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 I think I posted I've been doing a new fitness program called Noom. It's an app and it's free to start but then you sign up and you get a coach and a group, which is pretty cool.
The way they charge you is a bit sneaky, they of course want your credit card when you download it, even just for the free trial, but I was fed up with being overweight (even tipped into the "obese" category for a while there), so I figured if I liked the free trial I might try the pay version.

The free trial went by and I really liked their approach. I thought I kind of got the hang of it and I was actually going to cancel the card payment but I forgot. So I got charged, and I even reached out to the CS to try to go back on it, but they (conveniently) didn't answer until I was about another week into the program and then I was hooked. I totally don't fault the company for this, it was my responsibility to keep track of the free trial and cancel it if I wanted to. Some people think it's sneaky but I don't. 

I like their food system, I like how they don't say "this is the diet you have to follow and this is the exercise you have to do". A few weeks into the program they actually talk about different diets and the pros and cons. They did have a week or so on exercise tips and routines which I mainly skipped because I'm already doing Couch to 5k.

Ok, brag break! I've made it further in c25k than I ever have! I'm about to start week 5! I had to slow my speed down but now I'm able to jog for 5 minutes straight which is huge for me.

Anyway, back to Noom. I have lost 10 lbs. since the end of February! Noom tells you to weigh in every day. I originally hated this approach. I thought it was obsessive. But now I really see how weight can fluctuate and I feel like every day is a new beginning instead of striving for a week only to see the scale go up or not move at all. Maybe two days ago you had lost two lbs. but you don't see that because you only weighed yourself on one day.

Every day it gives you articles to read, little quizzes to take on what you've learned and gives you the chance to share things with your group. I often hear that the groups are pretty quiet (mine is) but that's really okay with me. I love how it changes your habits a little at a time and doesn't deprive you. It helps you learn to moderate your eating and change the habits that make you eat poorly.

So that's my PSA, if you're thinking about it you just have to be careful of their automatic billing.