Is Your Motivation Wavering? A Coaching App Might Help

I was already familiar with the mechanics of goal setting when I began using Noom, a weight loss app, to prep for my daughter's wedding. My graduate work in psychology focused on goal setting, so I knew goals should be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-based). "Trying to lose weight" isn't a SMART goal because it isn't specific or time-based, but "losing 1 pound a week for five weeks" is. But I'd stopped setting specific, attainable goals during the decades-long crush of parenting and career. I didn't expect to be moved by a weekly text from a virtual coach and was surprised to feel compelled to respond to her goal request.