If every day were like today... You'd weigh...

LoobylouL

Okay, do any members find this accurate? If I was losing weight at the rate this predicts, I would be ecstatic! Please prove me wrong!

krogers810x

Sorry, not even close. Those numbers are totally wacky.

Sabine_Stroehm

Good lord no!:laugh:

When I was logging I wished I could remove it. Then I just stopped completing my day.

williams969

No. Not close, nor is it a useful tip. JMHO, but unless one plans do eat PRECISELY the same thing, exercise the same way, and do it exactly every single day forever and ever, then "maybe" it will be close. But really, life doesn't work that way. Sigh, I really wish that "helpful" tip was removed from MFP. Just adds to more confusion to the whole thing, really.

ETA: Or like PP above me, just don't click on the "Complete this Entry" button. Then you won't see it

DR2501

The problem is you don't eat like that everyday right?

curlygirl513

I haven't been on the program for 5 weeks, but every day I enter the food I ate into the diary, it says in 5 weeks I will weight about 10 pounds less. I am eating the calories that this program says will have me lose 2 pounds per week. I hope I do lose 10 pounds in 5 weeks.

gelar93

I wish! But sadly they are soooo off

Cardio4Cupcakes

I would pay good money for that!

VitaminAmy

Not even close

sexymamadraeger

Just try logging in half a day and hitting complete by mistake. It's like WOW! Ok, that's not right.

lavendy17

Everyday I click the submit and do Woah! Yeah! I'll lose that much?!
I know it's complete BS, but I get excited like I won the penny machine!!

:drinker:

suzreen

I don't think it's accurate, but I find it to be useful in motivating me. If I have a bad day, and it says I will weigh a larger amount in five weeks, I'm motivated to do better, and if I have a really good day, and it says I'll weigh some tiny number in five weeks, then I'm pleased and motivated to see that small number again. I do wish it was accurate, though!

mamasitaroja

I adore this particular inaccurate function! Sometimes it is the only reason I keep logging. My favorite part is that if you're synched with a Fitbit (as I am), it continues to calculate even after you've completed your MFP logging day. So if you don't like the "future number" it gives you, it may even motivate you to go for that additional run, that one last set of lifts, another swim, etc. to drop the number further. Yes, I am shallow and motivated by bright, sparkly things like random numbers, but whatever works!

LoobylouL

Sigh....just as I expected. Thanks for your answers, I'll just keep slogging at it.

rebeccaisafish

Everyone here is saying its way out, but in reality its probably not. IF you ate EXACTLY the same thing every day for five weeks AND burnt EXACTLY the same amount of calories every day it is probably reasonably close. But no one does. Everyday is different.

cybernet00

Actually for me, since I track my weight daily ( I know you're not suppose to but it motivates me whether it goes up or down) it is pretty right on and I don't eat the same thing every day but I do eat about the same calories and burn the same amount of calories everyday.

SomeGirlSomewhere

I think it depends on the person. I lose weight at a faster rate than MFP predicts I will. But some people do lose weight more slowly than MFP predicts. The prediction is based on the "average" metabolic rate so those with a faster metabolism will lose more than the predicted amount while those with a slower metabolism will lose less than the predicted amount.

Nikoruo

I think it works best when you are higher weight. As you get down lower it seems to be a bit more wonky though because it doesn't know everyone's metabolic rate. :O

smashley_mashley

That was a good question and it was something I never real thought about. Thanks to all those that commented thT it is not really accurate b/c now I know why in five weeks, I am not even close to what it says I should be

pds06

I'd be considered anorexic.

pds06

The numbers are right it's our perception of portion size that is off.

dlr165

I adore this particular inaccurate function! Sometimes it is the only reason I keep logging. My favorite part is that if you're synched with a Fitbit (as I am), it continues to calculate even after you've completed your MFP logging day. So if you don't like the "future number" it gives you, it may even motivate you to go for that additional run, that one last set of lifts, another swim, etc. to drop the number further. Yes, I am shallow and motivated by bright, sparkly things like random numbers, but whatever works!

Me too.

rosehips60

Everyday I click the submit and do Woah! Yeah! I'll lose that much?!
I know it's complete BS, but I get excited like I won the penny machine!!

:drinker:

This, it's kinda fun to see it but I don't rely on it, that's for sure.

1PoisonIvy

I made notes of the dates and weights and I wasn't really close, but I like to see it, and dream.....................................
But according to the chart, I could make it, as it breaks down to 1.86 lbs per week.

1HappyTurtleRunner

I would be so so excited if it was but oh well...

GeordieGirl80s

I wish!! I'd love to lose at the rate that thing indicates.

yarwell

500 cals/day = 1 lb/week doesn't work long term, so the prediction is wrong.

More accurate maths concludes that 500 cals/day = 50 lb loss over several years with about 25 lbs in the first year. Or 500 cals/day = 0.5 lbs/week average over the first year

allotmentgardener

Since I eat similar calorie amounts and do similar exercise it has been pretty accurate for me, obviously the day to day can be a bit wappy depending what you eat/exercise but by looking at the weekly average I find it hasn't been too far off

crikey_katie

If that was accurate I would be under my goal weight by now hahha

Dewymorning

When I actually stick to my planned calorie intake I usually lose more than it predicts.

bumblebeez86

The problem is you don't eat like that everyday right?