Real Appeal Drop Out
I dropped out of the program after the 6 months of weekly meetings. The app is glitchy and the fitness app that participants have access to is horrible - limited exercises and dated videos.
My bigger problem is with the program itself. It might be ok for those who don’t know the basics of nutrition & physical health (thus the 2 stars). It focuses only on portion size, calories in vs out, making good nutrition and activity choices. It does not address, and in fact denies, middle age weight gain, such as gains caused by metabolic and hormonal changes, so I had minimal benefit (2 pounds in 6 months). The worst part for me, besides denying that age/metabolism/hormones play a factor in weight gain, was the weekly announcement of the total pounds lost by the group. To be reminded week after week of the total pounds lost by the group, knowing that only 2 of those were mine, was not good for my mental health. I should have dropped out much earlier than I did.
My bigger problem is with the program itself. It might be ok for those who don’t know the basics of nutrition & physical health (thus the 2 stars). It focuses only on portion size, calories in vs out, making good nutrition and activity choices. It does not address, and in fact denies, middle age weight gain, such as gains caused by metabolic and hormonal changes, so I had minimal benefit (2 pounds in 6 months). The worst part for me, besides denying that age/metabolism/hormones play a factor in weight gain, was the weekly announcement of the total pounds lost by the group. To be reminded week after week of the total pounds lost by the group, knowing that only 2 of those were mine, was not good for my mental health. I should have dropped out much earlier than I did.
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