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

dogpaws4ever

I just went back to my start date on May 26th and counted out 5 weeks to see what the difference was from that very first prediction to June 30th.
I still needed to lose 7 pounds to fit MFP's prediction...but I still enjoy seeing it pop up at the end of the day. It always reminds me that I WILL get to that next goal.

japaneseboy

So far it has been fairly accurate. I typically lose 2 pounds a week on average. However I always eat at a deficit and typically work out 5 days a week minimum.

Same here. Plus i eat the same basically every day so there's really no reason for it to be off.

ethompso0105

I was *just* thinking about this since the number it's giving me is so absurd. Mine told me for a while that I'd be 20# less than I was at the time. How the hell, then, did I gain 10#? Yeah. Nice.

(PS-I gained because of medical stuff, so I know I'm an extenuating circumstance. :grumble: )

RUNNING_AMOK_1958

Try quick adding 1,000,000,000 calories and see what it comes up with. Hilarious.

RachelSteeners

it's pretty spot on for me (i bet the five week goal sometimes), but I had over 100lbs to lose.

RachelSteeners

So far it has been fairly accurate. I typically lose 2 pounds a week on average. However I always eat at a deficit and typically work out 5 days a week minimum.

Ditto!

gmoneycole

No one's a robot doing the same thing every day! It's more of a encouragement if anything. If you have a big deficit and did it every day you're going to lose weight, and visa versa. I would focus on building a healthy lifestyle and setting realistic goals for yourself and then going out and achieving them.

gelar93

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.

I'm sorry but I actually do stay under my limit 99% of the times and I'm not even close to what the app says. Losing weight is not a linear process like this app assumes and results can vary greatly based on many physical characteristics which this app does not take into consideration.

The lighter you are, the more inaccurate the number gets

mcusumano95

I do love this inaccurate bit of information, because it does challenge me to stay on track!

MindyG150

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!

I have the same thought

_lyndseybrooke_

Nope. I use the TDEE method at a 10% deficit and don't log my exercise, so it usually tells me I'll weigh the same or more than I do now in 5 weeks. Yet the scale says I went down a pound this week.

Plus I eat less on weekdays than on weekends as long as I stay under my weekly goal.

aedreana

I enjoy seeing it even though it is extremely inaccurate. I already know that I lose weight WAY quicker than that-- and I am not counting water weight (that's why I won't weigh myself until diet is over-- to get an honest weight, not a water-weight-affected number). I've been down this same road a zillion times. Their number is an extreme underestimate.

Sue_D

It's crazy. It says I'll be exactly the same weight the same if I ate 1089 calories per day which is at least half as much as I usually eat

rbfdac

I lose more quickly than it predicts.

brightsideofpink

It is math. The same math you use when you use calorie budgeting to lose weight. You tell it that on this day, you ate at a deficit of xxx.x calories. It multiples those xx calories by 35 days, then divides that by the number of calories in a pound. Less your current weight, boom. Hard to be inaccurate with simple math. But I know very few people who eat at the same xxx.x calories all of those 35 days. Or that their weight day of was definitely xx.x. We fluctuate, our deficit fluctuates. And if you're following a plan with .5-1 lb/week loss, there's not a lot of room for deviation. But it should be close to accurate if you're eating at the same deficit every day.

For those that don't want to see it, stop hitting complete. It doesn't serve any purpose other than to play this math for you and post to all your friends. I stopped completing my diary months ago as I don't find the numbers helpful and I don't want to clog up my friends newsfeeds every day with the fact that I closed my diary or ate under my limit.

SmartAlec03211988

I shoud've been 120 5 weeks ago but instead I'm 129.

galprincess

It isn't way off for me only about 3lbs out but I am very close to maintenance but I like this function because even though I know it wont happen in 5 weeks it will happen that's a good reason to keep logging and doing what your doing

Sued0nim

I spent some time putting the weights in my outlook calendar on the date it would be - eg counting 5 weeks ahead

and tbh - they weren't half bad for the weekly average weight - kind of in the ballpark

tomsarno

cybernet00 wrote: »

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.

It is right on for me. It usually say 10lbs down in 5 weeks I know this will open up a big debate, but I think the cleaner you eat the more accurate I don't beleive the 'calorie is a calorie nomatter what what it is' Eatting your calories in jelly donuts will give a different result then the same amount of calories in chiken and veggies. Like I said, it usually says 10 down in 5 weeks for me and I hit. One thing is I don't log my stegnth traing, just my cardio, so that might be the difference.

njkokomo

I love it because it does motivate me. If I am putting down an extra snack and then see the weight, I remove the snack.

Lightspeed_1992

I don't really get why everyone always says it's way off ? No, you don't eat the same every day and it depends what and how much you eat/exercise etc, but it's saying if you DID eat around the same amount of calories every day, you would technically weigh that much in the weeks given. It's not off, it's true.

prof10000

I am averaging about 2.2 lbs per week after 13 weeks. In 5 weeks that calculates to an 11 lb. weight loss. The calculator normally predicts another 9 to 10 lbs. that will be lost. It means either it is wrong I have no clue how to enter foods I eat in the food diary. I suspect it is me and I am missing calories consumed.

MoiAussi93

I lose more than it says I will. But I am also losing more than the calorie setting tells me I will. My setting is currently to lose 1.3 pounds a week (I manually adjusted the calories the system gave me) but I have been averaging about 1.65 over the past few months. Some weeks nothing or a small gain, some weeks I lose 1 or 2, a few times I have lost 5 or 6.

yirara

Looking back 5 weeks it said:

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 60.6 kg in 5 weeks

Hmm.. that's what I currently read. Judging by that I guess the calory amount from a day 5 weeks back got adjusted to today's weight. That doesn't make sense. Would be nice to see the estimate from back then to compare. This way I simply cannot remember what the outcome was 5 weeks back. I do lose at around 250grams per week though.

SarahSloth342634

I'm worried by this message from MFP. I hope it is wrong...(for me) I'm on a healthy eating plan diet sort of thing and I eat 1200 cals a day. If my weight drops to what it says it will within 5 weeks, I'll be as thin as a rake!

beki2468

The thing that I hate about it is I'm on a ketogenic diet and after losing 40 lbs since March eating this way MFP tells me "if ever day... " basically says I'd GAIN 25 lbs in 5 weeks. I know it means nothing and I will keep doing what I know is working but it messes with your mind a little to see comments like that - not helpful, MFP!!

dwilliamca

Mine have been quite accurate so far, but I rarely fluctuate from my daily calorie target. I consistently lose 2 lbs/week. I jot them down every few weeks on my calendar just to make sure I am on track.

lynn_glenmont

I doubt the OP is waiting for answers three years later.

Simone2373

I find that little blurb really annoying, and frankly, de-motivating. Ugh.

kristen8000

I started logging July 31st and kept to range of 1200-1300 every day. My "if every day was like this" was pretty close. The problem is you have to keep it the same every day for that to happen. Every day won't be the same...you'll have days where you were on point...and you'll have days where you less than normal. So, yes, ignore that...