"If every day were like today, you'd weigh ___ in 5 weeks"

iowalinda
iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
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This shows up when the food diary is closed for the day. I have backed up and looked to see if the number ever comes close for me and it never has, as far as I can see. Does it pan out for you?

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  • DragonHasTheSapphire
    DragonHasTheSapphire Posts: 184 Member
    Actually, mine does. 5 weeks ago, it said I'd weigh 109.5 pounds. I did NOT want to lose any more weight, but didn't believe it. I just scoffed and went about my day. 5 weeks later, I hop on the scale and it reads, "109.5" Kinda scared me a bit, but I'm working on it.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    I hate that thing and wish there was an option to turn it off. Nobody's days are that invariable.
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    Yep it comes very close for me. I put it to the test and marked on a calendar what it said. 5 weeks later it was within a 1/2 lb.
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    iowalinda wrote: »
    This shows up when the food diary is closed for the day. I have backed up and looked to see if the number ever comes close for me and it never has, as far as I can see. Does it pan out for you?

    I just had a thought. I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I log my exercise each day and it calculates calories burned from that. I do not eat those calories back because I've read that MFP calculates them too high, but I wonder if they are using those to predict my future weight incorrectly.
  • BarneyRubbleMD
    BarneyRubbleMD Posts: 1,092 Member
    LOL--mine always says I'll gain weight in 5 weeks but I always lose just like I should. I wish I could turn that thing off.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited April 2018
    BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »
    LOL--mine always says I'll gain weight in 5 weeks but I always lose just like I should. I wish I could turn that thing off.

    You can avoid it by not hitting “complete diary.” The only thing closing out your diary does is give you the projection. Everything is already saved when you enter it. I don’t think I have closed mine out in a few years.
  • Enthusiast84
    Enthusiast84 Posts: 171 Member
    I love this feature as it keeps me motivated... seeing what I could weigh in 5 weeks. Also like it when it highlights that your unlikely to lose anything due to going over calories as that gives me the kick that I need to get back on track. It's been pretty accurate for me.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,129 Member
    edited April 2018
    It's only based on if you ate the same way as you did on that actual day for 5 weeks. Most of us don't eat exactly the same way and do the same exercise day in, day out so for most of us it's moot.

    It can be helpful in understanding if you've overeaten what the repercussions would be if you ate that way more often.
    iowalinda wrote: »
    iowalinda wrote: »
    This shows up when the food diary is closed for the day. I have backed up and looked to see if the number ever comes close for me and it never has, as far as I can see. Does it pan out for you?

    I just had a thought. I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I log my exercise each day and it calculates calories burned from that. I do not eat those calories back because I've read that MFP calculates them too high, but I wonder if they are using those to predict my future weight incorrectly.

    Yes MFP can overestimate them slightly but it's not going to overestimate them by 100% so you should consider eating at least half and then adjusting based on your real world data (weight trend over 4-6 weeks). So yes when it's predicting it's based on how high a deficit you have, if you're quite active that will be a much larger deficit if you're not eating any back.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    kami3006 wrote: »
    BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »
    LOL--mine always says I'll gain weight in 5 weeks but I always lose just like I should. I wish I could turn that thing off.

    You can avoid it by not hitting “complete diary.” The only thing closing out your diary does is give you the projection. Everything is already saved when you enter it. I don’t think I have closed mine out in a few years.

    It also posts to your timeline and I do love those because I love creeping on people's food.
  • bfanny
    bfanny Posts: 440 Member
    I like it! When I go over and it shows how high I could get if I keep doing it :# I don’t know but for me it’s enough motivation to get back on track...
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    That depends ... is every day the same as the day was that you noted the weight prediction? It's just meant to be a bit of a motivator.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    kami3006 wrote: »
    BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »
    LOL--mine always says I'll gain weight in 5 weeks but I always lose just like I should. I wish I could turn that thing off.

    You can avoid it by not hitting “complete diary.” The only thing closing out your diary does is give you the projection. Everything is already saved when you enter it. I don’t think I have closed mine out in a few years.

    It also posts to your timeline and I do love those because I love creeping on people's food.

    Yes, that too.
  • Danp
    Danp Posts: 1,561 Member
    I've stopped clicking the completing my daily diary because I found that feature annoying rather than motivating =)

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