MFP Stop predicting my weight

Redhededkewty

I started dieting in June. I set a 1,200 daily calorie limit and am usually well under that. Every day I close my diary, and it tells me what I should weigh in 5 weeks - but I don't. I have lost 26 pounds, but according to MFP I should be 10 lbs lighter. This nonsense has been VERY VERY VERY DEPRESSING AND I NEED IT TO STOP.

seska422

Stop completing your day. The information will still be saved but you won't get that prediction.

Redhededkewty

It is BS and they are irresponsible for doing it. Everyone is different. I understand the under calorie warning, but the lie about your weight projection is just as bad. It's depressing and defeatingly frustrating.

cbusnightowl

Like @ seska422 says, it won't tell you your estimated weight in 5 weeks if you don't complete your day. All of your information will be retained and it won't cause you any stress by having that number shown to you.

Machka9

I found it inspirational.

And a little pessimistic. I lost weight faster than it predicted I would.

But it is simply a mathematical calculation based on what you've logged that day in terms of calories and exercise.

goldthistime

I don't like it either but I have learned to tune it out.

Alatariel75

I dismiss it as a total gimmick. I click it sometimes out of novelty but set no actual store in it whatsoever.

Rocknut53

With all the good features this app has, the weight prediction is the last thing I pay attention to. It's irrelevant to my goals.

courtneyfabulous

Yeah it's been lying to me for ages. I'm supposed to weigh 5 pounds less than I do right now...

sardelsa

I don't think mine has ever told me I would lose weight.. Only gain! Haha I use it as extra motivation - in your face MFP I sure showed you! But if you don't like it, ya don't complete your diary

elisa123gal

There are aspects of MFP that bother me too. You are best not to push the button for "completing your day"..then you will never have to see it again.

queenliz99

The things that are important! Catching cancer early!

Ready2Rock206

So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.

WinoGelato

That message says "if every day were like today"... well regardless of whether we are talking about the foods we eat and the exercise calories we burn, or if we are just talking about all the things that happen in life (job stress, family situations, social events, Murphy's Law, etc) when have two days ever been exactly the same?

It's just a gimmick. It's meant to help motivate you. If you don't find it motivating, either ignore it or stop clicking the button.

Alatariel75

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.

Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.

Ready2Rock206

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.

Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.

That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.

Alatariel75

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.

Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.

That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.

Same. It crossed my mind to try it as an experiment but it reeks of effort.

nutmegoreo

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.

Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.

That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.

Same. It crossed my mind to try it as an experiment but it reeks of effort.

And serious boredom. I would be going nuts if I had to eat the same thing every single day for 5 weeks.

OP, as others have said, just don't complete the day. I find that the prediction is off, but it underestimates.

Aaron_K123

So here is the thing. MFP bottoms out at 1200 calories. That means that if your TDEE is 1600 calories and you tell it you want to lose 1 pound a week that is a deficit of 500 calories a day. But it won't recommend 1000 calories a day, so it gives you 1200. If you switched it to lose 2 pounds a day that would in theory be a daily intake of 600 calories but again MFP will give you 1200...because it doesn't go below that.

If your goal is 1200 chances are you bottomed out MFP and its not actually giving you the amount of calories that would fit with your stated goals and therefore expectation. Probably why it is "lying" to you. But yeah feel free to ignore it, its a digital readout on a computer screen autogenerated...it isn't a person judging you. Or, alternatively, if you cannot ignore it then just don't click the "complete my day" button....you don't have to click that.

SLLRunner

nutmegoreo wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.

Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.

That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.

Same. It crossed my mind to try it as an experiment but it reeks of effort.

And serious boredom. I would be going nuts if I had to eat the same thing every single day for 5 weeks.

OP, as others have said, just don't complete the day. I find that the prediction is off, but it underestimates.

Believe me, it IS boring eating the same things ay in and day out. I prepare my weekly meals on Sunday and spread the food out over the week because I don't really like to cook that much.

I use a different food diary now, but I recall being amused every time I hit that button at the end of the day.....

OP, congrats on your 26 pound loss. I suggest you pay no attention to that silly part of the MFP food app program. Focus on what you can change and not that which is beyond your control.