It says in 5 weeks you will weigh..
sophie9492015
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So, you know how once you complete your diary it pops up if every day was like today you would weigh.. in 5 weeks?
I had a look and found that it doesnt make sense if you add your calorie defecit up to be the same for 5 weeks its not the number they give you.. have you noticed that?
I had a look and found that it doesnt make sense if you add your calorie defecit up to be the same for 5 weeks its not the number they give you.. have you noticed that?
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It is nothing more than a gimmick.4
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Mine is never even close. I should weigh like nothing by now. Use it if it motivates you - skip it if it doesn't. You do not need to click the complete button.4
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Right, because it's saying if you eat that number of calories for each of the next 35 days that's the weight you will be. But it's still inaccurate on top of that.2
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Yeah haha... *kitten* *kitten*1
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It's approximately correct. But it's not that helpful for me to see that number.1
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I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.4
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J9LynnHelton wrote: »I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.
Are you taking your bmr off it?0 -
sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.
Are you taking your bmr off it?
I am not sure what you mean
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I did have my setting at losing 1 1/2 pounds a week, and lightly active because I am a high school teacher. But I found that with some new duties I have there are many days I am sitting in meetings all day. So I felt it was better to change my setting to sedentary, and add my steps for the days I teach all day.
I also found myself always trying to stay under my calorie allotment. Which I shouldn't because MFP had already deducted the calories for me to lose 1 1/2 pounds. Psychologically, I found that it works better for me to see my maintenance calories and the exercise calories, and work to be 750 calories under that while still eating at least 1200 calories. I know the net calories are the ssme, but it just works better for me.
Also I like seeing how many calories I will be able to eat when I do finally hit my target weight and go to maintenance.4 -
J9LynnHelton wrote: »sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.
Are you taking your bmr off it?
I am not sure what you mean.
I did have my setting at losing 1 1/2 pounds a week, and lightly active because I am a high school teacher. But I found that with some new duties I have there are many days I am sitting in meetings all day. So I felt it was better to change my setting to sedentary, and add my steps for the days I teach all day.
I also found myself always trying to stay under my calorie allotment. Which I shouldn't because MFP had already deducted the calories for me to lose 1 1/2 pounds. Psychologically, I found that it works better for me to see my maintenance calories and the exercise calories, and work to be 750 calories under that while still eating at least 1200 calories. I know the net calories are the ssme, but it just works better for me.
Also I like seeing how many calories I will be able to eat when I do finally hit my target weight and go to maintenance.
Makes sense. I dont always eat and burn the same amount of calories.
BMR is the amount of calories your body burns if you were to lay in bed all day.
I take the amount of calories i eat minus BMR and minus excercise to find my calorie defecit.2 -
sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.
Are you taking your bmr off it?
I am not sure what you mean.
I did have my setting at losing 1 1/2 pounds a week, and lightly active because I am a high school teacher. But I found that with some new duties I have there are many days I am sitting in meetings all day. So I felt it was better to change my setting to sedentary, and add my steps for the days I teach all day.
I also found myself always trying to stay under my calorie allotment. Which I shouldn't because MFP had already deducted the calories for me to lose 1 1/2 pounds. Psychologically, I found that it works better for me to see my maintenance calories and the exercise calories, and work to be 750 calories under that while still eating at least 1200 calories. I know the net calories are the ssme, but it just works better for me.
Also I like seeing how many calories I will be able to eat when I do finally hit my target weight and go to maintenance.
Makes sense. I dont always eat and burn the same amount of calories.
BMR is the amount of calories your body burns if you were to lay in bed all day.
I take the amount of calories i eat minus BMR and minus excercise to find my calorie defecit.
I think that would be the calories MFP allots me with my maintenance and sedentary setting. The amount I can eat and not lose or gain weight with little to no exercise. I think we are doing the same thing. 1 -
J9LynnHelton wrote: »sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.
Are you taking your bmr off it?
I am not sure what you mean.
