Connect to Noom: Apple Watch Guide

Getting started with Noom completely changed my life!

I’d been looking at the ads everywhere from Facebook to Pinterest for about two years before I decided to see what Noom was all about.

And I’m so glad that I did!

By monitoring my movement (or lack thereof) and eating habits (which shocked me, to be honest!), I lost 25 pounds in two months.

But honestly, my experience probably wouldn’t have been the same without two additional items:

• Apple Watch
• Peloton Subscription

So, I definitely recommend syncing your watch with Noom for maximum impact!

Using a fitness tracker with Noom allows you to effortlessly:

• track your steps
• track your exercise
• increase your daily calories target

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Connect to Noom: Apple Watch Guide

Is Noom compatible with Apple Watch?

Yes!

Noom is compatible with all current versions of the Apple Watch.

My mom uses a Series 3 Apple Watch with Noom and I have a Series 5.

Noom is compatible with your Apple Watch and syncing it will make your health journey SO much more enjoyable.

When you sync Noom to an activity tracker, you’ll be able to see how much your activity impacts your daily caloric allowance.

Personally, I’m trying to burn 1,000 calories a day for a very active lifestyle – I love working out on my Peloton and going for walks with my kids!

And setting this movement goal increases my Noom suggested calorie intake goal to 1,900 a day.

How do I log exercise on Apple Watch Noom?

What devices sync with Noom?

You can sync the Noom app with the following devices:

• Apple Watch
• Fitbit
• Polar
• Garmin
• iHealth
• Omron
• Misfit
• Withings

How do I sync my Health App with Noom?

To sync your Apple watch with Noom, you’ll have to connect Noom to Apple Health.

Follow the steps below:

1. Open the Noom app on your mobile device
2. Tap the hamburger icon in the top left-hand corner
3. Tap Settings
4. Scroll down all the way to the bottom your Settings
5. Under Apps & Devices, select Connect to Health app

Noom Not Syncing with Health App

There is likely a permissions issue that’s causing this.

To fix it:

1. Open the Health app on your phone
2. Tap your Profile Photo in the top right-hand corner of your screen
3. Under Privacy, tap Apps
4. Tap Noom
5. Under the bottom ALLOW “NOOM” TO READ section, turn On all categories you want to give Noom permission to: Active Energy, Blood Glucose, Dietary Energy, Steps, Weight
6. You don’t need to worry about allowing Noom to write data and can leave all items in the ALLOW “NOOM” TO WRITE section Off
7. Restart the Noom app by swiping it up and away
8. Reopen it to confirm everything works as it should!

How to Use Apple Watch to Count Steps in Noom

To use your Apple Watch as a Pedometer in Noom, follow these steps:

1. Open the Noom app on your mobile device
2. Tap the hamburger icon in the top left-hand corner
3. Tap Settings
4. Scroll down all the way to the bottom your Settings
5. Under Apps & Devices, tap Choose Steps Data Source
6. Tap Health app Steps
7. Restart the Noom app by swiping it up and away

That’s it!

How to Sync Exercise with Noom

Once the app is connected to your fitness tracker, Noom automatically adds the calories burned from your Apple Watch so you can sync your workouts with Noom.

And if you use a separate fitness app like Peloton, it’ll be included in its own separate Exercise category!

To make sure Peloton exercise data is being shared with Noom, confirm you’ve granted Peloton the right permissions in the Health app.

You can do this the same way you synced Noom with the Health app:

1. Open the Health app on your phone
2. Tap your Profile Photo in the top right-hand corner of your screen
3. Under Privacy, tap Apps
4. Tap Peloton
5. Under the bottom ALLOW “NOOM” TO WRITE section, turn On all categories you want to give Peloton permission to: Active Energy, Heart Rate, Mindful Minutes, Walking + Running Distance, and Workouts

More fitness ideas:

• Honest Noom Review: How I Lost 45 Pounds (In 5 Months)
• Connect Your Apple Watch as a Heart Rate Monitor to a Peloton
• Here’s How to Use the Peloton App without the Bike

Noom Apple Watch: Calories Double Counting Error

If you’re finding your calorie adjustment is about twice as much as what it should be, this is probably because there’s a permissions issue.

Most likely, Noom AND your Apple Watch are both writing Active Energy data.

Been there!

To fix this, we’ll need to head back to our Health App permissions:

1. Open the Health App on your mobile device
2. Tap your Profile Photo at the top right
3. In the Privacy section, tap Apps
4. Tap Noom
5. Turn Off Active Energy in the ALLOW “NOOM” TO WRITE category
6. Restart the Noom app by swiping it up and away!

How to Use Apple Watch with Noom

Syncing your Apple Watch to Noom is a fantastic way to make this program even more fun.

Because like nutrition and exercise, they’re more effective when combined.

Coming from personal experience, my Apple Watch showed me just how inactive I really was while Noom taught me that I did A LOT of fog eating (mindless snacking throughout the day that was neither nutritious nor satisfied my hunger).

And while using Apple Watch and Noom together helped me lose weight and drop a couple of clothing sizes, those aren’t the only benefits.

Creating healthy habits and feeling better every day have got to be my favorite effects of all!

I hope you found this guide helpful and would love to hear about your Noom experience 🙂

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Happy Nooming, friends!