Why the estimated weight loss when I close the diary changes every day?

_aenyeweddien_ · October 2018

I'm sorry if it's a silly question, I've only just started using the app....I set up looking 1kg a week as my goal. On the first day, when I closed the diary, the notification said I should weight 85kg in 5 weeks. The next day is said I should be 85.1kg in 5 weeks. The day after it said I should be 85.5kg in 5 weeks.....why does the number keep going up? I stayed under the calorie goal each day

Nony_Mouse · October 2018

Because it's based on a projection of if every single day was exactly the same as the one you just logged - exact same weight, exact same food, exact same exercise. It's pretty useless because it's really not accurate, just a dumb gimmick. So long as you're sticking to your calorie goal, you'll lose weight.

ceiswyn · October 2018

Did you read what the message said?

It’s ‘if every day was like today’ - so since the two days are different, so is the projection.

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NovusDies · October 2018

In addition to it assuming each day will have the exact same amount of energy in and out it also suggests the scale weight loss will be linear in that amount of time which may or may not happen:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10683010/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-fluctuations/p1

Why the estimated weight loss when I close the diary changes every day?

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