NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing with Cherie Miller

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This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.

In NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Cherie Miller, MS, LPC, talks to us about the diet NOOM.

Cherie is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas. She is founder and owner of Food Freedom Therapy™, a group practice of therapists and coaches who help people make peace with food and their bodies. Cherie has 15 years years of experience as an eating disorder therapist, mentor, speaker, educator, and advocate. She is also a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (IAEDP) and the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH).

• What brought Cherie to this work
• What is NOOM?
• Where is NOOM?
• Cherie's experience free trialing NOOM
• How many people use NOOM?
• What are the two main claims of NOOM
• Is NOOM a diet? They say NO, we say Yes!
• What's wrong with NOOM?
• NOOM and being deceptive
• NOOM , colour coding and counting calories
• Intentional weight loss
• Splitting: Good and bad foods
• 95% diets don't work but NOOM claims life long results
• Is NOOM's evidence correct?
• What's wrong with weighing oneself daily?
• Obsessive behaviour, disordered eating and eating disorders
• Should therapists support their clients to participate in NOOM or other intentional weight loss?
• The use of the term 'obesity' and the obesity epidemic
• Weight oppression, bias and stigma of clients in bigger bodies
• The Health at Every Size at movement
• Grieving the loss of the fact that weight loss doesn't work
• Developing a healthy and trusting relationship with your body
• Cherie’s top tips for women at home
• Be intentional about your social media feed

For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/045-noom-the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/