MFPs future weight estimations

joannaemmas
joannaemmas Posts: 1
edited December 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondered if anyone had any experiences of whether MFPs estimations of 'if every day was like today, in x weeks you should weigh x' were correct when you keep to the right amount of calories?

If so its a good motivation!!

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  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    No, because I don't eat the same amount every day. Do you?
  • gogojodee
    gogojodee Posts: 1,243 Member
    No, I wish. haha

    One of my better days when I first started I was way under my goal and it said I would be 20 lbs lighter in 5 weeks. Yeah, I didn't follow my that day, but even then, I don't think it's completely accurate - it doesn't factor in normal weight fluctuations like water daily - I think it's it's just a really good mathematical algorithm.
  • HBinOC
    HBinOC Posts: 78 Member
    I mark it on my calendar - to keep me in check from time to time. On a day I eat well, which I should everyday - its a reminder for me to reach that goal weight.
  • MIMITIME
    MIMITIME Posts: 405 Member
    It is pretty close when you eat about the same amount of calories each day. It motivates me to stay on track.
  • OnMyWeigh464
    OnMyWeigh464 Posts: 447 Member
    I mark it on my calendar - to keep me in check from time to time. On a day I eat well, which I should everyday - its a reminder for me to reach that goal weight.

    I mark it too...just to compare. If I don't reach then it's not the end of the world. It's just for fun for me.
  • LovelyLibra79
    LovelyLibra79 Posts: 569 Member
    Don't count on their predications to be accurate...I just stick to my own personal goals
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    No, even if I took some sort of average of all of them they are off. This week its been consistently telling me Im going to gain weight. I've lost weight. The odd time its vice versa. They entertain virtual me tho
  • ZugTheMegasaurus
    ZugTheMegasaurus Posts: 801 Member
    It's never been accurate for me; for whatever reason, I lose weight far more rapidly than it predicts. What it usually predicts will take five weeks usually takes me only one or two. But as long as I'm heading in the right direction, the specific numbers really don't matter. I'll hit them all eventually.
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