I’m winding down Week 3 of my Noom program, and I’m feeling pretty good about how I’ve done so far.
My calorie overruns were not as out of control this week. I only went way over a couple times, and that was only by about 300 calories each time.
And I was under my budget several times. What? How’d that happen?
My physical activity is hanging in there really well, too. I’m doing 25-50 pushups and taking at least a 30-minute walk — often much longer than that — almost every day. I want to increase the pushups, so I’ll focus on that a bit more during Week 4.
I skipped a day of walking this week because it was freezing cold here in San Antonio. And rainy. But I want the next day, even though it was still freezing cold and rainy. Fortunately we usually have better weather than that, so outdoor exercise is not generally a problem, with the caveat that during the summer it must be done in the morning before the sun scorches the Earth.
So, yeah, overall I’m pretty impressed with what Noom has done for me thus far.
Back to how I did on the diet this week, I had no gelato, even though it’s allowed as long as I stay under my calorie budget.
I did buy some Jolly Llama sorbet pops that are pretty good and very calorically sensible. They help fill the gap no-gelato leaves.
Let’s see, what other diet decisions did I make this week that were a direct result of my time on Noom?
I bought some Ezekiel bread, and have been eating that. It’s Green on Noom, so that’s a big plus, and it allows to eat sandwiches, which I dearly love. The Ezekiel bread replaced Dave’s Crazy Bread, which is more calorically dense, and so less desirable.
I also made a lot of choices that I wouldn’t normally make, like eating fruit. Not eating chips. Eating more tofu and sweet potatoes. Not eating the paleo torte at my favorite restaurant.
Life is a series of choices, and exercise and diet include a lot of them. I feel great about making better choices in those areas of my life.
It’s only Week 3, so I must put forth my continuing caveat, how sustainable is this lifestyle? The jury’s still out on that, and it will be for some time, but I’ll keep you in the loop.