MFP Stop predicting my weight
Redhededkewty
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I started dieting in June. I set a 1,200 daily calorie limit and am usually well under that. Every day I close my diary, and it tells me what I should weigh in 5 weeks - but I don't. I have lost 26 pounds, but according to MFP I should be 10 lbs lighter. This nonsense has been VERY VERY VERY DEPRESSING AND I NEED IT TO STOP.
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Stop completing your day. The information will still be saved but you won't get that prediction.20
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It is BS and they are irresponsible for doing it. Everyone is different. I understand the under calorie warning, but the lie about your weight projection is just as bad. It's depressing and defeatingly frustrating.6
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Like @ seska422 says, it won't tell you your estimated weight in 5 weeks if you don't complete your day. All of your information will be retained and it won't cause you any stress by having that number shown to you.4
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I found it inspirational.
And a little pessimistic. I lost weight faster than it predicted I would.
But it is simply a mathematical calculation based on what you've logged that day in terms of calories and exercise.13 -
I don't like it either but I have learned to tune it out.4
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I dismiss it as a total gimmick. I click it sometimes out of novelty but set no actual store in it whatsoever.0
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With all the good features this app has, the weight prediction is the last thing I pay attention to. It's irrelevant to my goals.2
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Yeah it's been lying to me for ages. I'm supposed to weigh 5 pounds less than I do right now...1
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I don't think mine has ever told me I would lose weight.. Only gain! Haha I use it as extra motivation - in your face MFP I sure showed you!
But if you don't like it, ya don't complete your diary 2 -
There are aspects of MFP that bother me too. You are best not to push the button for "completing your day"..then you will never have to see it again.3
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So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.9
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That message says "if every day were like today"... well regardless of whether we are talking about the foods we eat and the exercise calories we burn, or if we are just talking about all the things that happen in life (job stress, family situations, social events, Murphy's Law, etc) when have two days ever been exactly the same?
It's just a gimmick. It's meant to help motivate you. If you don't find it motivating, either ignore it or stop clicking the button.20 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.
Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.7 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.
Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.
That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.0 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.
Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.
That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.
Same. It crossed my mind to try it as an experiment but it reeks of effort.12 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.
Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.
That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.
Same. It crossed my mind to try it as an experiment but it reeks of effort.
And serious boredom. I would be going nuts if I had to eat the same thing every single day for 5 weeks.
OP, as others have said, just don't complete the day. I find that the prediction is off, but it underestimates.3 -
So here is the thing. MFP bottoms out at 1200 calories. That means that if your TDEE is 1600 calories and you tell it you want to lose 1 pound a week that is a deficit of 500 calories a day. But it won't recommend 1000 calories a day, so it gives you 1200. If you switched it to lose 2 pounds a day that would in theory be a daily intake of 600 calories but again MFP will give you 1200...because it doesn't go below that.
If your goal is 1200 chances are you bottomed out MFP and its not actually giving you the amount of calories that would fit with your stated goals and therefore expectation. Probably why it is "lying" to you. But yeah feel free to ignore it, its a digital readout on a computer screen autogenerated...it isn't a person judging you. Or, alternatively, if you cannot ignore it then just don't click the "complete my day" button....you don't have to click that.10 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.
Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.
That too. I have heard many people say it is accurate. I never tried eating the same thing every day for 5 weeks so I never really get too invested in it.
Same. It crossed my mind to try it as an experiment but it reeks of effort.
And serious boredom. I would be going nuts if I had to eat the same thing every single day for 5 weeks.
OP, as others have said, just don't complete the day. I find that the prediction is off, but it underestimates.
Believe me, it IS boring eating the same things ay in and day out. I prepare my weekly meals on Sunday and spread the food out over the week because I don't really like to cook that much.
I use a different food diary now, but I recall being amused every time I hit that button at the end of the day.....
OP, congrats on your 26 pound loss. I suggest you pay no attention to that silly part of the MFP food app program. Focus on what you can change and not that which is beyond your control.
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.
Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.
As I said, personally I found it inspiring ... motivating.
When I reached my first goal, I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue on or stop. But that little message told me that in 5 weeks I could be a weight I hadn't seen in a long times. So I figured I'd keep going and see what happened. Sure enough, I lost the weight ... and of course, as I went down the number in the message kept going down too. It was like chasing a carrot!!
And before I knew it, I had dropped to my 2004 and earlier (including my high school days much earlier) weight.
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Op I would stop pressing that button, if it's making you feel this way
Really think about what your doing before you make yourself ill
You need to be patient , don't drop your calories too low otherwise you may burn out0 -
Redhededkewty wrote: »It is BS and they are irresponsible for doing it. Everyone is different. I understand the under calorie warning, but the lie about your weight projection is just as bad. It's depressing and defeatingly frustrating.
Ohhh, you grabbed my
What an adorable baby! 0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So stop pushing the button that makes it predict your weight. There's absolutely no reason to push it unless you want the prediction so just don't push it. Simple. And if you're not following MFP as intended and not logging accurately it won't be right. Not a flaw in the system really.
Actually, it won't be accurate unless every day has exactly the same amount of calories in, and the same out. It's a completely useless tool. And utterly unhelpful. MFP should have done away with it in one of their many updates to mess with other features.
As I said, personally I found it inspiring ... motivating.
When I reached my first goal, I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue on or stop. But that little message told me that in 5 weeks I could be a weight I hadn't seen in a long times. So I figured I'd keep going and see what happened. Sure enough, I lost the weight ... and of course, as I went down the number in the message kept going down too. It was like chasing a carrot!! And before I knew it, I had dropped to my 2004 and earlier (including my high school days much earlier) weight.
Ah ok, I stand corrected. I wasn't thinking about it as a strictly motivational tool, more in the way of its lack of accuracy.0 -
It's not a lie, it's mathematical formula that makes the mistaken assumption that weight loss is linear.9
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Maybe if you actually followed the formula, you would be 10lbs lighter. Starving your system only reduces your metabolic rate faster and reduces the ability to lose weight.Redhededkewty wrote: »I started dieting in June. I set a 1,200 daily calorie limit and am usually well under that. Every day I close my diary, and it tells me what I should weigh in 5 weeks - but I don't. I have lost 26 pounds, but according to MFP I should be 10 lbs lighter. This nonsense has been VERY VERY VERY DEPRESSING AND I NEED IT TO STOP.
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It's not a lie, it's mathematical formula that makes the mistaken assumption that weight loss is linear.
It also assumes perfectly accurate recording of both calories in and out and it also assumes that that perfectly accurate recording will continue for 5 weeks straight with the exact same deficit hit every single day.7 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »I dismiss it as a total gimmick. I click it sometimes out of novelty but set no actual store in it whatsoever.
Same. I click the "Complete This Entry" button on my food diary every evening, but I completely ignore the "prediction" it generates. I don't even see it as an annoyance, it's simply not even worth looking at.2 -
I'm clearly perfect because I experimented with putting the prediction in my diary on the date it was predicted and it turned out pretty accurate within a 2lb margin
But then I stopped completing my diary because it is an irrelevant feature
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Redhededkewty wrote: »It is BS and they are irresponsible for doing it. Everyone is different. I understand the under calorie warning, but the lie about your weight projection is just as bad. It's depressing and defeatingly frustrating.
You know what though? By the math, it's correct. Unfortunately, every day isn't the same.
I've lost 101lbs since April 3rd of this year. I've beat their predictions. I've never complained about them. MOVE ON.6
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