymous]

Just signed up! Hopefully it works!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just signed up! Hopefully it works!

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I think a couple of weeks of the articles was good to get back into the mindset of watching what you eat but it is basically calorie tracking. Could be achieved for free with myfitnesspal or some other similar app.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that no one no ever says what it IS though. Are you forbidden?

+1 Ha. This!

DH is using it.

Their whole concept is about limiting calorie dense foods. They put foods into three categories — red, yellow, and green. Green are the least calorie dense and you can have the most of it. Yellow is the middle, and then red is the most restricted. They give you a calorie budget based on your weight and weight goal, and then divide up that budget into the color categories.

Then they give you articles to read to learn about nutrition, exercise, etc.

You can track your water intake and your weigh-ins with the app, too.

There may be other things Noom does, but that’s what he talks about the most.

See that's why I am not interested. I don't think reading articles helps. If it did, no one would be overweight since there are a gazillion article on these topics freely avaiable.

I've been doing it for maybe 5 days. What I like are the articles are really a brief read (1 minute, 3 minutes, etc) so I can quickly read an article to keep me motivated. But, I can't find what foods are green, yellow or red. I seem to eat green and red foods. I have yet to eat a yellow food. I can't find a list of food and their colors. I also haven't lost anything yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tried it, and wasn't nuts about it. But I am doing a program right now that combines the mindset aspect with diet awareness and education. It's expensive, but you get a personal coach and lots of attention, so I like it. Could check this out as well: https://bodysmartfitness.com/

I've been eyeing Bodysmartfitness. How much does it cost? I don't like that they are not transparent about pricing. How long have you been doing it and how are your results?

I'm on month 3 of it, and i have to say I really like this program. It's expensive: I think they asked for $3500 and I negotiated to $2700 (ha!) for 4 months. I'm signing up for a second 4 month session, and it's $1900. Everything you see on social is real. Those are actual women, which is what appealed to me.

We get a coach, and I whatsapp her all the time with questions and "I want to eat cheese and nothing else" and she gets me back on track. Then there is a Whatsapp group for all of the coach's clients so we can ask each other stuff and commiserate. There are classes on FB offered just to members. The program is set up for you - so I like to run, so that's the exercise that was incorporated first. They use MyFitness Pal to track calories.

I've lost 16 lbs, so it's not a fast program, but it's also not coming back. I started at the beginning of November - so right before the election (I run a political consulting firm), and did this through that, through Thanksgiving and Christmas, through the GA election, etc. So normally not the most opportune time to do this BUT it's working, and I feel great. I'm down a clothing size, and I now work out regularly. They also told us to not track on holidays, because one day won't derail you, and that moments with families are more important, so they are realistic too.

Each month you get an hour zoom with your coach, and you set goals for the month, talk about what's working, what isn't. Then each week, your review the past week and set goals for the next week. It might be like, plan your meals for the week ahead, or do workout A and workout B this week (they also include work outs that can be done at home/gym/whatever works for you).

So, for this week, my check list for each day is: Plan meals for tomorrow on MFP. 4-6k steps. Protein: 106g. I tracked honestly today (I was getting a bit lazy). Mirror exercise (admiring myself in the mirror and saying I look strong). Each of these are made for you, based on what you can do. There is this huge library of resources to help you understand how to make choices so that you are doing the work and the learning, along with your coach. They also really focus on feelings/emotional eating/etc. which I find is missing from a lot of programs. They focus really heavily on NSV (non-scale victories) which is great. So like, doing one more push up, running faster, eating a new healthy meal, etc.

Then, the idea is that once you are comfortable with the weight you want to hit, they reverse diet you so that you can maintain your progress. It's a super comprehensive program, and I think this is why it is working for me. Nothing else ever has, for so many reasons. I have muscle tone, I have more energy, and I don't feel deprived. I still enjoy pizza night on Friday with the kids, and wine.

Okay, that's a lot. I really think this program is fantastic, and I really do recommend it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that no one no ever says what it IS though. Are you forbidden?

+1 Ha. This!

DH is using it.

Their whole concept is about limiting calorie dense foods. They put foods into three categories — red, yellow, and green. Green are the least calorie dense and you can have the most of it. Yellow is the middle, and then red is the most restricted. They give you a calorie budget based on your weight and weight goal, and then divide up that budget into the color categories.

Then they give you articles to read to learn about nutrition, exercise, etc.

You can track your water intake and your weigh-ins with the app, too.

There may be other things Noom does, but that’s what he talks about the most.

See that's why I am not interested. I don't think reading articles helps. If it did, no one would be overweight since there are a gazillion article on these topics freely avaiable.

I've been doing it for maybe 5 days. What I like are the articles are really a brief read (1 minute, 3 minutes, etc) so I can quickly read an article to keep me motivated. But, I can't find what foods are green, yellow or red. I seem to eat green and red foods. I have yet to eat a yellow food. I can't find a list of food and their colors. I also haven't lost anything yet.

