you will be 5lbs lighter in 5 weeks.. hmm please advise

slimandsmiling

hello, I am sure I am more generous than needed when logging and MFP keeps saying I should be 5lbs lighter in 5 weeks than I actually am.. I am now doing exercise every morning plus walking around 9000 steps per day and on some days am running 5-10km.. I do not think my logging is out guys .. but lets say it was out by 200kcal per day would this make me maintain rather that lose less? what I do realise is that I need more food on the days before my long runs or I end up too tired half way around... does anyone else find MFP says 'x' but your scales say 'y'?

JustMe2691

Basically it says if you eat every day exactly like today, you would be x lbs lighter than your recorded weight in MFP.

And yes, my scale does not agree with MFP.

Leana088

Those are just estimates, they can be influenced by many factors. Weight loss is far from linear. Take them with a grain of salt.

jemhh

I ignore the 5 week projection. It is based on the premise that you are eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks and that all other variables are the same as well. It's a pie in the sky number and if you stick around you'll see way more people not hit it than hit it.

LivingtheLeanDream

I never paid attention to what mfp said when I closed my diary for the day, it's all lies at least that's what me and my other mfp buddies think

In answer to your question you'll find if your doing ok and you're losing consistently then alls well, if not then it's time to log more accurately.

slimandsmiling

Think I need to log a tad better...need to regroup with self

Camo_xxx

If MFP sez X and your scale sez y then you need to solve for z

In other words, you have inaccurately weighed, logged or used inaccurate data or settings.

Checking your expected loss against your actual loss is a great way to verify your accuracy and make corrections to fine tune your program along the way.