In NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, Cherie Miller, MS, LPC, talks to us about the diet NOOM.
Cherie is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas. She is founder and owner of Food Freedom Therapy, a group practice of therapists and coaches who help people make peace with food and their bodies. Cherie has 15 years years of experience as an eating disorder therapist, mentor, speaker, educator, and advocate. She is also a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (IAEDP) and the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH).
In NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, Cherie Miller also talks about:
What brought Cherie to this work
What is NOOM?
Cherie’s experience the free trial
How many people use NOOM?
What are the two main claims?
Is NOOM a diet? They say NO, we say Yes!
What’s wrong with it?
NOOM, colour coding and counting calories
Intentional weight loss
Splitting: Good and bad foods
95% diets don’t work but NOOM claims life long results
Is the evidence correct?
What’s wrong with weighing oneself daily?
Obsessive behaviour, disordered eating and eating disorders
Should therapists support their clients to participate in this program or other intentional weight loss?
The use of the term ‘obesity’ and the obesity epidemic
Weight oppression, bias and stigma of clients in bigger bodies
The Health at Every Size at movement
Grieving the loss of the fact that weight loss doesn’t work
Developing a healthy and trusting relationship with your body