eat like this everyday......you will weigh______in 5 weeks

I guess you and I are the only two people who HATE that part. Although I do agree, just dont look at if you dont like it.

I find it is pretty accurate. I record that number in my notes section so I can look back in 5 weeks at any given time.

me, too....my daughter told me how she was doing it, so I just started......and I like the idea of going ahead 5 wks and put it in the notes in the future....think I might try that tonight....

I love it very much. It helps me at night when I want to eat 3 loaves of french bread and not go on my walks.
It's not unbelievably inaccurate and it keeps me logging and moderating my calories.

I honestly don't like it. Some days, it changes SO much that I can't understand where it comes from. Sometimes it makes me feel really discouraged when I know I'm having a really good day and it tells me I'll lose like 2 pounds in 5 weeks.
I had it once tell me I would weigh 125lbs in 5 weeks, then the next day I ate about 100 more calories and it jumped to 140lbs! That's a big damn difference.

If you want to know how it works - here's the explanation and examples. If math just confuses you, you might just want to skip this, though I did try to go step by step.

Take your projected deficit from your goals page (on the goals page, right hand side - "Daily Calorie Deficit")
If you have calories left at the end of the day, add those
If you have negative calories (you ate too much), subtract those

Take your ending number, multiple by 35 and divide by 3500 - this will give the projected weight loss/gain at the end of five weeks. If the number is positive - it's a loss, if it's negative - it's a gain. If you subtract/add that to your current weight, it should match what the "Complete this day" button tells you (rounded, if needed).

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Example: My projected deficit from my goals page is 810
Yesterday I had 246 calories leftover.

810 + 246 = 1056
1056 x 35 = 36960 / 3500 = 10.56
So I should lose 10.56 pounds if I eat that same way and burn the same exercise calories every day for 5 weeks.

Current weight = 179.5 - 10.56 = 168.94
If you round that up to 169, it exactly matches what the "complete this day" button told me yesterday.

If I'd eaten 1000 calories over my goal, I'd end up with
810 - 1000 = -190 * 35 = -6650 / 3500 = -1.9
I'd gain 1.9 pounds over 5 weeks if I ate 1000 calories more than my goal.
I tested this, and the "complete this day" button told me I'd weigh 181.5. which is a 2 pound gain (rounded up from 1.9).

Wow, thank you for breaking that down that way. It makes it a lot easier to understand. I guess I just didn't see how 100 calories could make such a huge difference.

Just remember - it's not just the calories you eat, but the calories you burn that makes a difference, too. If you burn a ton one day and don't eat them all back, that estimated weight will be a lot lower than if you just meet your goals (have no calories left over for the day).