Noom is more helpful than I thought it would be, especially in terms of accountability, ease of platform, education, and nutrition tracking. I can understand what got me here in the first place now, and I know what to do to keep losing and gain more muscle mass. For example, I can't eat fast food or cereal regularly even if it's not adding up to a lot of calories in a day because of portion control. I'm 51 years old and my body has changed and needs me to feed it healthy foods on a regular basis, and cut out the inflammatory stuff. Losing weight felt very slow and almost disheartening at first, but the women on Noom that are also in the same boat or past wherever I was were very encouraging and informative. This encouragement helped me, and it also helps me to encourage others. Now that I feel better and more in control of what I eat (recognizing the inflammatory and high fat/sugar foods I was eating), I realize I need to add some resistance training (I walk every day) if I'm going to get to my goal weight. That being said, I feel so much better that I think I'm going to adjust my goal weight and keep focusing on nutrition and now adding, resistance/some light weights. I will say that it's been imperative to drop the inflammatory foods and only consume the minimum amount of calories suggested by Noom to lose. I am almost through perimenopause and I also think HRT is helping me lose and feel better all around.

I’ve been using this app for 5 months, and I thought I would get frustrated recording my meals every day knowing that I didn’t have full intentions to diet. Somewhere between the daily lessons and recording my weight daily, the way that I looked at food did actually change. The knowledge was in the back of my mind as I would roughly measure out serving sizes for a meal without much thought or effort. I gained weight for awhile after downloading, as initially I was just recording and not actually changing anything I normally did. The changes started to happen subtly and semi-automatically as I logged in every day, completing the lessons, recording my meals, and connecting my Fitbit to keep score of my daily steps. After a peak of 7 lbs gained while going through the program, I began to lose steadily. My highest recorded weight has been around 173 lbs. since joining Noom, and I am now at my lowest of 156 lbs. today. I decided to finally share a review, as the app creators deserve some credit after a 17 lb. loss, regardless of fluctuations throughout. With more effort and commitment than I have had, I’m sure others could lose the weight quicker. Either way, if you’re looking to lose weight in a sustainable way - this is a good app to have in your arsenal. (For further behavioral changes you wish to make that may or may not be weight loss related, I have found that “Fabulous” is an excellent app to supplement your Noom usage.)

I am a retired teacher who has tried to lose weight to be healthy. I did a liquid diet that was medically supervised and had support groups. I lost the weight but gained it all back when we started on real food. So I have started Noom and have enjoyed it from the first day. I looked forward to the daily readings. It is changing how I label food and what I eat. No good or bad foods. My grocery shopping has changed with a lot more time spent in the produce section and whole foods. It feels wonderful to be gaining the knowledge of what are the healthiest choices to make. The daily recording of meals is so easy on the app it keeps me focused on planning my calories and meals. The counselors I have are so supportive and knowledgeable. No, the weight isn’t dropping off like the restrictive diet I did before. Instead I’m loosing at a healthy rate of 1.5 to 2 pounds a week. My one on one counselor knows just what to tell me to keep me focused and avoid the hurdles I place on my journey. As I said before, I look forward to each day with Noom. It has given me a positive outlook. It isn’t a diet. It is changing my outlook. I’ve stopped saying “I wish” and started saying “I will”. Setting goals and not restrictions. I believe success is my only option with Noom. Thanks Noom, for giving me this support to make these changes. I know the success depends on me and how throughly I use the Noom program.