You will weigh _____ in 5 weeks...

jodidari
jodidari Posts: 95 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Have you found this to be reliable with some sort of consistency or have you found yourself close to the predicted weight around the 5 week mark? Or do you not pay this any attention?
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  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    I don't pay attention to this, because they don't know my issues, and lack of ovaries.
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    Those numbers are all over the place. I can have identical food days that only vary in 8oz of water consumption and it give a 3lbs difference.

    I don't pay any attention to it.
  • ImaWaterBender
    ImaWaterBender Posts: 516 Member
    I have done an analysis of this over the past year. Yes. I was curious. I find that it consistently places me 16 lbs above what I actually weigh at any point. So, I can look at it and then add that amount in and have it be fairly accurate.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,328 Member
    Only may possibly be accurate if every day is exactly the same. They are not. Personal experience is that it never matches up, largely due to the variations that are part of life.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    It is not at all reliable for me it's been telling me the same weight for months. I lose very slowly.
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    It's motivating but, as stated above, the numbers can be all over the place depending on daily calorie intake, exercise expenditure, and your personal rate of weight loss.
  • Livgetfit
    Livgetfit Posts: 352 Member
    I find it too aggressive. I imagine this is because, though I weigh everything to the best of my ability and try to be conservative in my exercise logging, I'm off on calories. It is just an algorithm at the end of the day.
  • CFoust72591
    CFoust72591 Posts: 62 Member
    I like to see good numbers with it, and it motivates me, but it's not like I ever remember the exact number it gives me, and check it. I kind of just take it as a "job well done" at the end of my day.
  • kimberlygrace2015
    kimberlygrace2015 Posts: 12 Member
    Aside from it making me feel good when I am under my calorie goal, I don't pay attention to it. It doesn't take into account that some weeks I eat more and exercise less or eat less and exercise more, etc. There's a lot of variables it doesn't (and cant') take into account. So no, I wouldn't say it's reliable. That's why it says "IF everyday were like today." No two days are really alike. Take it with a grain (or two) of salt.
  • jodidari
    jodidari Posts: 95 Member
    I tried to make note of it then 5 weeks i tried to be fairly constant, not eating more than 200 calories more or less than my starting day. In the end i only lost 2lbs by the 5th week instead of the 8 it predicted
  • Orione2
    Orione2 Posts: 54 Member
    Its cobblers. If I took notice of it I'd have disappeared by now!
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    About as useful as roller skates on a mountain climber.
  • jodidari
    jodidari Posts: 95 Member
    Orione2 wrote: »
    Its cobblers. If I took notice of it I'd have disappeared by now!

    We should tell them to do average of weeks to predict weight instead

  • Diana_GettingFit
    Diana_GettingFit Posts: 458 Member
    It's nice to see but no two days are ever going to be the same. So I just take it with a pinch of salt.
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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I find it amusing to occasionally go back 5 weeks and see what the software was telling me. I'm easily amused.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    Nope. Initially my weight loss was faster than predicted but as I got close to goal weight it's really overestimated. I "should" still be losing but I haven't.
  • witcherkar
    witcherkar Posts: 138 Member
    I am going to experiment with this. I am going to write the number down every day. See what the difference is. Then at the end of 5 weeks, see how far off it was.
  • reevess113
    reevess113 Posts: 29 Member
    I find it motivates me to do better but I don't think it is accurate. It's all based on how much over/under you are on calorie goal.
  • jodidari
    jodidari Posts: 95 Member
    geminigarcia199017 wrote: »
    jodidari wrote: »
    Have you found this to be reliable with some sort of consistency or have you found yourself close to the predicted weight around the 5 week mark? Or do you not pay this any attention?

    MFP just an estimate or it wants you to be accurate by logging your foods correctly.Sometimes I pay attention to it to see what my weight would be in 5 weeks but it's there to remind you if the same calories are the same every day for 5 weeks you should meet that number. For me it's a motivation number to keep me accountable!!!

    Even if i do an average the predicted weight for the week i won't meet that even close. And this is with some level of consistency since I dont really eat any extra or any different daily.
  • jodidari
    jodidari Posts: 95 Member
    witcherkar wrote: »
    I am going to experiment with this. I am going to write the number down every day. See what the difference is. Then at the end of 5 weeks, see how far off it was.

    What i did was added the predicted weight for 7 straight days of logging and found the average. I tried to be consistent for the next 5 weeks. But i never came close to that original average even I made sure to eat similar to that first week , i even added exercise which was not apart of that first week. Where i over ate one day I made sure to eat less another so I'd be around the same calories consumed each week. It's definitely over estimating . Someone also pointed out if you log the exact same meals days in a row but vary the amount of water consumed you'll get different estimates as a result of the change in water
  • Pocket__Cthulhu
    Pocket__Cthulhu Posts: 134 Member
    I took an 8 hour Aikido seminar one saturday and there was a vegan buffet after. During the seminar, all that was available was fruit and water, because no one wanted to have a rock in their belly while being tossed about. I logged everything and it told me I would have lost 60lbs in five weeks if every day had been like that day.

    It's amusing, but I wouldn't tell a dress maker to make a dress in that size based off it. I would find more comfort in noticing that the number it says I will be is slowly going down. Last month it kept saying I would be in the low 160's, and now it's saying I will be in the mid 150's.

    I think of it as a pat on the back and encouragement, not a carrot dangling at the end of a stick. It does specifically say "If every day were like today..."
  • Slowfaster
    Slowfaster Posts: 186 Member
    I find it the opposite of motivating because I think further ahead when visualizing my goals and don like to be reminded that in five weeks I'll still be fat.
  • murp4069
    murp4069 Posts: 494 Member
    The only time I pay any attention to it is when I go way over my calories, kind of a reminder that I need to be careful and I can't let going over my calories happen all the time.
  • EdgarPs
    EdgarPs Posts: 2 Member
    edited March 2016
    I don't find it helpful.
  • benzieboxx
    benzieboxx Posts: 253 Member
    I really dislike it. It just reminds me of my mom and her judgmental ways. I really wish there was a way to disable it.
  • catherinekalberg
    catherinekalberg Posts: 18 Member
    I like it because you can kind of get a better idea of what food will effect your weight. Haven't used the app long enough to determine if the numbers are right though. To me it's a tool to use though.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited March 2016
    Been here going on two years, this thing on the diary is BS (I am just being very blunt about it..sorry).. And I too wish it would just go away.

    edited to add: OP, it is NOT reliable or consistent. One day I will try to eat the same exact thing for 5 weeks and burn the exact same calories for 5 weeks... Anyone tried it?
  • megzchica23
    megzchica23 Posts: 419 Member
    It isn't reliable. I wish they would take it off. My sister refuses to use this site and her lame excuse was, "It didn't help. I did what it said and there is no way I would drop the weight it said I would. I lost more weight just eating and drinking what I wanted." I was like okay sure whatever, eat mcdonalds and drink your 5 lemonades and 2 chocolate milks a day and be super healthy that way...

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