"if you ate like this for 5 weeks you would weigh"

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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    You've got to be totally consistent, and your settings need to be dialed in. From what I see in your diary, you're not eating optimally - leaving hundreds of calories on the table every day - so no, your weight loss will not go as predicted.
  • kmb2522
    kmb2522 Posts: 48
    I know it won't be exact it usually 5 to 10 under what I weigh now I eat about the same everyday I figured I would be at least almost there now but I'm not
  • cindystephens29
    cindystephens29 Posts: 8
    ive only been on for 3 days but im hopng i will hit it or even a lil more
  • sabinecbauer
    sabinecbauer Posts: 250 Member
    Not ever. But the entertainment value is enormous :laugh:
  • davidsgirl145
    davidsgirl145 Posts: 162 Member
    I just like seeing that number :laugh:

    ditto!!!

    i never do reach it. I guess because i don't do the exact same thing every day and eat exactly the same and exercise the same either...so it doesn't work out for me either. But, it feels awesome to see that number! hahahahaha
  • gsager
    gsager Posts: 977 Member
    Nope, can't eat that way 2 days!
  • 2_young_2B_old
    2_young_2B_old Posts: 90 Member
    I just like seeing that number :laugh:

    Me too!
  • keeponkickin
    keeponkickin Posts: 1,520 Member
    I've been plateaued for nearly 8 months...so doesn't work for me.
  • slade37
    slade37 Posts: 23 Member
    very well said, my sentiments exactly :smile:
  • golferd
    golferd Posts: 400 Member
    I can only wish. So, hardly ever hit complete.
  • agent99oz
    agent99oz Posts: 185 Member
    Anyone actually hit that number mfp projects? I've been on for 5 weeks I'm not even close

    Nope....not once...I wish it wasn't on there...gives me false expectations!
  • tracyhall63
    tracyhall63 Posts: 84 Member
    I have been using MFP since June 1st and I must say It was pretty accurate for the first 5 week mark. It is motivating, both ways.One day I ate like over 2000 calories and it gave me a number that showed me gaining weight. Needless to say I did not do it again the next day. lol.
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    Mine used to be pretty accurate! Now that I have a lot less to lose it's not, but I still love that number :)


    wow wtg!! you lost a LOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT of wt :drinker:
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I do.
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    I have been using MFP since June 1st and I must say It was pretty accurate for the first 5 week mark. It is motivating, both ways.One day I ate like over 2000 calories and it gave me a number that showed me gaining weight. Needless to say I did not do it again the next day. lol.

    LOL, no doubt huh?! hahaa:bigsmile:
  • Feisty_Red
    Feisty_Red Posts: 982 Member
    I have seen the same projected number for 3 months...It's a LIAR ;)
  • bfaner
    bfaner Posts: 3
    never, since i started too many weeks ago to count. it really feels like such a big fat LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Dianne1
    Dianne1 Posts: 19 Member
    No...not me either but I also like seeing the number!
  • smartmom0818
    smartmom0818 Posts: 83
    I wrote a note in my diary that in five weeks, August 16, MFP said I could weigh 320. I don't think I will be that exactly, but I will be close. So, for arguments sake, I think it can be a good motivator and maybe accurate give or take 3-5lbs.
  • bikinibeliever
    bikinibeliever Posts: 832 Member
    not a clue what it said 5 weeks ago, so pass.


    Same
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    Hahahahah I should have lost at least 10 lbs by now. But I haven't x_x
  • marinebiologist_girl
    marinebiologist_girl Posts: 300
    Not got to 5 weeks yet but the number is encouraging.
  • ngressman
    ngressman Posts: 229 Member
    That number changes daily for me. Unfortunately, I am not consistent yet. Some days I don't stay within my calories, but then the next day I try harder and will stay within it. I like how it tells me that if I overate every day like I did that one day this is what I would weight. On the other hand when I am doing good it tells me what will happen if I keep it up. It is a good gauge of what it could be like.
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,885 Member
    no, but I like seeing it lol, today it said in 5 weeks id be 137, which I cant ever remember weighing that little so, I just keep hoping its right lol
  • sirmio
    sirmio Posts: 44 Member
    I find it encourage and I think I've losing the weight as they predict. I've found that using a HRM and food scale help a lot with accuracy.
  • armadillolabrat
    armadillolabrat Posts: 104 Member
    I've never hit nor surpassed what MFP says I will weigh in five weeks.
  • SpiffyMom87
    SpiffyMom87 Posts: 22 Member
    go you girl on your weight lost so far! amazing!
  • SafioraLinnea
    SafioraLinnea Posts: 628 Member
    I met the first one it ever told me by the 5 week mark, but I only know that because I wrote it down somewhere. Otherwise, I can't recall for accuracy. As long as I'm proud of myself for the choices I make, then I assume that eventually I will reach my goal, regardless of what the 'if you ate like this for 5 weeks you would weight xyz' tells me.

    I do like seeing that number though. LOL
  • KeriW626
    KeriW626 Posts: 430
    I like seeing it. I think it comes close? but I have never really kept track. Better to be happy about what is actually happening that what "might happen in 5 weeks)
  • phoenixgirl81
    phoenixgirl81 Posts: 309 Member
    As I weigh in once every 4-6 weeks only, I have a pretty good understanding of the accuracy of this number. If I were to average out the numbers it gives me every day by the whole period between weigh-ins, I would say it is usually pretty spot on. Sometimes I exceed that number, sometimes I hit it, and sometimes I am only a few hundred grammes off the mark.

    My current weight is 122kg (269lbs) and the projection for the last 4 or 5 days has said that in 5 weeks I will weigh 118 and change (260lbs). As, for the last 6 weeks, I've been losing 1 kg (2.2lbs) per week, it's fairly likely that I will hit this projected goal by the next weigh-in and perhaps exceed it.

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