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In order to understand the SOW app and start your weightloss journey, we highly recommend you to read the book. It explains the method in details and develops important concepts such as caloric debt and caloric budget.
The book will be a great asset to help you reach your goal!
Directly on the app, in the menu « settings » (gear symbol), you will find a section called « information ». There you will get more information about the method and the application.
This may be due to several factors:
Please read the following information:
"Do not weigh yourself too often at the beginning and rely on your debt balance rather than the scales. Your weight may vary by up to 4 pounds depending on the day and how much water is retained in your body. The debt, on the other hand, indicates how much weight you have really lost (or gained). If you weigh yourself, for example, after saving 6,400 Calories but the scale shows you have lost 4 pounds, you are likely to see about 2 pounds reappear within a few days. This is because you have in fact saved up 6,400 Calories, in other words lost about 2 pounds, and that is really the only reliable and durable reference.
When you start out with a lot of extra weight, you may notice that you lose quickly at the beginning, even though your actual debt is decreasing at a slower rate. That will balance out in the long run and your weight loss will match the debt you have paid back.
The debt level remains the correct standard in the long term. On the scales, your weight loss may vary, but do not focus on that. The debt should be monitored over several weeks or several months, so remember not to reset it too often.
To make things easier and more reliable, the calories burned during sports are not considered in this method. That would have an impact on the results indicated through the application. Practicing sports causes your muscle mass to increase and since it weighs more than fat (for equal volumes), it would skew the results indicated by the application if you include these Calories in your daily accounting. In other words, practicing sports adds to your muscle mass which weighs more than fat (based on comparable volumes): that explains how including the Calories burned will skew the statistics reported by the application (this is further explained in the Secret of Weight book).
Sports are to be considered as a "hidden bonus" under this method, which works
best if followed as directed.
Yes, it is possible to follow the method during pregnancy but some criteria are different. Read the book to learn more about this particular subject.
We do not recommend this method for pregnant women because they may not produce enough milk. It could work in cases where breast-feeding is alternated with bottle feedings, but this is not our expertise and we therefore do not recommend this.
The SOW method can be used to lose, maintain or gain weight. If you wish to gain weight, the method simply needs to be followed with a reverse debt system: your daily intake needs to be higher than your standard budget. You will gain weight in about the same proportions:
7.000 Calories added to your debt = 1 kilo of weight gained
SOW is not designed to offer coaching or individual advice: in fact, the SOW method is aimed at teaching you how to manage your diet independently, based on your food and weight objectives.
The book is available in two different versions depending on which metric system you use: imperial version in pounds and metric version in kilos. You can either buy the book in paper version (print on demand by Amazon directly), or in Kindle format.
Here are the different links according to your choice :
The application only works on Android and iPhone.
If you do not have the application, we recommend you get The Secret of Weight book. Then, it is quite possible to apply the method without the app. All you need is some equipment:
The book was in fact written before the application was launched and is therefore designed to be used independently. Many people successfully use the Secret of Weight method without the application.
If you forgot to add food items to your cart, the app allows you to add them at earlier dates. To do so, just click on the food item wanted, and then click on the date (calendar logo) and choose the right date.
For batch cooking lovers, (batch cooking is a trend which consists in meal-planning in advance), it is also possible to fill your cart for the next days. The technique is exactly the same but you have to choose a day yet to come instead of a past one.
To ensure the SOW method is applied correctly, it is important to avoid lowering your daily Calorie allowance to less than 1,800 Calories, except for some cases amongst menopaused women (where it can be set at 1,600 Calories if needed). "Even when you are starting a diet, it is important to set an allowance that reflects your actual daily Calorie requirements (or close to that figure) rather than basing it on the reduced budget you plan to apply while dieting.
You will therefore have to eat less than the set allowance so that you can "save" Calories and lower your debt. In fact, it is essential to base your allowance on your regular daily requirement. To understand this point better, please refer to the "How the method works" section.
If you check the ½ box, that means you ate half of what is indicated in the food picture, and if you check the ¼ box, then that represents one quarter of the suggested serving.
Please note that these options are only available for the first serving.
We are very sorry to hear that. We would appreciate if you could send us details concerning any application bugs to the following email address:
contact@lesecretdupoids.com. It would really help if you could tell us your mobile phone model and add some pictures or videos of the bug you encountered. Thank you for your feedback.
To reset your statistics to 0, please go to "Settings" (gear logo) then click on the "Reset" button.
Have you checked that the SOW application is authorized to access your photos and camera? You can check if you have in your mobile phone settings.
We are currently working on creating a « member account » so you will be able to keep all your data safe even if you change your mobile phone. If you are using an iPhone, however, you can recover your data by storing a backup on iCloud.
The application language is set in terms of your telephone's language. To obtain the French language version, you telephone therefore must be set to French as well. If your telephone is in another language than French, the English version of the application is installed.
First, you must check if you are connected to internet. If the issue persists, we are wery sorry to hear that, and it is probably a bug. In that case, we would appreciate if you could send us details to the following email address:
contact@lesecretdupoids.com. It would really help if you could tell us your mobile phone model and add some pictures or videos of the bug you encountered. Thank you for your feedback.
Have you checked that the SOW application is authorized to access your photos and camera? You can check if you have in your mobile phone settings. If the issue persists, we are wery sorry to hear that, and it is probably a bug. In that case, we would appreciate if you could send us details to the following email address:
contact@lesecretdupoids.com. It would really help if you could tell us your mobile phone model and add some pictures or videos of the bug you encountered. Thank you for your feedback.
After using the foodscan, if you notice a caloric difference, you must always refer in priority to the calories of your own packaging. You can edit the Calories on the app by using the white pen (in the upper right of your screen next to the star logo). By clicking on it, you can change the picture, the name and the Calories. Then, make sure you press the « change » button to apply the changes.
