Ok this is kind of a weird post for me, but I hope I'm not violating any rules by posting this. I don't know if this is necessarily a PSA, but it just feels like something I need to talk about.
I started Noom in October at 220lbs (30 F, 5'6", CW 209) and it led to some really bad eating habits. Now I've used CICO off an on over the past few years to help with weight loss. When I track, I lose weight, but eventually, something stressful happens or I get into a new relationship and start to feel better about myself (yeah I know that one's for my therapist) and stop feeling a need to lose weight. My friend tried Noom and lost like 100lbs and kept it off so I thought hey, maybe this will work for me.
For those of you who are not familiar with Noom, it's a weight loss app that features psychology with calorie tracking, "good" and "bad" foods, a coach, a group, and daily weigh-ins.
The good:
- Cute interface
- Helpful psychology tricks
- Sympathetic coach
The bad (for me):
- Inaccurate calorie tracking that had me eating roughly what MFP says was 600-800 calories a day and telling me I was over my limit
- "Green," "Yellow," and "Red" foods that made me feel judged and obsess over what is healthy
- Daily weigh-ins that made me start obsessing about my weight in a way I never have before
While it's normal for me to feel a little hungry the first couple of weeks while I'm eating a deficit, usually I get used to it. Instead, I've basically felt starving for weeks. It got to the point where I would eat just enough to keep from fainting, log it, feel disappointed, and then put the rest of my food away. I'd actually get nauseated at the thought of eating more because of the stress of having the numbers go up on the scale or stay the same. I started skipping a lot of meals and my friends started to get worried about what I was eating and what I was saying.
Weighing myself every day felt like I was throwing my failure in my face if I didn't lose anything from the previous day, and I started wanting to restrict more and more so that I could see the numbers change. I lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks, which might not actually be concerning but was definitely faster than I've ever lost before. Not going to lie, that made me want to stick with it. Most resources talk about eating disorders and assume that you're under a BMI of like 18 and I'm up there in the 30s but deep down I can tell that something went wrong. For once, I'm actually struggling to make sure I eat enough and I feel like I have to track to keep myself from spiraling downward. I think I'm slowly working my way back but it's tough to beat that feeling of nausea once I no longer feel like I'm eating to survive.
Now I know that there are probably tons of you who are using Noom and liking it just fine and staying healthy, but I'm definitely going back to MFP with weekly weigh-ins. I'm not really sure what I'm looking for with this post but I guess I just wanted to put it out there in case anyone had a similar experience.
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