I did have my setting at losing 1 1/2 pounds a week, and lightly active because I am a high school teacher. But I found that with some new duties I have there are many days I am sitting in meetings all day. So I felt it was better to change my setting to sedentary, and add my steps for the days I teach all day.
I also found myself always trying to stay under my calorie allotment. Which I shouldn't because MFP had already deducted the calories for me to lose 1 1/2 pounds. Psychologically, I found that it works better for me to see my maintenance calories and the exercise calories, and work to be 750 calories under that while still eating at least 1200 calories. I know the net calories are the ssme, but it just works better for me.
Also I like seeing how many calories I will be able to eat when I do finally hit my target weight and go to maintenance.
Makes sense. I dont always eat and burn the same amount of calories.
BMR is the amount of calories your body burns if you were to lay in bed all day.
I take the amount of calories i eat minus BMR and minus excercise to find my calorie defecit.
I think that would be the calories MFP allots me with my maintenance and sedentary setting. The amount I can eat and not lose or gain weight with little to no exercise. I think we are doing the same thing.
Maybe but i think it would be worth checking1 -
sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.
Are you taking your bmr off it?
I am not sure what you mean.
I did have my setting at losing 1 1/2 pounds a week, and lightly active because I am a high school teacher. But I found that with some new duties I have there are many days I am sitting in meetings all day. So I felt it was better to change my setting to sedentary, and add my steps for the days I teach all day.
I also found myself always trying to stay under my calorie allotment. Which I shouldn't because MFP had already deducted the calories for me to lose 1 1/2 pounds. Psychologically, I found that it works better for me to see my maintenance calories and the exercise calories, and work to be 750 calories under that while still eating at least 1200 calories. I know the net calories are the ssme, but it just works better for me.
Also I like seeing how many calories I will be able to eat when I do finally hit my target weight and go to maintenance.
Makes sense. I dont always eat and burn the same amount of calories.
BMR is the amount of calories your body burns if you were to lay in bed all day.
I take the amount of calories i eat minus BMR and minus excercise to find my calorie defecit.
But you burn way more in a day than just BMR and then exercise - so you are starting with bad figures.
You aren't accounting for any daily movement then - so basically sleep 24 hrs except for the time exercising - which obviously isn't correct.
Then not accounting for the calories burned processing the food eaten, about 10%.
You can't arrive at a deficit figure, which would actually be the total daily burn minus what you eat.
You are actually calculating surplus if you start with eaten minus other.2 -
sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »sophie9492015 wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »I have my settings set to maintenance and sedentary, and I add my steps and exercises. I try to net -750 calories to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week. Today I was exactly -1000 calories and it said I would lose exactly 10 pounds in 5 weeks. That is mathematically accurate, but I don't take much stock in it.
Are you taking your bmr off it?
I am not sure what you mean.
I did have my setting at losing 1 1/2 pounds a week, and lightly active because I am a high school teacher. But I found that with some new duties I have there are many days I am sitting in meetings all day. So I felt it was better to change my setting to sedentary, and add my steps for the days I teach all day.
I also found myself always trying to stay under my calorie allotment. Which I shouldn't because MFP had already deducted the calories for me to lose 1 1/2 pounds. Psychologically, I found that it works better for me to see my maintenance calories and the exercise calories, and work to be 750 calories under that while still eating at least 1200 calories. I know the net calories are the ssme, but it just works better for me.
Also I like seeing how many calories I will be able to eat when I do finally hit my target weight and go to maintenance.
Makes sense. I dont always eat and burn the same amount of calories.
BMR is the amount of calories your body burns if you were to lay in bed all day.
I take the amount of calories i eat minus BMR and minus excercise to find my calorie defecit.
But you burn way more in a day than just BMR and then exercise - so you are starting with bad figures.
You aren't accounting for any daily movement then - so basically sleep 24 hrs except for the time exercising - which obviously isn't correct.
Then not accounting for the calories burned processing the food eaten, about 10%.
