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04-09-2013, 03:24 PM
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Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 31
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Height: 5'2"
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If you're doing my fitness pal have you...
You know when you finish for the day and it says: If you ate like this everyday you'd weigh xx in 5 weeks??
Well has that ever proved true for anyone? I find myself thinking "yeah right, that's so far off" and I'm not sure, maybe I should change my mindset? At the moment the weight that they say seems so unrealistic.
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04-09-2013, 03:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Canada
Posts: 3,689
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Mine said I will be 199.2 this coming Monday, I hope it's right!!! It's a little bit of a stretch I think now that 4 1/2 weeks went by since that prediction but I should be close.
I mark random days on my calendar just to see if it works. It's usually pretty close but I eat almost the same number of calories and do the same amount of exercise every day.
Just remember if you have a really high or really low day, it might not be as accurate as a "normal" day.
I really like that app. but the 5 week thing does make me a bit obsessed!
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04-09-2013, 10:39 PM
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New-b
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 291
S/C/G: 219/ticker/155
Height: 5ft
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Mine has never been right. Come times better sometimes worse. Don't take it to close to heart
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04-09-2013, 10:56 PM
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I can do this
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 1,181
S/C/G: 230/222/175
Height: 5'2"
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I try not to pay attention to it but still get a thrill when it tells me a low number. I don't record or track it, though. It'd be pretty easy to do--just add it as another number to track on progress!
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04-09-2013, 11:06 PM
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kellie105
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 90
S/C/G: 292.5/284.8/170
Height: 5'6
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yeah....no its never right. It is motivational though and keeps me going!
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04-10-2013, 02:39 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: California
Posts: 7
S/C/G: 250/250/180
Height: 5'8
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I barely started using it but I hope it is true
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04-10-2013, 03:09 PM
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I can do this
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 1,181
S/C/G: 230/222/175
Height: 5'2"
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This made me decide to start tracking it. I added a new 'measurement' of "5 week prediction" to my measurements. I'd already added "Band size" and "fasting blood sugar".
Now I'm going to track it--but it'll be 5 weeks before I know anything!
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04-10-2013, 03:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Posts: 338
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Height: 5'8"
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I've actually beat the prediction on MFP... But how do you add prediction to where it shows on the progress chart? If it can be done.
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04-10-2013, 03:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: CT
Posts: 285
S/C/G: 165/137/120
Height: 4'11''
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No. Mine is definitely not accurate. I've severely been slacking with my log ins ever since I caught the flu a couple weeks ago but it's been saying I would be in the 130's weeks ago, and I'm still teetering between 140-143. I'm yet to get down to where it says I will be. Maybe I will start marking it on my calendar to see if it's accurate at all.
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04-10-2013, 04:00 PM
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I can do this
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 1,181
S/C/G: 230/222/175
Height: 5'2"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jefferzzzz
I've actually beat the prediction on MFP... But how do you add prediction to where it shows on the progress chart? If it can be done.
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On the "My Home", select the "Check in" option.
Select "Track additional measurements" under the measurements
Add "5 week predictor" or something like that
Now you can enter values and track it just like weight, waist, hips, etc.
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04-10-2013, 04:34 PM
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Restart 11/2012 at 153lbs
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Murrieta
Posts: 703
S/C/G: Hw194/Sw160/Cw120/gw125
Height: 5'2" on the dot!
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I think it's just an estimation if u eat the same way and excersize the same every day for 5 weeks. I have days that it says 10 lbs and others where it says 0. But I guess it can't hurt to chart it.
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04-10-2013, 10:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Posts: 338
S/C/G: 246/233/175
Height: 5'8"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bethFromDayton
On the "My Home", select the "Check in" option.
Select "Track additional measurements" under the measurements
Add "5 week predictor" or something like that
Now you can enter values and track it just like weight, waist, hips, etc.
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Ahhh, I see... Thank you for posting that information!! I actually use the iPhone app so I don't think it can be done on there. Thanks again
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04-10-2013, 10:48 PM
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I can do this
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 1,181
S/C/G: 230/222/175
Height: 5'2"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jefferzzzz
Ahhh, I see... Thank you for posting that information!! I actually use the iPhone app so I don't think it can be done on there. Thanks again
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I actually use both. It's easier to enter stuff on the computer, but the iPhone lets me scan.
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04-10-2013, 11:27 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 45
S/C/G: 396/372/125
Height: 5'4
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I don't pay much attention to it, but I have to say the one day I decided to give in to my TOM hungries the figure it quoted when I logged my food for the day was definite motivation to make that a one time thing lol
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04-10-2013, 11:52 PM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Lone Star State
Posts: 939
S/C/G: 252/see ticker/199
Height: 5'7"
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My body doesn't lose weight based upon formulas and charts. There are a myriad of things going on that MFP can't possibly account for. I very rarely even glance at this number.
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