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LovesDogsAndBooks

What exactly does this do other than tell you how much you'd weigh in 5 weeks if every day was like this?

PaulaWallaDingDong

It posts a thingy to your newsfeed that you completed your diary, and, if applicable, that you were under your calorie goal. I don't find either of those things especially useful anymore.

LovesDogsAndBooks

Thanks, Paula! The 5 weeks thing could be a motivator if you had a good day and didn't go over your cals or stayed under. I just completed them all since I've been on here (not even 2 weeks), and every day had a different weight I could be in 5 weeks

PaulaWallaDingDong

LovesDogsAndBooks wrote: »

Thanks, Paula! The 5 weeks thing could be a motivator if you had a good day and didn't go over your cals or stayed under. I just completed them all since I've been on here (not even 2 weeks), and every day had a different weight I could be in 5 weeks

Absolutely! I did find for the first year or so that it was pretty motivating.

jouttie

I find it also serves as a "warning" - if I massively go over my goals (usually through consuming too many post-workout beers) it tells me that I'd gain about 5kg in 5 weeks if every day were like this! Hence the fluctuations. I find it a useful reminder of what's good for my goals and what, frankly, I shouldn't be doing. Which I know anyway but having it in black and white (or RED) is more motivating. Good luck!

MaddMaestro

It also keeps a report of your calories, macros and nutrition when you remember to complete your entries, but, I don't know if MFP does that anyway with uncompleted entries

Alatariel75

MaddMaestro wrote: »

It also keeps a report of your calories, macros and nutrition when you remember to complete your entries, but, I don't know if MFP does that anyway with uncompleted entries

It does that with uncompleted entries too. Closing out your diary does nothing but the 5 week projection and the post to your wall. The reports are generated when you enter food, not when you complete the diary.

amusedmonkey

MaddMaestro wrote: »

It also keeps a report of your calories, macros and nutrition when you remember to complete your entries, but, I don't know if MFP does that anyway with uncompleted entries

I haven't completed a single diary in 3 years, and all my reports are recorded. It basically serves as a button that you press to tell yourself "I'm done eating for today", then further asserts that tendency by telling you how much you would weigh and posting it on your feed to make it feel final so you are less tempted to add more food. If you have an inner button and don't need that extra stop sign, you don't need to complete your diary.

LovesDogsAndBooks

I'm new to this and think I'll use it at least for a while. I don't seem to have that "inner button", or I wouldn't be where I'm at