You can't arrive at a deficit figure, which would actually be the total daily burn minus what you eat.
You are actually calculating surplus if you start with eaten minus other.
Yeah i know! Its like impossible!0 -
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Mine has been somewhat accurate but then again I do estimate a few months in advance to see what I will weigh per week etc, I love little stats like that, if I'm not what I estimated then I don't really get upset, I find it all very motivating and interesting to me.3
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JerSchmare wrote: »It's probably somewhat accurate if you did exactly the same thing everyday. It's just looking at your one day and telling you that if you ate exactly like that everyday for 5 weeks, that's where you'd be. I wish it looked at a 3 month .running total or something. That would be far more accurate to predict your outcome in 5 weeks. Of course, you can just do that yourself in excel.
As an aside, I use an app called Happy Scale. It makes very accurate predictions based on your weigh ins. I'm waiting for it to one day say, "you will never reach your goal." Lol.
Hmmm, cool will download 0 -
Do you mean it's predicting you'll lose more or less than your calorie deficit says you will? I quite like it, it told me yesterday I'd lose 10lbs in 5weeks which I think is pretty accurate for how I'm progressing0
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I think it's mainly a estimate. You shouldn't take it to heart because you won't eat the same exact number of calories every day because we are human. It's a good estimate though because a few months ago it said in 5 weeks I would lose 6 pounds and I lost 5.0
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I really wish I could switch it off, in fact there are a number of tweaks they should make to accommodate the gainers and maintainers as well as the losers.0
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sophie9492015 wrote: »
Considering the math you gave earlier for how you calculate deficit - why do you think you had no deficit according to MFP math?
Do you have MFP set to maintenance so no weight loss?
You ate exactly that amount stated was your goal?
That would be no deficit for MFP math.1 -
sophie9492015 wrote: »So, you know how once you complete your diary it pops up if every day was like today you would weigh.. in 5 weeks?
I had a look and found that it doesnt make sense if you add your calorie defecit up to be the same for 5 weeks its not the number they give you.. have you noticed that?
Your calorie deficit? Um when you say 'calorie deficit', do you mean the difference between your calorie goal for the day and the amount you actually ate?
If so, you've got some figures missing. When you fill in your profile to make an MFP account, and how much you want to lose each week, MFP calculates how much you need to eat each day to maintain your weight, and then subtracts calories from that to calculate your weight-loss goal. That second figure is the one it displays as a goal. Any deficit we create between that calorie goal and what we eat per day is an additional calorie deficit.1 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »I really wish I could switch it off, in fact there are a number of tweaks they should make to accommodate the gainers and maintainers as well as the losers.
The way to avoid it is to stop pressing the "complete diary" button. There's no particular reason to use the button, since you can still input more calories for that day afterward. (There's no particular reason not to use it, if you like it.)0 -
Just seen this post.sophie9492015 wrote: »
If you have set your account to lose weight, and you have eaten exactly as many calories as suggested, or even a little over, you are in a calorie deficit.
I made a thread in MFP suggestions once that might explain it better.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570677/what-about-an-amendment-to-the-way-the-nutritional-goals-are-displayed-post-set-up#latest
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I hate math... I just ignore the "eating back" or what I will weigh in 5 weeks. I just try to stay within the range of my allotted calories and keep on going...0
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The projection thing means that if you ate the same amount,worked out the same amount and burned the same amount of calories you would lose that much weight in 5 weeks but you would have to do the same thing every day and be as accurate as possible to get there. if the thing was correct I would have been at my goal weight more than a year ago. but I dont eat the same every day or do the same workouts/activities so I know that because of that its not going to be exact.
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I thinks its just there for motivation hey2
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its just a formula they use to give you a projection of what it could be if you did the same thing every day the way you did that day.for some it may motivate others it may discourage. to each their own I guess though. I just ignore it lolAmyMabaso1 wrote: »I thinks its just there for motivation hey0
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