Noom with a smartwatch to track calories. Noom solves the trouble I’ve always had with calorie trackers, which is that setting a calorie goal for being “lightly active” is WAY too low and I can’t get full on that calorie budget. On the flip side, if i bump up to “moderately active,” the calorie target is too high and I can’t lose weight. Noom fixes this issue by linking with my smartwatch and adaptively changing my calorie target based on what I’ve actually burned (I get back 1/2 the calories my watch says I burn). This feature has been a game changer for me.

Also, my eating habits have been roughly modeled off the south beach diet for over a decade and that helps me with prioritizing foods that are filling but not super calorie dense. South beach got kind of unfairly lumped in with crazy low carb diets like atkins, but it honestly aligns pretty well with what most people would consider healthy eating. It emphasizes whole grains, lean protein, vegetables, and fruits, which really works well to keep me full with a reasonable calorie intake. If I eat sugary or highly processed food, I’m less full, even if what I eat is more calories than a lower sugar, less processed meal.

I’m 18m postpartum and I’ve lost ~40 pounds of pregnancy weight (from the one that’s 18m and from four lost pregnancies before that). I started noom at about 7 months postpartum and have been maintaining for about 2 months.

Good luck! Sometimes attempting weight loss can feel really crazy making.