Many of us require a lot of discipline in order to lose weight, and I have to admit, that’s not one of my top qualities. However, after diagnoses of high blood pressure and Type 2 Diabetes, controlling my nutrition and weight have become a larger priority.

Over the years, I’ve tried all kinds of “diets”, but for me, the plans that eliminate  certain food groups were doomed to ultimate failure. It wasn’t that I didn’t lose pounds and inches, because I did. The problem is that I couldn’t maintain the strict plans and the weight returned, always with a few more pounds tacked on.

Now that I’m older, and hopefully, a bit wiser, I’ve discovered the plans that work best for me allow me to eat what I want, but with some restrictions (usually planning ahead, controlling portions, and being aware of calorie consumption).

For me, I’ve used a couple of plans that I’ve been most pleased with: Weight Watchers and Noom. Now I’m not a big joiner and I didn’t want to pursue any face-to-face meetings, so I used the apps available for both of these programs. 

Weight Watchers is slightly less costly, but it offers support groups, recipes, calculations for points/calories along with a tracker for food, activity, and so on.

Noom costs a bit more, but in addition to the support group, recipes, calculations, and trackers, it also offers a personal coach and various short and somewhat humorous psycho-social exercises and articles to help you understand why you have the relationship with food that you do.  

Let’s face it, if keeping a healthy weight were simple, the weight loss industry wouldn’t exist.  That’s not to say that there aren’t free tracking programs out there (google “free weight loss apps”). There are plenty, and some pretty decent ones.  But if you need some additional support and the accountability that comes with paying for a program (there’s more of that psycho-social influence), I recommend Weight Watchers or Noom.

I’ve lost 15 pounds so far with Noom, and if you want to try it for yourself, you can get a 14-day free trial plus a 20% discount by using this link: https://friends.noom.com/YUZQSUpCTlc0OmNm

I do receive a small compensation should you join, with no extra cost to you.