MFP weightloss predictions unrealistic?
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Has anyone else found that the "if you eat like this every day you'll weigh ____ in five weeks" predictions tend to be a bit... optimistic? I know I may not be the most hyper accurate logger (ie I don't own a food scale), but it usually seems a bit unrealistic. Has anyone else found this to be true. MFP is working fine for me, in fact I reached my weightloss goal today (yeah!) though I may reset it five pounds lighter. We'll see. I just wanted to know if others had a similar feeling...
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I pay them no attention. They don't seem realistic to me.0
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When I first started I logged religiously and ate exactly up to the calories allotted for the day. I lost weight pretty much in line with the "if every day..." predictions. Now that I have less to lose (plus a diet bet that I'm a part of), has me eating way fewer calories. And eating back smaller percentages of my exercise calories.
Honestly, I turned off the "notify my news feed that I've completed my diary for the day" about 4 months ago. I no longer bother hitting "complete diary." It's complete when I'm done logging everything.0 -
They are very approximate and are sometimes over or under estimates early on. They become overestimates for most people as their weight loss proceeds.0
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Honestly, I turned off the "notify my news feed that I've completed my diary for the day" about 4 months ago.
Wow, I never knew you could do this.0 -
I think they're there to just motivate some people. I don't think the prediction is true at all.0
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If I listened to that I would have melted away by now. Does't even come close to being correct in my case.0
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Honestly, I turned off the "notify my news feed that I've completed my diary for the day" about 4 months ago.
Wow, I never knew you could do this.
How do you do that?!?0 -
Totally OPTIMISTIC! It's a mathematical equation that my make sense if you're Rocky! Lol0
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CONGRATULATIONS on reaching your weight loss goal!!!! You are awesomeness personified!!0
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For me its an underestimate. But then again, I've never eaten all the allotted calories and I workout a lot. Havnt bothered to update my ticker in a month, but I'm beyond the estimate from five weeks ago0
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It's always been pretty accurate for me. I love it! I remember when I was in the 200's and it finally started showing me as being in the 190's it was surreal to not see that projected # to be 200-something. It made me cry hahaha0
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Good to know I'm not the only one who feels this way, although props to those of you out there who have found it to be accurate! Obviously you're kicking *kitten*.0
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I wouldn't pay too much attention to that. I found when I began losing weight, it was more in align with the predictions. But as time went on, it became more overestimates. You reach your goals when you reach them.
There are a lot of variables anyway... like underestimate or overestimation of exercise/calories burned and calories consumed, a woman's time of the month, water retention, etc etc that actually effects what you weigh in on a certain day.0 -
The only time it seems unrealistic to me is on the days I do my swim workouts and don't eat back the calories. When I complete my entries for that day it tells me I'll be almost 20 pounds lighter in 5 weeks, lol!
MFP over estimates that I've burned 1300+ calories during my 2 hours of lap swim and water aerobics.0 -
Hey....congratulations on reaching your goal today! That is awesome!0
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Mine seems to be accurate. My calories are set for me to lose 1 pound a week so when I stay within my calorie goals it tells me I will weigh 5 pounds less in 5 weeks which I usually do0
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I like to read the in 5 weeks, you'll weigh this, it keeps me motivated, but as far as being spot on, it isn't.0
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If every day really were like the current day - in other words if you hit the same deficit day in and day out - it would be accurate. It''s just math. Most people don't hit exactly the same deficit every day so actual results vary. I guess you could say it's unrealistic since it's based on consistency, but then again, it's just intended to motivate us and they clearly say YMMV.0
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Well the past couple of weeks, if I closed it out, mine would have said I was going to gain weight. :laugh:0
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its a fairly accurate for me but i tend to drop weight really easy0
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