If Everyday Were Like Today...
jazzy550
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is that message accurate?
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We would all continue gaining weight!0
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It's as accurate as your logging is.0
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You would weigh 317.6 pounds. Had a rough weekend to say the least.0
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Its totally useless, inaccurate and should be removed.-1
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successgal1 wrote: »Its totally useless, inaccurate and should be removed.
Serious? Well that sucks!
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It's pretty dead on with me usually0
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I find that little message good. On days that I am on or under, it lets me know if I keep this path I will reach my goal and eventually be at maintaining level. On the days I go over, a little or a lot, it reminds me that everyday matters and that consistency is important.0
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Ok! I am going to embrace it!
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If you eat the EXACT same calories for 5 weeks straight it might be correct? ?0
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christinev297 wrote: »If you eat the EXACT same calories for 5 weeks straight it might be correct? ?
Exactly. Which is, of course, precisely what it says. It's unrealistic you would eat exactly 1542 calories a day for 35 days straight with no fluctuation in your activity level. But on the other hand, it does give you an idea based on your long term goals how you did just for that day so you know what changes to make tomorrow.
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I've started putting the result in my food notes 5 weeks later on the calender, when i get there i'm going to compare (i only thought to do that about a week ago so i don't know yet ) 0
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It relies on every day being exactly the same, not just your calories in but out, too. So the mathematical formula might be in the ballpark, but you're very unlikely to do exactly the same thing every single day for 5 weeks.0
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I don't pay much attention to it. I do not eat the same every single day or do the same amount of exercise every day. Averages are much more predictive, at least in my case.0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »It relies on every day being exactly the same, not just your calories in but out, too. So the mathematical formula might be in the ballpark, but you're very unlikely to do exactly the same thing every single day for 5 weeks.
I think that it can be a bit more reliable than that, so long as you have entered the right figures.
For example, if it says "... you would weigh 90kgs in 5 weeks" one day, the next day 95kgs and every day ranged between these two weights, I think you should be safe to expect that you should reach at least 95kgs in 5 weeks (the higher of all the figures)0 -
(*) (*) !loopingcaterpillar wrote: »I've started putting the result in my food notes 5 weeks later on the calender, when i get there i'm going to compare (i only thought to do that about a week ago so i don't know yet )
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Alatariel75 wrote: »It relies on every day being exactly the same, not just your calories in but out, too. So the mathematical formula might be in the ballpark, but you're very unlikely to do exactly the same thing every single day for 5 weeks.
I think that it can be a bit more reliable than that, so long as you have entered the right figures.
For example, if it says "... you would weigh 90kgs in 5 weeks" one day, the next day 95kgs and every day ranged between these two weights, I think you should be safe to expect that you should reach at least 95kgs in 5 weeks (the higher of all the figures)
But the prediction is for what you would be 5 weeks from that particular day. If you took an average, say, over 7 days, then the 7th time it said "you would weigh 90/95kgs in 5 weeks" then that's then 6 weeks from the first time it said it, so it's first prediction of the week would then be wrong. That's what makes it unreliable. It's a fixed point in time prediction.0 -
OK if I said to you. If you save the same every day for the next 5 days you'd have $20, then the next day said to you, if you save the same every day for the next 5 days you'd have $10 and every day you had a figure falling between those two. I guarantee you no matter what you will have saved a minimum of $10. Same principle.0
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Well to me that means being consistent with your intake is important. I like it as it reminds me how my day went and where I can be in five weeks if I keep it up; good or bad!
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loopingcaterpillar wrote: »I've started putting the result in my food notes 5 weeks later on the calender, when i get there i'm going to compare (i only thought to do that about a week ago so i don't know yet )
I really like this idea!0 -
I'd prefer some other sort of motivational message. It doesn't mean a lot to me, but maybe that's just how I'm wired.0
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