---
name: "nom"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nom"
version: "0.1.5-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nom"
---

# nom(1)

command line tool that helps you lose weight

## NAME

nom - command line tool that helps you lose weight

## DESCRIPTION

### Available subcommands:

- status

  Display a short food log

- w, weight \<weight\>

  Report a weight measurement

- s, search \<term\>

  Search for a food item in the web

- n, nom \<description\> \<energy\>

  Report that you ate something

- y, yesterday \<desc.\> \<energy\>

  Like nom, but for yesterday

- p, plot

  Plot a weight/intake graph

- l, log

  Display the full food log

- g, grep \<term\>

  Search in the food log

- e, edit

  Edit the input file

- ew, editw

  Edit the weight file

- c, config

  Edit the config file (see below for options)

- help

  Print this help

### There are some useful defaults:

- (no arguments)

  status

- \<number\>

  weight \<number\>

- \<term\>

  search \<term\>

- \<term\> \<number\>

  nom \<term\> \<number\>

### Configuration options (put these in ~/.local/share/nom/config):

- rate

  How much weight you want to lose per week (default: '0.5')

- goal

  Your target weight

- image\_viewer

  Your preferred svg viewer, for example 'eog **-f**', 'firefox', 'chromium' (default: 'xdg-open')

- unit

  Your desired base unit in kcal (default: '1')

- start\_date

  The first day that should be considered by nom \[yyyy-mm-dd\]

- balance\_start

  The day from which on nom should keep track of a energy balance \[yyyy-mm-dd\]

- balance\_factor

  How many money units you'll have to pay per energy unit (default: '0.01')