Noom

#1 - Menu

The menu is one of the best things about Noom. There is no menu or diet plan restricting you to greens and healthy fats. This is because Noom tries not to focus on your eating habits alone but also on your lifestyle habits. The service looks to change your lifestyle habits with the aim of improving how you eat, exercise, manage stress, and sleep – arguably the main factors that influence weight gain and loss.

While there are no structured eating windows or off-limits foods when using Noom, nutrition does play an important role in this weight-loss program. The service labels foods according to their nutrient density. The labels are colors of green, yellow, and red. Green-labeled foods pack more nutrients and fewer calories making them best for weight loss. Red foods are heavy on calories but have fewer nutrients. Yellow foods are somewhere in the middle. This diet plan or structure can come in handy if you’re not familiar with counting calories.

#2 - Structure

Noom is structured like most digital weight-loss programs. On the first page, you would be required to enter some personal information and an algorithm will determine the weight-loss and fitness plan that aims to help you, help yourself on your weight-loss journey. You get to choose whether, you want to “get fit for good”, or if you’re at the starting point, you can choose to “lose weight for good”.

Whichever option you choose, the next step is to fill in your demographics, health goals, and to take a lifestyle quiz to try and predict your work life, motivation to lose weight, relationships, and other helpful information that will aim to help the app craft an actionable weight loss plan.

Once your weight-loss plan is all set up, you’ll get your personal health coach to guide you towards your goals.

On the Noom app, you can track almost anything. You can track your water intake, workout sessions, food and portion sizes, heart rate, blood sugar, and blood pressure. You can also communicate with your health coach about your success.

#3 - Coaching

On Noom’s Healthy Weight Program, you get access to a personal health coach. You can contact your health coach via a chat service on the app during normal business hours, after all, your coach is human too! While not everyone would fancy a digital health coach over face-to-face coaching, the whole concept is to encourage personal motivation to lose weight for good, rather than relying on a coach to give you the motivation to do so.

#4 - Cost

For all it offers, Noom has a very reasonable price tag. Its flagship program costs $59 per month, but you can save more than $18 if you sign up for the two-month plan which costs $99. There is also a free 14-day trial that gives you access to all the app features without charging a dime. Once the free trial period elapses, you will have to cancel the plan or you will be charged.

#5 - Customer Support

On Noom, there is an extensive FAQ section to handle any queries you may have. If that’s not enough, you can use the contact form on the site. The email support form is quite fast with replies so you should get a response and a solution in no time. At the moment, the live chat and telephone support feature is not available.

#6 - Unique Features

With Noom, you can make an attempt to lose weight at your own pace. Rather than following restrictive diets, you can actually get a lifestyle shift that will help you to make better choices when it comes to your health, but only if you take the steps-yourself!