My Employer paid for 6 months of Noom for anyone that wanted it. I do not recommend it, as it did not help me. Well, they did not provide anything new that I could not have done on my own. They also paid for Weight Watchers a few years ago. Here's the thing: Noom appeared, to me anyway, to be a fancier, higher priced weight watchers with a prettier app. That's it. It advertises that it is "not a diet" and that it will somehow help transform your whole entire mindset about food and eating. Then it gives you a daily calorie allowance and tells you to log all your food, JUST like every other paid diet plan. The only difference is that there are live coaches available, but the information they provided was not something ground breaking that you could not find on the internet yourself, or any better than your doctor or even your friends could give you. "Stay focused!" "Eyes on the prize!" "Make smarter choices!"

There were a few people at my work that utilized it that liked it, so you may want to give it a go. This is just my opinion. But I will add, that NONE of those people who found it useful while using it, found it useful ENOUGH to pay for it themselves to continue AFTER our employer stopped doing so. And of the 5 people I know who liked it, all of them are still pretty heavy.

I personally think it is better to do it on your own, for free. Just MY opinion though.

I first started on Noom in January 2020. Over the next year, I lost 50 pounds. I didn’t renew and over the following year ended up gaining 9 pounds back. I started up again and lost the 9 plus 10 more. I’ve since stopped the subscription but access the free site where I still weigh daily and log my food.

For me, Noom works. I honestly didn’t have much success with WW the times I tried that program.

I know of a fellow who was successful with Noom, but after he lost the weight made the mistake of thinking he understood it and could quit, so he's gaining weight again. A most common problem with any program.

Noom is run by a bunch of ex WW people so has a lot of similarities, though I think it's geared toward a younger crowd than WW in that it uses more tech. EG, WW still has their in-person meetings as well as on-line sessions.

WW does have good incentives for sticking with it which is a big part of long-term success. While I'm a lifer with WW since 1989, there are 2 things I don't like about it. One is they sell their own food products, a lot of which is junk, so they don't put an emphasis on eating real foods which I think is an important part of learning to eat well. The other is they keep changing their program all the time. While I can appreciate them wanting to update for the latest science and such, when you find a program you like, there's no option for sticking with it as all their apps update to the new program so you're forced to switch.

This review is pretty scathing.

If it is a generational approach, you have to be in their target generation.

These programs in the end are the 'best' in that they teach you how to eat, to balance your types of calories. They work when YOU have the self discipline. Other services that send you the food just are not going to have the staying power or flexibility when eating out. It comes down to self discipline everytime.

I haven't tried Noom.

After talking to other people who have had success with weight loss and getting fit, I'm having a lot of success with portion control. I don't count calories. I've cut the amount that I'm eating back to about one half of what I was previously eating. I am losing weight. I'm also walking five miles a day or around 10,000 steps. Of course, whatever other activity I do gets done on top of that. I feel healthier. I've gotten lots of comments from people who have noticed and I've gone down into smaller size clothes. My doctor even complimented me which was huge.

People who say it's as simple as less calories in than calories out doesn't understand how mental health can play into your diet. That some of us simply cannot do that. I am the type of person who is all or nothing. I have to eat the family sized bag of M&M's or eat none at all. I have to have all the colours of certains craft items or none at all. I have to buy all the craft supplies or none at all. LOL So to say you can have one cookie which is 100 calories now go walk off 150 calories: not going to happen. I would rather not have the cookie. Or I'll simply eat the whole bag of cookies. Which is why rather than go full Keto in the new year, I'll be cutting out all junk food including pop, and trading it in for water which I never get enough of. I'm always dehydrated. I'll be upping my healthy fats. It's why Keto was so easy for me and I'm not 100% sure that cutting junk food out for me will be enough. I was diagnosed a week ago with osteoarthritis in my knee and I know cutting sugar out will help with the inflammation a lot, which is why I decided to try this first. If it's not enough, then 100% keto it is because Keto is all or nothing. Noom and Weight Watchers allow you to eat anything. I can't have one cookie. Tried that. Didn't work. So, I'll ease my way back to what I do know works for me. I'll give my way a month before I'm 100% back on keto. Upping the healthy fats will certainly help with the sugar cravings.

I checked into it but then decided not to go with it. My brother lost 75 pounds doing low carb Keto so I decided to try that and haven't looked back. It is so easy. I can eat more things than I can't. I don't miss the pasta, bread, sugar or starchy foods at all because I am always full. I did buy a loaf of Keto Orowheat bread for when I desire a sandwich but that isn't very often. I started September 2nd and as of today have lost 35 pounds. I don't feel food deprived at all, craving for sweets and baked goods completely disappeared over night which really surprised me because I have a sweet tooth. I have no desire to bake any Keto recipes for cookies and cakes or candy. Once in a while I buy Indulgence Keto chocolate covered ice cream bars and to me they taste better than non Keto bars. I can have 85 percent dark chocolate but usually have no desire to eat it. I made a really good lasagna using low carb tortillas and I couldn't tell they weren't lasagna noodles. This is no longer a diet to me, but a way of eating that I will continue to do. Calories in and calories out isn't always true. I lost this weight by eating up to 1900 calories a day and I have been totally sedentary because my broken back was still healing. I was finally able to walk around Costco with the support of the grocery cart 2 weeks ago for 2 hours. Your body uses up calories without having to exercise

Calories in/Calories out is always true. It's basic science.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/calories-in-calories-out#what-it-is

https://www.fitwatch.com/blog/calories-in-vs-calories-out-the-basic-formula-explained

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/calories/art-20048065

When someone says they "eat what they want" in a calorie deficit and lose weight, they're met with diatribes against this method by others who want to eat something else (or not eat something). Just because I eat ice cream and pizza and pasta and still lose - or currently maintain - my weight doesn't mean I don't "understand" mental health's impact. Nobody here has any idea what my mental health is like. Oh, and I don't exercise.

Yes, you could lose weight by eating only ice cream sundaes if you keep track of calories, but that's not best for your health. In WW we talk about our "why" for losing weight. If it's about gaining and maintaining our best health as we age, that's a whole different thing than just to fit into my old jeans.

This is an interesting video and he speaks of calories in and calories out.