Complete Diary

willieho01

So how do you stay under your maintenance calorie intake, and you would gain 6lbs in 5 weeks! Huh?

Erik8484

a. Your or MFP's estimate of your maintenance calories is too high
b. You have understated the calories you ate (wrong entries in the database, incorrect estimates of portion sizes)
c. You have overstated calories burned through exercise
d. For some reason (e.g. change in diet, change in exercise) your body is retaining more water
e. Some combination of a, b, c and d above

bethany_rose8

Can you explain the question again?
I'm unsure if the above answer is the answer you need because I don't understand the question.

stanmann571

If you're talking about the "complete diary" button.

It's possible that you need to go into settings and update your goals, or stats, or both

b3achy

Ha, I just got the question. Yea, I have had some days where I'm under goal (usually by less than 100 calories), yet when I complete the diary it says I'll gain a bunch of weight in 5 weeks...which I agree makes no sense as I was under goal. I have no clue the algorithm they are using to calculate that 5 week estimate. I've also noticed that if you are more than 100 calories under goal, at times it estimates an equally unrealistic weight loss in 5 weeks. It's pretty much best to just ignore the estimate and at times, if you must look at it, just use it as a form of amusing entertainment. Yet another useless 'feature' of MFP ~ about as useful as the new 'woo' emoji in the forums.