How does the psych app NOOM work... (emotion, weight)

[otterhere]

...to facilitate weight loss assuming, of course, that it actually does? To my knowledge, it's still a fairly straightforward process of "calories in, calories out."

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by otterhere

...to facilitate weight loss assuming, of course, that it actually does? To my knowledge, it's still a fairly straightforward process of "calories in, calories out."

My understanding is it tries to address emotional eating and things like that. Makes you answer series of questions when you want to eat, to help you determine if you're actually hungry or wanting to eat for some other reason, then provides alternatives if eating is stress-related, etc. It combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with healthy eating.

[CarnivalGal]

It addresses the emotional aspect of eating in addition to the actual eating (calories in, calories out, nutrition, etc.). It addresses things like the tendency to beat yourself up over eating certain things and the internal messages and dialog we often have. Things like thinking, "I'm a failure," when you "cheat" on a diet, for example. It teaches mindfulness about these dialogs.