If every day was like this...

missmalvt
missmalvt Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi All- I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to why when I added one tablespoon of balsamic glaze at 40 calories my projected weight in 5 weeks went up .3 pounds as opposed to not adding it?! This happens often when I am adding something with so little caloric value. I don't understand how a 40 calorie food could prevent me from losing that .3 pounds. I have to admit, I obsess about the projected weight in 5 weeks ;)

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,918 Member
    40 X 35 = 1400.

    It's generally assumed that 3500 calories equal one pound and being 40 calories per day over your calorie goal every day would theoretically be 0.4 pounds - but those projections also assume you have calculated everything exactly perfectly which just isn't possible.

  • missmalvt
    missmalvt Posts: 2 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    40 X 35 = 1400.

    It's generally assumed that 3500 calories equal one pound and being 40 calories per day over your calorie goal every day would theoretically be 0.4 pounds - but those projections also assume you have calculated everything exactly perfectly which just isn't possible.

    Thank you. But, I am not even over my calorie limit. I guess I just need to stop obsessing about it and keep doing what I am doing ;)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,918 Member
    It's just math.

    Those projections? I clicked them for about a month and never clicked them again because they're dumb. :lol:

    That was eleven years ago. You don't have to click "Complete the day" or whatever it says. Just skip that if it's triggering your anxiety. :)
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    Don't forget to add the calories you get just looking at food.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    That pop up is a gimmick. It's a simple formula based on something practically impossible - that every day will be exactly like today. I haven't completed my diary in at least a couple of years, so I never see it. But it's about as good at predicting your future weight as those FB quizzes are at determining your IQ.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    That pop up is a gimmick. It's a simple formula based on something practically impossible - that every day will be exactly like today. I haven't completed my diary in at least a couple of years, so I never see it. But it's about as good at predicting your future weight as those FB quizzes are at determining your IQ.

    Wait, you mean I'm not a genius???
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    That pop up is a gimmick. It's a simple formula based on something practically impossible - that every day will be exactly like today. I haven't completed my diary in at least a couple of years, so I never see it. But it's about as good at predicting your future weight as those FB quizzes are at determining your IQ.

    Wait, you mean I'm not a genius???

    Ooo. I know the answer to that one.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    That pop up is a gimmick. It's a simple formula based on something practically impossible - that every day will be exactly like today. I haven't completed my diary in at least a couple of years, so I never see it. But it's about as good at predicting your future weight as those FB quizzes are at determining your IQ.

    Wait, you mean I'm not a genius???

    Well ummmmm, I mean you could be. :blush::innocent:
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,436 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    That pop up is a gimmick. It's a simple formula based on something practically impossible - that every day will be exactly like today. I haven't completed my diary in at least a couple of years, so I never see it. But it's about as good at predicting your future weight as those FB quizzes are at determining your IQ.

    Wait, you mean I'm not a genius???

    Ooo. I know the answer to that one.

    q7hit31kw269.gif
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    That pop up is a gimmick. It's a simple formula based on something practically impossible - that every day will be exactly like today. I haven't completed my diary in at least a couple of years, so I never see it. But it's about as good at predicting your future weight as those FB quizzes are at determining your IQ.

    Wait, you mean I'm not a genius???

    Ooo. I know the answer to that one.

    q7hit31kw269.gif

    How long have you been waiting to use that GIF?
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    That pop up is a gimmick. It's a simple formula based on something practically impossible - that every day will be exactly like today. I haven't completed my diary in at least a couple of years, so I never see it. But it's about as good at predicting your future weight as those FB quizzes are at determining your IQ.

    Wait, you mean I'm not a genius???

    Ooo. I know the answer to that one.

    Obviously you're going to say I am :smirk:
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