Noom Diet Reviews

This program is so comprehensive, educational, and practical! I have tried many other diet programs and this one definitely has worked the best for me. I love the easy app and fun way of keeping us involved and accountable through a personal coach and group support plus making us have to think of specific plans for our success. It’s so amazingly worth it!

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I've really enjoyed working through this program and am eager to learn more. It's nice to have a coach and group that hold me accountable to my goals. I'm not only learning about how to take better care of myself, but I'm learning WHY it's important. It's been a great experience thus far, and I look forward to the progress I will continue to make.

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This app has helped me lose over 10 pounds so far. It also helped me hone my food knowledge, eating habits and gave me good psychological tricks to help me on my way to better habits. I like the information provided and the style of it (casual/fun). There is so much information provided - sometimes I feed a bit overwhelmed with all the information. 1 or 2 fewer tasks every day might be a good improvement - especially when starting out.

The other item that could be improved is the food log. Sometimes I find the same item with two records one indicated as a yellow food and one indicated as a red food. I am not strong enough to choose the red food item yet. I also found a Taco Bell breakfast burrito listed as a green food, which I doubt. Being part of a group helps to share victories and hurdles and inspires. The personal coach is not as helpful for me, as I keep getting asked what my goals are for that week - as if my goals would change every week, which they don't. Overall, I am happy with this app and feel it is a very good product.

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I can see this being a good program for people who have never had to manage their weight, or maybe have never experienced any weight loss success. But it doesn’t seem like anything new at all to me, and it has not helped me achieve anything I couldn’t have done on my own. It cost a lot of money, that I frankly do not have, and I do feel it was a waste. I continue to use the app religiously hoping something will change. So far I am very disappointed.

I am a behavioral therapist, with my background in psychology. I was hoping this program would work to provide reinforcement for desired behaviors and help me lose some weight. I was hoping it would be something new that helped me achieve new goals that I had not been able to reach previously...

I’ve struggled with my weight throughout my life. When I was at my heaviest of 230 I started hiking with my dog, it became my new favorite activity and I lost 80 pounds in 9 months, and never looked back. When I started hiking, I told myself I would continue for my health even if I never lost a pound. I didn’t want to be physically limited. Along with that new habit though I did lose weight and eventually I did stay motivated to maintain a healthy weight, and did desire to have a healthy number on the BMI. I eventually started long distance running as well, and writing down my food intake. That was in 2009/2010. I fluctuated between 145-155 between then and now, and created a bunch of healthy habits throughout those years.

However, after the holidays this year I had reached 160 pounds, the highest weight I’d been at since before the weight loss. Plus, I had never actually achieved my weight goal of a healthy BMI. I am between 5’1” and 5’2” so 160 is very close to being obese according to the BMI. I chose to try Noom hoping it would be something different. It is not something different at all. I could have used MyFitnessPal to track my food for free. I could use groups that I am already a part of on FB for motivation and support. I could have gotten an online health coach for much less than what I paid for Noom. Everything Noom has are things that I’ve already done. Most of the habits they prompt me to create are habits I have already formed. There is very little new information. I try to stay positive and tell myself that it’s helpful to be reminded, and I just keep following along, I’ve just kept going because that is how I roll. But I have been frustrated, burnt out, and feeling duped out of a lot of money lately.

The group on Noom is incredibly disorganized. When the app prompts me to share with the group, the group leader should have already started a thread with that topic. That has yet to happen. The threads the group leader starts have NOTHING to do with our tasks for the day so people just post, it’s incredibly crowded and scattered, and not everyone is on the same day. To make matters worse more people were added to my original group apparently because not enough people were posting? Some of us expressed our concern under the topic when it was announced that more people would be added, but we were completely ignored. At first, I tried responding to lots of posts and posting myself. Few people commented back. It felt like a total waste of time. I got nothing out of it and typing responses/posts on my phone can take an hour or so out of my day. I stopped using the group to stop the frustration.

My goal specialist seems nice. I have a burning feeling that she’s managing a very high number of people.

At the end of the day, this program has not been worth the money for me so far. I keep going anyway. I’ve been sticking to it. I might as well use the tools, right? And for people that are completely clueless, I would think this would be something different and it might work really well. For me, not so much.

