Noom Diet Reviews

I've tried Weight Watchers online and have been somewhat successful on that - Noom is pretty much the same as far as what you can eat/not eat, etc. What's different is the readings you get every day, with a fair amount of scientific explanations about weight loss and what it actually is. Myth-busting, what. Also twice weekly check-ins with your "coach," and after a couple of weeks you become part of an online group. It's less overwhelming than the WW online chat, with NO POLITICS, fewer photos and videos to check out and more focused on issues surrounding cravings, food choices, and general support. A fair amount of ideas to try out too.

If you're interested in not going to meetings, and want to spend ten minutes or so a day reading, logging your meals, etc., Noom might be a good plan for you. So far I am happy with my weight loss, it seems reasonable and that motivates me to stick with the plan!

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

I have tried other weight loss programs like Curves and Weight Watchers. Was very successful but I have determined as the weight was creeping back that I had not dealt with the psychological aspect of eating and being healthy. Noom has helped me a great deal. That all or nothing mentality is not life. This program is such a great learning experience!

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

I've been consistent with Noom for about 6 weeks now. I decided to try this program when I saw I could do a 14-day trial for only $1. I figured I wouldn't be losing much...like other people, I wanted to develop a healthy lifestyle and lose weight for my New Year's resolution.

Within the trial period, I lost 4lbs...I paid for the membership because I saw that it actually worked for me. My overall mentality of food and choices were changed. I'm not a fan of calorie counting, but Noom helped me by showing me what foods are "green" vs. "yellow" or "red."

My overall snacking style has changed significantly...my biggest problem was eating out of boredom. Noom helped me recognize that and get it under control.

Overall I'm glad I tried it out. If anyone is on the edge of trying it, at least try the trial. I'm not sure I'll continue my membership, but I'm glad I have an understanding of what I need to work on. My biggest complaint is the wordy articles/teachings you have to read...However, some of the teachings are very informative. But most of the time I don't have time to sit and read all the objectives for the day - this would be the only thing that I would change.

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

The app is good for accountability, but for someone who already knows a lot about food, I don’t need to see my food categorized in colors (beach body style).

For me, I need my protein, sugar, and calories presented to me.

I also struggle with the amount of time it takes me to log food, so I quit doing it and went back to MFP.

I also don’t understand eating half calories back instead of all when a workout is part of your calorie deficient already. This is the first app that has ever had me do that. As someone who does CrossFit and high-intensity workouts, I found myself much hungrier this the calorie count allowed for.

On the plus side, I love the article and the coach.

I did not care for a group of 50 members. The biggest groups are overwhelming and the daily posts are so high that I just stopped reading.

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

I really appreciate the daily readings and explanations of so many issues associated with weight loss (and non-weight-loss!) However, Noom's "library" of food and calorie counts is much too basic and very difficult to manipulate to enter recipe contents. I've just given up trying to enter my recipes when the recipe does not provide calories. I'd also like more forms of exercise included in the list of exercises. For example, I do aquatic exercise. It's not swimming, which is included, and because resistance is different, it's not the same as conventional aerobics or Zumba.

And then there's my current coach. She has learned to verbally follow (that's a counseling technique which is useful in person but not in written counseling due to its lack of timeliness). But that's not what I need. I need actual advice - what kinds of exercise are available to me when I cannot do exercise that involves impact, like walking on pavement. I don't think she really understands what non-impact exercise is and why it's important, even essential, to some folks. Noom should be giving coaches more resources.

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

I have completed my first month with Noom. I am very pleased with the articles, coaches, step counting, and especially the results. I am moving so much more and have tons of energy. In the first month, I lost 18 pounds. I love planning my meals and having Noom count the calories for me. I also get a big kick out of all the quirky humor incorporated into Noom. That totally works for me. Suits my personality. I have been able to share some of what I'm learning with my friends (a group of 10), and as a group, we lost over 80 pounds in January. Thanks Noom!

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

The daily lessons and homework are very helpful. Even if you know all of the information, hearing it again, perhaps in a different way, is invaluable. This is the key reason why I recently rejoined Noom.

I do appreciate the lack of labeling food as good or bad. The green, yellow, red food system is helpful; what I don't understand is how a processed food, e.g. highly processed sugar-free yogurt, receives a green while a nonfat yogurt with minimal processing and sugar receives a yellow. Yes, I know the hazards of sugar, but isn't a food full of unpronounceable chemicals just as potentially hazardous?

Overall, I like Noom. I like the focus on the psychology of change and how to do it long term. I would like to see Noom offer a six or eight-month option, since lifelong habits take more than four months to develop.

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

Noon works really well for me. I feel very connected and supported. I have already lost 13 pounds in a month (I know this will slow down, but it is very affirming). I am more committed to doing the work with this type of interaction.

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

First of all, this program has been so well thought out and implemented in a way that is gentle and encouraging. It makes it easy to stick with it. You feel like you are understood and not the only person thinking and wrestling with all challenges your brain can come up with while trying to improve your health and lifestyle. There are plenty of obstacles in life to try to work around, Noom seems to whisk the worries and guilt away. The intuitiveness seems to keep you in check and one step ahead of our own self sabotaging way of thinking. I am surprised every day by how much they get me.

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

I’ve found the app itself very engaging, positive, and blissfully free of the usual "diet" rhetoric that other programs have. It genuinely seems to be based on science and body positivity, which is awesome.

I actually look forward to logging in and doing quizzes, setting goals, reading entertaining information...and as a result, the weight is creeping OFF me without me feeling deprived or bad about myself. Yay!

Two niggles:

1. My step device won’t sync with the app and no-one can seem to get to the bottom of why... this makes tallying my exercise clunky.

2. In the group situation, I find being in a different time zone to the facilitator and most of the group means that I am up to certain activities half a day before everyone else...meaning that I have no-one to actually discuss it with! As much as it’s interesting being in a group with people from the opposite end of the Earth, being in a group where everyone is roughly doing the same things at the same time would mean I could contribute better...

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

So far my experience with Noom has been great; I was ready to make a fairly drastic change, and it's helped me do that.

I like that calorie count vs. expenditure is so easy to see/keep track of, and I think it was a good call to make it a simple bar, as it's what I'm looking for most of the time. I also like the interface for putting foods into the tracker; it's pretty intuitive.

The things that I would like but are not there (hi, project manager or project manager feeder, I really hope you're out there!):

a) I'd like to be able to visualize calories in/out (and maybe other stats! I like graphs! They make me feel informed.).

b) Being able to scale in/out and have the dates along the bottom increase in granularity would be nice. Also being able to see around what weights I can expect around what dates in the future.

c) I would love love love love LOVE to be able to track from outside the app. Cmon, it's "mobile first," not "mobile only!" Every time I'm typing out long messages or tracking calories that I have to look up on the internet I think about how it would be so, so much easier to do it on my laptop/desktop.

d) I would like to be able to add recipes (which again would be much easier on a desktop). I keep searching for things that are kind of like what I want to make and then ending up making something simpler and just logging the ingredients, which is really annoying for meal prep.

e) Barring (d), it would be nice if there were just more recipes available. I get that it costs money, but subscribers pay a good bit, and I know it would make my life a TON easier. Seriously, cannot overstate this.

f) Really wish the exercises we could track were a little more granular. I would love to keep track of arm/leg/core/whatever days in-app, as well as weights and number of reps (which again could get some sweet data viz). As-is, no way to even approximate that.

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