One week of Nooming

[bill_schubert]

I had a couple of people ask so here is the one week report (decidedly from my perspective).

1 — Anything new in dieting is what we used to call a fad.  Lots of them have persisted and become commercialized (I saw Paleo and Keto frozen waffle offerings at Whole Foods 365 yesterday).  I've tried a bit of it with the high protein/low carb and find such skews in one direction or another doesn't work for me.

2 — Mostly that whole idea of dieting is wrong headed.  That is Noom's stance and I agree.  I do not want to live the rest of my life without bread.  And cake.  And cookies. And.. well you get the idea.  And Noom agrees.  

3 — I'm philosophically Buddhist, a believer in the middle way.  I mostly suck at executing it but I believe that moderation will result in a more stable and comfortable and enjoyable life.  Noom also is on that.

4 — Losing weight is about 90% psychology and 10% physiology.  Same as the lessons I learned quitting smoking with SmokEnders.  

All of that I knew going in.  The other element that makes a difference in any system is recording and reporting.  Just doing that results in achieving change even if nothing else is done.  So I've lost about five pounds already just paying attention and reporting what I ate (and upping my water and exercise).  I'll gain some of it back in another couple of weeks when I get bored and anxious about not eating what I want when I want.

I've only had a couple of contacts with a 'Coach' so that has not kicked in much yet but I just bought five months worth and my assigned coach is back from vacation today so that will change.  And there is, apparently, a group that I'll be assigned to.  Hopefully they have a curmudgeon's group.  'You're fat!!' 'Yeah, back at you'.

Oh, and the whole thing is done in a phone app which I hate.  I'm a computer person in a phone world.  Nothing to be done about it.  The app is good for such things and there are Reddit groups and Noom recipe sites galore.

So far I do about 10-15 minutes of education a day.  It is ridiculously painless but useful and I always learn a bit more.

There is no magic here.  Unfortunately no one tells you what to do.  They just tell you why you've been doing it and how to make it better.  If you want to.

Comments

[solteronita.livejournal.com]

A long while back I signed up for a free trial with Noom, but I uninstalled and canceled within a day because I was getting too much of a "You got this!" and "Way to go, girrrrrl!" vibes. Maybe it's changed since I tried it? I can't take the cheerleading approach. :D

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Noom is known for its cringworthy sayings and writing style. For some reason it doesn't bother me but I read quickly through the lessons rather than listening. I suspect the audio version would bother me.

[susandennis]

There is no magic here. See, that's where is all falls apart for me. I'm waiting for the magic one.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Got it. I want a new drug. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA)

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Noom basically just repeated the same "diet" advice I'd heard everywhere.

Did you know soda has more calories then water!?!?
For me it was not worth the cash. I need to pay someone to just slap the donut out of my hand. lol

[howeird]

Two things:
- In curmudgeon's group, 'You're fat!!' the proper response is "Get off my lawn!"
- All things in moderation — including moderation

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Get off my lawn!

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I never really had any contact with my Noom group or my coach but I think that was probably due to being the other side of the Atlantic

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

My coach contacted me immediately. In fact she was on vacation and a stand in contacted me so maybe they've taken notes and are sensitive to it.