I am going to answer no to the recommendation question, but here’s the thing, I probably WOULD recommend this to someone. I’ve talked to people who tell me they can’t eat a piece of bread because they’re cutting carbs while at the same time drinking a full sugar soda. People who hear nuts are a healthy snack so they eat a huge Costco sized jar and can’t figure out why they aren’t losing weight. People who think granola bars, flavored yogurt, and trail mix with chocolate in it are health foods. Those people need programs like this. I am aware that checking calories is important, and eating foods that will fill you up i is important. I am aware that treating myself REASONABLY is also important, while sticking to my goals. Some people don’t know that. Furthermore, this app has told me that exercise doesn’t cause weight loss on multiple occasions. Okay, maybe not total causation, but correlation indeed. I ate healthy, was a vegetarian, but was sedentary and was very obese. When I began regularly exercising, I lost a ton of weight. I barely changed my diet for the first 50 pounds; my diet only changed because the exercise naturally caused me to eat fewer calories. For the first 50 pounds I didn’t track ANY of my food. I stayed on the same vegetarian diet I’d been in for years. So I think that telling people "exercise has benefits, but it won’t cause weight loss" is incredibly dangerous. I know it goes into more detail than that, but unfortunately, most people are very focused on weight alone. Even if they’re prompted to set other goals it’s easy to be fixated on weight. So telling them that exercise won’t cause weight loss will stick in their head above some of the other things and frankly it’s a bad idea to say that. Exercise is INCREDIBLY important, and I know y’all know that based on other statements that have been made in the articles.

Anyway, I’ve got to stop ranting, lol. I do think you have a good thing here, just way overpriced and heavily flawed. Good luck.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I've been overweight for about 17 years. In that time, I've struggled with issues like stress, lack of energy, and mild depression. I tried to lose weight on my own several times but didn't make any significant progress.

I was interested in the Noom approach because it seemed like a way to learn to change my approach to food and exercise with moderation and psychology, not by just depriving myself of certain foods (which I knew I would struggle with).

I started the day after Christmas, and now 6 weeks later, I have already lost 21 pounds. Noom provides daily topics about nutrition, exercise and the psychology behind it all. They write them in a very entertaining manner and I get a lot of laughs out of them.

The Noom groups and coaches help me be part of a community of people all on the same path. Their encouragement is super helpful to my motivation.

Not only am I losing weight, but I'm feeling better mentally and physically. This has also had a positive effect on my family and they are gaining more healthy habits as well!

Thank you Noom!

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

So far while joining this community of weight loss people I have seen great results, not only in my weight but my mental happiness as well! The app has delivered exactly what I was needing, in a very user-friendly and informative way. I wake up each morning looking forward to doing my activities, and it gives you everything you need to lose weight for good! A huge support group, 1x1 goal specialist counseling, along with plenty of tips and tricks to make sure you stay the course!

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This program is very easy to use. It's informative and has been great for me. I've been losing weight on the exact time schedule predicted. I've learned so much about health and nutrition. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to lose weight.

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I was on Weight Watchers, met my goal, and gained a lot of it back. Instead of trying to go back on the plan, I decided to try Noom after seeing the results that my wife was having.

I've been on Noom a little more than a month now and lost 12 pounds now. Even better I'm armed with the information to eat better, and understand how to stick with good choices. Also figuring calories is so much easier than points that have no rhyme, nor reason for assignment.

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I've been following Noom for 5 weeks. It's totally different than anything I've done in the past. It's very behavior management based with tons of education presented in a witty and entertaining format. There is much room for imperfections in the behaviors explained and encouraged daily. The group thread is okay, but it doesn't allow for easy responses to posts. The individual coach acts as a guide. I have not spent much time asking many questions of my coach. I've done really well establishing new habits by sticking with the recommendations. The investment is paying off!

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

They will take your money and not refund you any of it if the program does not work for you. They don’t care, they only want their money. They are run on algorithms and computers, not real people. They don’t care about helping you, and I actually gained weight on their program.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I love the flexibility and education on the psychology of why we eat like we do and why. The program is informative and the coaches are responsive and knowledgeable. Unlike other programs I have tried, Noom helps me to be accountable for all of my calorie intake and provides me with the information in real time. Weighing in each day helps me remain accountable to myself. Ingenious!

Thank you for the support and acknowledgment that yes, I can do this and be successful for life! I am a believer!

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Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend