Has anyone's MFP prediction of them in 5 weeks been accurate

LemonPoppySeedMuffin
LemonPoppySeedMuffin Posts: 302
edited October 5 in Chit-Chat
Does anyone rely on it? Has anyone been close to it? Out of curiosity :).
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  • Carrie704
    Carrie704 Posts: 176
    mine hasnt been. I think my metabolism is lower than the system thinks it should be.
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    MIne is never right. I usully lose faster than what it tells me
  • angelswank
    angelswank Posts: 48 Member
    I have usually been lower than what it says:):happy:
  • wickedcricket
    wickedcricket Posts: 1,246 Member
    I'll let you know in 5 weeks
  • CallieDerenthal
    CallieDerenthal Posts: 170 Member
    mine's usually pretty close.
  • LemonPoppySeedMuffin
    LemonPoppySeedMuffin Posts: 302
    MIne is never right. I usully lose faster than what it tells me

    I wish that was the case with me >.<
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    Not mine. Some days it tells me I should be 95lbs in five weeks, and other days it tells me I'll be 105 lbs, but I've been steady at about 112ish for the past few months.
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    My intake varies too much from day to day for that tool to be useful for me. But in general, if I have a 3500 calorie deficit over a week, I'm usually losing about a pound.
  • ShellyMacchi
    ShellyMacchi Posts: 975 Member
    yes, mine has been exceptionally accurate when i was being very consistent every day.. in the last month i was working at a new very active job so have been doing maintenance more than anything else.. so no recent losses.. but before that, yes, the predictions were very accurate for me *S*
  • LemonPoppySeedMuffin
    LemonPoppySeedMuffin Posts: 302
    The hardest thing is that you'd have to keep it the same everyday without slip ups >.<
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    If I workout hard and really watch what I eat it's right....other wise it's high
  • kellyisloved
    kellyisloved Posts: 434 Member
    Like someone else mentioned, the trouble is that it calculates the estimate based on the assumption that you will eat the exact same foods and exercise the exact number of calories every single day for the next 5 weeks. It's a good tool to let you know if what you did that day is what you're hoping to accomplish and should keep you on track, but it's not really an accurate prediction unless you are keeping yourself strictly on similar calories/content/exercise each day.

    From day to day when I look at it, it might vary between more than 5 pounds simply based on whether it was a 'good' day or a 'bad' day. On weeks that I'm being more consistent, though, it tends to stay about the same with a steady loss.

    Pretty neat tool for what it is, but I wouldn't rely on it necessarily. :)
  • MusicKeepsMeSane
    MusicKeepsMeSane Posts: 309
    mine's never been right. i always weigh more than what it says i should weigh.
  • LemonPoppySeedMuffin
    LemonPoppySeedMuffin Posts: 302
    It is a great motivator :).
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    I'm supposed to have been 123 lbs. for about 5 mos. now. I'm still at 128; 127 is my goal.
  • sarabig2fit
    sarabig2fit Posts: 274 Member
    it's never right for me. but i'd like to be...
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    I don't look at it so much as a predictor but rather as a motivator. I know I'm not going to eat and exercise exactly the same every day. But the 'motivator' basically tells me that if I keep working at it, I'm going to continue to see results.

    I have actually consistently lost at a rate pretty close to what the motivator tells me to expect, b/c I try to usually keep my net calories pretty close to my goal.
  • Christi1979
    Christi1979 Posts: 30 Member
    I haven't been here but a week so far, but so far, I am way ahead of it following the 1200 cal plan they have me on. So, I'd say, so far I am losing faster than it predicts.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Have never tracked it closely but if I was consistant it seemed fairly close.
  • LisaKyle11
    LisaKyle11 Posts: 662 Member
    two words: hell NO.
  • Moonbyebye
    Moonbyebye Posts: 180 Member
    mine goes faster than what it is saying! Which is exciting. I record it anyhow for motivation and just an idea.
  • subela
    subela Posts: 76
    I think it's useless.
  • stephabef
    stephabef Posts: 936 Member
    I don't weigh myself so I have no idea :/ plus, I'm building muscle while losing the last couple of pounds, so I don't think it would be that accurate!
  • IUsedToBeUnhealthy
    IUsedToBeUnhealthy Posts: 20
    I think since it says at the bottom, "If everyday were like today...", it's bound to be inaccurate. Unless you eat the same thing day in and day out.
  • EmYounginTonga
    EmYounginTonga Posts: 87
    I was wondering the same thing. I wanted to write it on a calendar - so I could see if the prediction meets reality!
  • cuddlyrunner
    cuddlyrunner Posts: 116 Member
    5 weeks from today is Xmas day so I'm going to actually make note of it today and check it on Xmas day morning :-)
  • Kymmu
    Kymmu Posts: 1,650 Member
    Only week 3, I eat and exercise roughly the same most days, Nothing has changed yet though...
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    I once did make a note, and 5 weeks later I was only 1lb off, so it can be pretty accurate.
  • bert16
    bert16 Posts: 726 Member
    Not even close... and I can verify that, given that I was stuck at the exact same weight (down to the 10th of a pound) for 5 straight weekly weigh-ins. Arrrrrrgggggghhhh!!!! (I did manage to get unstuck last week, but then weighed in this morning to find I haven't lost an ounce in the last week. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!) :sad:
  • HENewman
    HENewman Posts: 1 Member
    mine has been pretty much perfect, occasional an odd one up or down but most of the time spot on
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