New Year's Day has come and gone did you make a resolution? Many people do and if it works for you - YEA! I made my final resolution in 2000 vowing to never make a resolution on January 1 again and it has worked for me.

While a new year is a good kickstarter, it rarely holds much past mid-January. Why? Oh, there are many reasons least of all there are so many options presented to us via television, social media, links promising success, and then there are those who have had success sharing their how-to!

Well, be that as it may, until you are ready to make a change it just won't happen. Recently, it was suggested I try Noom and yes, I'm calling them out specifically because it is just one of the many ways to create failure. I paid their whopping 3-month fee and was pumped and ready to go. In the first three weeks I did lose a respectable amount, impressing even my nurse practitioner. But the kudos stop there. While the 'lessons' were somewhat helpful it wasn't anything I didn't already know. And, yes, I gave it my all! About midway, I found my scale inching up. I hate food logging mostly because I make all my own food so breaking down recipes was a pain in the you know what! But, I was dutiful and hopeful. When my 3-month stint was coming to an end, I reached out to Noom inquiring how to transition to their free version. After all, I had done all my lessons (yeah, that's the psychology part of the program), saved them for future reference (as suggested by the customer service person) and as my renew date approached I was pumped to do it on my own! I felt ready even though my scale was not my friend. As much as I love accountability, I was disappointed at my obvious failure. But, I was ready to move on.

After several ... rather, many attempts to make the free version work giving me access to the lessons and food diary, as promised all I got were incessant pleas from Noom to upgrade. The free version never did what I was told it would do. Then, another plea to upgrade, but now it's free for a short time.

After numerous emails and texts, I blocked them. I'm done with you, Noom. You are scamming the public with your promises of personal coaches - yeah, there aren't any, just if you join a community then maybe, possibly, a coach will pipe in. Then, get this ... I could be a coach, too ... apparently, anyone can be a coach. Oh, please ... 

Bottom line? I went back to MyFitnessPal ... logging food is still a pain, but it is considerably more user friendly - maybe it's because I 'grew up using it' or perhaps, it really is a better app.

Then, get this ... on my Fitbit, they now offer a 'food' tab allowing me to enter my food.  All in all, it is a struggle for me. Now, if you know me personally, you know I'm pretty fit, and depend on my village to keep me that way. What village, you ask? Ah, so easy ... as we age stuff starts to happen - stupid stuff that we either ignored as younger people or it wasn't a big deal because we healed more quickly. Now that I've hit 75, it takes a wee bit longer to 'get over' whatever it is.

Who's in my village? My chiropractor - two visits a month keep me aligned. My massage therapist - one to two visits a month to work out the knots I create playing pickleball, walking, exercising, etc. My physical therapist who is always just a prescription away! Oh, yoga. My yogis cover me inside and out! But, the biggest part of my village is my husband, Tom. He is my rock ... always.