has anyone noticed a difference?

zassgirl

Hello
So i used MFP everyday and it after i log my exercize and daily food it always says "if you ate like this everyday you would weight XX amount of pounds in XX amount of days." Well, i am eating and working out like this everyday and I not the weight that this program calculates. How are they getting that number and if they are correct in that just by doing the math of calories in and calories out, im wondering why i am not getting to that number they keep projecting for me. Any one else wonder about this too??

sylviegino

Same thing here!!!

LovingMe19

I don't pay any attention to that useless predictor. Soooo many factors can change that!

ameyc2002

as your weight goes down you got to keep changing your goals to your new weight to get those numbers to go down.

amaodonnell

What they say is just a measurement of how much you're burning + what you're eating = what you should weigh in 5 weeks if you keep out it. Although it is a valid science, it isn't always accurate and it you shouldn't always depend on what it says you are going to weigh. It doesn't know how your body operates. Its just giving you an idea of where you could possibly be in 5 weeks if you continue.

trelm249

The formula does not factor in fluctuations in hormones, sodium fluctuations and associated water retention, water retention due tp exercise recovery, etc. Every one is different and the formula assumes a vacuum.

elizamc

I have wondered the same thing as I'm not where MFP works out where I should be. However, I have seen this question posted before and recall that many people DO find that their predicted weight is right on MFP's target.

But it doesn't work for me - I just note it for fun, take it with a 'pinch of salt' and keep on going!

Monica_has_a_goal

Do you eat and exercise exactly as you did the day before? I know I don't so I don't pay much attention to that except to encourage me to look to the future of what I want to attain to be!

TeaBea

MFP is using "guesstimates." Your exact calorie burn is not something MFP can calculate. Your basal metobolic rate is not something MFP can know. Also, make sure you are measuring your food. Too many factors for this to be an exact figure. If you are finding that this is way off - you might tweak things a bit.

bcattoes

I never have the same type of day often enough to know. My "if every day were like today you'd weigh XXX in 5 weeks" is different everyday.

fitplease

I think that's the ideal weight you would be, not factoring in any variables or individual rates of metabolism.

tmiqueen

Even though most of that does not happen for me, it does give me an incentive when I see that in only five short weeks I COULD be at this weight. Makes me feel like what I'm doing isn't such a waste after all.