I got up as high as 204. I would like to be 160. My cholesterol is 250, LDL is 177 and my doctor wanted to put me on statins. (the whole statin drug thing is a separate discussion). Anyway I decided a few days before Christmas that I was going to do something about it so I have a friend at work that lost quite a bit of weight doing Noom. I chose to give that a try.
My wife said she didn't know why I was paying for anything, I can lose weight pretty easy, but the problem is that at 54, it's not as easy as it once was, and then I would get motivated and lose it, hit my target weight and then gain it all back.
I really wanted to do something that I could do forever. I wanted something that would change my eating habits so much that my first meal AFTER I hit my target weight would look just the same as the one before. I think Noom is really changing how I eat and how I view food.
There are no "good" foods or "bad" foods. They just encourage you to think of foods as Green, Yellow, and Orange. And they want you to eat foods from each category every day. Along with doing that, I'm reading these articles every day on the app that help me think about food triggers, or psych tricks, or exercise, etc. One of the most helpful things they've taught me is if my weight isn't coming down, look for other encouragements, like food choices or fighting temptation, or planning. They lead you to read articles for 5-7 minutes per day.
It's working well for me. From 12/22-2/22 I've lost 15 lbs, and that's OVER Christmas and New Year's. It's ideal because I'm good at checking boxes and knocking things off a list. By weighing every day, I'm learning that my weight can fluctuate as much as 3 lbs a day so it helps me.
My wife said she didn't know why I was paying for anything, I can lose weight pretty easy, but the problem is that at 54, it's not as easy as it once was, and then I would get motivated and lose it, hit my target weight and then gain it all back.
I really wanted to do something that I could do forever. I wanted something that would change my eating habits so much that my first meal AFTER I hit my target weight would look just the same as the one before. I think Noom is really changing how I eat and how I view food.
There are no "good" foods or "bad" foods. They just encourage you to think of foods as Green, Yellow, and Orange. And they want you to eat foods from each category every day. Along with doing that, I'm reading these articles every day on the app that help me think about food triggers, or psych tricks, or exercise, etc. One of the most helpful things they've taught me is if my weight isn't coming down, look for other encouragements, like food choices or fighting temptation, or planning. They lead you to read articles for 5-7 minutes per day.
It's working well for me. From 12/22-2/22 I've lost 15 lbs, and that's OVER Christmas and New Year's. It's ideal because I'm good at checking boxes and knocking things off a list. By weighing every day, I'm learning that my weight can fluctuate as much as 3 lbs a day so it helps me.
Formerly Willy Wonka