Wait, so how do you categorize your foods or plan your day if you don't know what fits where? How does that work for your "eat this much red, eat that much green" plan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that no one no ever says what it IS though. Are you forbidden?

+1 Ha. This!

DH is using it.

Their whole concept is about limiting calorie dense foods. They put foods into three categories — red, yellow, and green. Green are the least calorie dense and you can have the most of it. Yellow is the middle, and then red is the most restricted. They give you a calorie budget based on your weight and weight goal, and then divide up that budget into the color categories.

Then they give you articles to read to learn about nutrition, exercise, etc.

You can track your water intake and your weigh-ins with the app, too.

There may be other things Noom does, but that’s what he talks about the most.

See that's why I am not interested. I don't think reading articles helps. If it did, no one would be overweight since there are a gazillion article on these topics freely avaiable.

I've been doing it for maybe 5 days. What I like are the articles are really a brief read (1 minute, 3 minutes, etc) so I can quickly read an article to keep me motivated. But, I can't find what foods are green, yellow or red. I seem to eat green and red foods. I have yet to eat a yellow food. I can't find a list of food and their colors. I also haven't lost anything yet.

Wait, so how do you categorize your foods or plan your day if you don't know what fits where? How does that work for your "eat this much red, eat that much green" plan?

You can log a food and see the value then remove it if you aren’t going to eat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tried it, and wasn't nuts about it. But I am doing a program right now that combines the mindset aspect with diet awareness and education. It's expensive, but you get a personal coach and lots of attention, so I like it. Could check this out as well: https://bodysmartfitness.com/

I've been eyeing Bodysmartfitness. How much does it cost? I don't like that they are not transparent about pricing. How long have you been doing it and how are your results?

I'm on month 3 of it, and i have to say I really like this program. It's expensive: I think they asked for $3500 and I negotiated to $2700 (ha!) for 4 months. I'm signing up for a second 4 month session, and it's $1900. Everything you see on social is real. Those are actual women, which is what appealed to me.

We get a coach, and I whatsapp her all the time with questions and "I want to eat cheese and nothing else" and she gets me back on track. Then there is a Whatsapp group for all of the coach's clients so we can ask each other stuff and commiserate. There are classes on FB offered just to members. The program is set up for you - so I like to run, so that's the exercise that was incorporated first. They use MyFitness Pal to track calories.

I've lost 16 lbs, so it's not a fast program, but it's also not coming back. I started at the beginning of November - so right before the election (I run a political consulting firm), and did this through that, through Thanksgiving and Christmas, through the GA election, etc. So normally not the most opportune time to do this BUT it's working, and I feel great. I'm down a clothing size, and I now work out regularly. They also told us to not track on holidays, because one day won't derail you, and that moments with families are more important, so they are realistic too.

Each month you get an hour zoom with your coach, and you set goals for the month, talk about what's working, what isn't. Then each week, your review the past week and set goals for the next week. It might be like, plan your meals for the week ahead, or do workout A and workout B this week (they also include work outs that can be done at home/gym/whatever works for you).

So, for this week, my check list for each day is: Plan meals for tomorrow on MFP. 4-6k steps. Protein: 106g. I tracked honestly today (I was getting a bit lazy). Mirror exercise (admiring myself in the mirror and saying I look strong). Each of these are made for you, based on what you can do. There is this huge library of resources to help you understand how to make choices so that you are doing the work and the learning, along with your coach. They also really focus on feelings/emotional eating/etc. which I find is missing from a lot of programs. They focus really heavily on NSV (non-scale victories) which is great. So like, doing one more push up, running faster, eating a new healthy meal, etc.

Then, the idea is that once you are comfortable with the weight you want to hit, they reverse diet you so that you can maintain your progress. It's a super comprehensive program, and I think this is why it is working for me. Nothing else ever has, for so many reasons. I have muscle tone, I have more energy, and I don't feel deprived. I still enjoy pizza night on Friday with the kids, and wine.

Okay, that's a lot. I really think this program is fantastic, and I really do recommend it.

Thank you so much for this reply!! I'm doing my initial call next week and this has been SO helpful!!

[Anonymous]

I thought Noom was annoying. It seems like it’s designed for people who have NO idea how to eat properly.
I know how to lose weight. I just lack the discipline to do it. Not sure what program might help with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that no one no ever says what it IS though. Are you forbidden?

It's a glorified food tracker. You track your food in red, yellow and green zones, and you get a lot of pretty obvious advice. I was looking forward to chatting with a coach, but I highly suspect the coach was a bot that gave canned answers and was not a real person. Some people swear by Noom, but it was not for me. I actually gained weight. I switched to the WW green plan, and have lost 40 lb. Just 10 lb to go!

[Anonymous]

I wanted to add that the reason I am so successful with WW is that I go to the meetings. I get to talk with a real person and share ideas, successes, and setbacks with people who are going through the same thing I am. Much better than the fake coach at Noom.