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

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  • Nighthawk4
    Nighthawk4 Posts: 77 Member
    Not been here for 5 weeks yet, but I really hope so. It is a great incentive to think that I could reach that in only 5 weeks.

    My real target is predicted for mid-November - which seems such a long way away. However, my '5 week target' is usually just under or just over 200 pounds. That in itself would be a nice stage to reach.

    End of August - approx 200 pounds? Yes please :wink:
  • iamluce
    iamluce Posts: 64 Member
    i've actually been losing more than what my 'projected weight loss' said i would
    i'm supposed to be 132-135 in five weeks let's hope it's still accurate
  • sydneytomunich
    sydneytomunich Posts: 25 Member
    I don't have scales, and haven't had them for a year so I have no idea how accurate anything is. Still, in my mind, I'm the same weight I was a year ago, so I hope to have a pleasant surprise next time I find a set of scales!
    And I do find that number motivating.
  • SherriLibrarian
    SherriLibrarian Posts: 53
    It's been giving me roughly the same number for about 3 months. Plateaus suck!

    your food & exercise diary holds the key as to why this is happening.

    hint - your net calories are sometimes close to 0!

    Yeah, it's something I'm working on. i generally eat about 2k. My output varies quite a bit and I'm finding it *very* hard to get the numbers right.

    Forget "the numbers". Focus on balance and sustainability in life. I see your 3+ hours of exercise per day, and I worry for you, and I don't even know you.

    You might want to scroll back a week to find a more typical example of how my life looks. This was my first week of my holidays. An exercise splurge. :-)

    ETA - actually go back a fortnight. Week before last was my post-half-marathon downer week. Couldn't get off the couch!

    I usually do about an hour a day. Sometimes two, if I've got cardio in the morning and strength in the evening. More when I have a long run. This week was unusual.

    I do worry about getting the balance right, though.

    It looks like your goal weight is 165. That sounds healthy, unless you're 7 feet tall. I wish I could work out 2 to 3 hours a day.
  • vikdexkaykai
    vikdexkaykai Posts: 92 Member
    Yes!!!
    Nope. There's no way a computer can perfectly estimate things like that. Everyone's body and bodily functions are different.
  • kmb2522
    kmb2522 Posts: 48
    After reading all of these I feel like if you have a large amount to lose its on target. Mine that it predicts is what I would like to weigh its been 6 or 7 weeks and I still haven't lost that weight. However I think it maybe the sugar/drinking I'm doing but I'm usually make sure they are within my goal for the day and I try not to eat my exercise calories back so I keep wondering why I haven't hit it yet
  • jamescl131
    jamescl131 Posts: 5
    I have lost 8lb so far and I've only been doing it 3 weeks, so it seems correct. I am absolutely obsessed with getting it right and being as scientific as possible. Here's some of the things I have done to make sure I'm not cheating myself, hopefully this will help others.

    If you know you've eaten properly ignore your stomach, if it's complaining just drink water or 0 cal drinks.
    I used digital scales that are very accurate.
    Don't weigh in every day.
    Get a measuring jug and make sure what you're having, don't guess you can be out by a massive factor which adds up over time.
    Get some kitchen scales, have exact portions, if you guess you can be out by a massive factor which adds up.
    Double check MFP, occasionally some of the entries are wrong. It may just be a few calories, but it adds up.
    Always under estimate everything slightly, if you think you went for a walk for 20 minutes put 15 just to be sure, round everything up or down slightly against your favour!
    Put absolutely everything in, even 10 calorie things like a pack of chewing gum and never forget drinks, leaving these off can make a massive difference.

    Some people who are doing this with me laugh at how accurately I measure everything, but if you put it in as if it were a scientific study and record everything sooooo accurately the figures do seem to add up. So far I've lost slightly more than it said I would, however I understand that is likely to be the case when you first start.

    I have about 5 weeks to go for my goal weight.

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  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    After reading all of these I feel like if you have a large amount to lose its on target. Mine that it predicts is what I would like to weigh its been 6 or 7 weeks and I still haven't lost that weight. However I think it maybe the sugar/drinking I'm doing but I'm usually make sure they are within my goal for the day and I try not to eat my exercise calories back so I keep wondering why I haven't hit it yet

    Because you're not eating your exercise cals back....
  • kmb2522
    kmb2522 Posts: 48
    But aren't you not supposed to eat your exercise calories back?
  • WillUAre
    WillUAre Posts: 81 Member
    I hit mine right on spot.
  • caro1275
    caro1275 Posts: 198 Member
    That is a great idea! I am going to do the same thing! I am going to reach my 5 week mark shortly and I know I am not reaching that original goal weight!!
    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.
  • HiKaren
    HiKaren Posts: 1,306 Member
    Its not true for me. Haaah.. I wish. :ohwell:
  • Mhaney
    Mhaney Posts: 467 Member
    I very recently hit it right for the first time that I've noticed. I think i will start putting notes like another poster said.

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