If Everyday Were Like Today, You Would Weigh....

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  • picimadar
    picimadar Posts: 68 Member
    I think it probably depends on what deficit you're in and whether or not you actually weigh and track everything you eat. For months mine was 'wrong', because I was eating **** and not tracking closely enough, nor in a big deficit. Now I'm about -800 cals a day, and eat so extremely cleanly that it's impossible to NOT know what I'm eating.

    At the rate I'm going it says I will weigh 134.5lb in 5 weeks. I lost almost 7lb (including water weight) last week, so I know that it's correct.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    It says if everyday were like today. Every day is NOT like today. OP, I looked at your diary and it is nowhere near the same every day. Why would you think this applies to you?
  • amsparky
    amsparky Posts: 825 Member
    I wish I could turn it off... It pisses me off. Lol
  • ls_66
    ls_66 Posts: 395 Member
    I personally find it amusing .... doesn't bother me much but at times when I go way over reminds me that my 40 pounds that I've lost could very well come back
  • Amber50lbsDown
    Amber50lbsDown Posts: 255 Member
    I dont even bother clicking complete anymore. Its still saves my logs and I dont have to see that annoying msg anymore lol
  • TheNewDodge
    TheNewDodge Posts: 607 Member
    Always accurate within a pound for me.
  • fanakar
    fanakar Posts: 23
    I think it's only accurate at high weights for people who have a lot to lose. There are some weeks I don't lose anything and then the next week a pound a day. But by the end of 5 weeks , I'm magically where it said I would be.
  • newfette81
    newfette81 Posts: 185
    I get a chuckle our of it... especially when it tells me I'm gonna lose 15 pounds in 5 weeks

    as much as I'd love that I know my body and my near non existent metabolism and that aint gonna happen
  • swat1948
    swat1948 Posts: 302 Member
    I've never been accused of being normal...just saying lol
  • spikefoot
    spikefoot Posts: 419
    My first goal was almost 100% accurate.

    Here is what I did, when I got that message I put the projected weight in my calendar 5 weeks away.

    Every day I made a point of it saying that goal weight or lighter. If it was too high I did some cardio or whatever to burn the excess.

    I literally just squeaked in by a 1/2 pound lighter than the goal.

    I am finding it more difficult to do this time around.
  • bird922
    bird922 Posts: 28 Member
    I ignore it.

    Good Dog.
  • taziarj
    taziarj Posts: 243 Member
    By "If every day were like today" is based on the number of calories only. It doesn't look at the kinds of foods you ate. It is simple math as others have indicated.

    Mine is always way off, but usually it indicates I will weigh more than I end up weighing when the fifth week actually rolls around.
  • carolemack
    carolemack Posts: 1,276 Member
    On May 17th I took note of what that little message said..."If everday were like today you will weigh 196.3 in 5 weeks"...five weeks would bring us to June 22nd...on Monday, which was only June 4th I weighed in at 195.9. So I have already reached the weight that it was predicted that I would weigh 2 1/2 weeks from now. :drinker:

    How great it would be if it always worked like that! However, as we all know, there are these little things called plateaus...I have sometimes gone 3 weeks weighing exactly the same even though "everday was like today". :grumble:

    So no, I don't really pay attention to that little message...it is just sometimes fun to keep track and see how right, or wrong, the prediction was. Anything that keeps me focused on my weight loss plan has to be good. :wink:

    Cheers everyone...
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    all lies
  • Teanei
    Teanei Posts: 21 Member
    I read it just because. Everyday is never the same for me. So after reading it I just forget about it.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    That thing doesn't make any sense. If every day were like today then I'd wake up every morning weighing exactly the same amount. I could even kidnap a groundhog and drive off a cliff with it and still wake up the next morning like none of it happened.
  • momar23
    momar23 Posts: 292 Member
    riskiestlavonn wrote: »
    Doesn't work but sure is motivational for me

    I would say this. :-)

    ^^ ditto
  • R1rainbows
    R1rainbows Posts: 129 Member
    I was curious of this. So I actually marked a day in my calendar on June 18th (which was exactly 5 weeks ahead at the time) asking if I was that weight yet. My calories fluctuated from my goal from 50-150 over at times and when June 18th came around I had only missed that little goal by 1.5 pounds over the prediction. To me... I thought that was pretty darn close!
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    tenie83 wrote: »
    I read it just because. Everyday is never the same for me. So after reading it I just forget about it.

    Necropost much?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    tenie83 wrote: »
    I read it just because. Everyday is never the same for me. So after reading it I just forget about it.

    Necropost much?

    It's only three years old :smile:
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Well in three years, you'd think MFP would have changed it to "if every week were like this week", which would probably offer a more accurate prediction.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »
    That thing doesn't make any sense. If every day were like today then I'd wake up every morning weighing exactly the same amount. I could even kidnap a groundhog and drive off a cliff with it and still wake up the next morning like none of it happened.

    I liked that movie
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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    Well in three years, you'd think MFP would have changed it to "if every week were like this week", which would probably offer a more accurate prediction.

    The wheels of progress move slow sometimes :wink:
  • wildflowerherbal
    wildflowerherbal Posts: 28 Member
    It actually seems accurate for me.
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