Description

You've probably heard the ads for Noom, a weight loss app that proclaims to be not a diet.  An app that uses "science and personalization to help you lose weight and keep it off for good."  Maybe you've wondered what makes them different but you go to the website and can't actually find much out - unless you take their "get started quiz."

Well, Michelle did the work for you.  She took that (very long) quiz and followed their plan for a week - and what did she learn? Take a listen to find out.

Content warning - this IS a diet deep dive of a weight loss app so there is quite a bit of discussion about weight, calories, weighs, etc.

In this episode, Michelle attempts to give an as unbiased review/overview of noom as possible and she and Marissa delve into:

• What the main components and the premise of the app are 
• A discussion about daily weigh ins
• A discussion about labeling foods in a colored system that mimics a stop light and why that's problematic
• The potential good parts of this app including nutrition education and some accessibility features
• Yo-yo dieting 
• How to deal with trigger foods
• How to correctly pronounce Tostitos  
• That noom is a weight loss app - it's purpose is for weight loss so therefore it is based on the principle of CICO (calories in, calories out) and being in a calorie deficit; so, nothing new 🤷‍♀️

If you've had experience with Noom, positive, negative or in-between, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at strongandsimplepodcast@gmail.com and/or DM us on the gram @strongandsimplepodcast!