If you listen to podcasts or watch TV you've probably seen ads for the app Noom. Last year their ad campaign was basically, Noom is not your mom's Weight Watchers. I have news for you Noom, my mom never did Weight Watchers, but I did after Anna was born and it worked short term.
By March of 2019, I was ready to make a change in my diet but I wasn't sure which way to go. I knew that in the past a diet that makes some foods forbidden never worked out for me past the first two weeks of food restriction. I knew a keto diet, which seems to have been very popular with people on my social media, wasn't going to work for me. I also didn't want to do Weight Watchers again because in my experience I was good at cheating the system. This was obviously stupid and hurt no one but me, but that's the reality of it.
I did some research, read some reviews and completed Noom's online evaluation. Noom gave me a price for 4 months of their program and I decided the price was decent, but I wanted to line up my two week free trial with my paycheck. So I waited another week and then I joined. Because I am someone who likes to get my money's worth from goods and services I purchase, I followed every step of the program. I weighed myself daily, I logged all my food, I read all the articles, and followed all the instructions therein.
And it worked. I lost 43 pounds over five months and I have kept it off for five months. Theses days I am in the healthy BMI range.
But wait there is more to the story!
You have to consider that I started Noom in March and then in May I found out I had cancer. Now I had a serious reason to continue Noom or a great excuse to throw in the the towel. I decided to stick with Noom and now my goal was not about feeling better about wearing a swim suit. Now I needed to get down to healthy BMI before starting chemo. According to the research I read, a healthy weight and regular exercise and the best things you can do to avoid cancer. Among the stress of shitty diagnosis and a major surgery, I reached my goal, and again I was at a turning point.
Food and chemo don't really mix. Either your taste buds have gone on strike or you a flirting with vomiting. Eat healthy? exercise? Ha! A great time to give up on using Noom- or a really good time to use Noom as a major tool in my arsenal to slay chemo. I chose to slay. :-)
I completed chemotherapy without gaining weight and I exercised,either walking, running or riding a stationery bike, almost every single day ( I skipped about 7 days over five months). The gentle nagging of my notifications and the curriculum Noom provided was a life saver for me in 2019.
I didn't know what I was in for last year, and I am very glad I had Noom to help me get through some very turbulent times.
Want to check out Noom? This is my referral link.
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