just used a pedometer and i have a question

peopletalk
peopletalk Posts: 519 Member
edited January 25 in Health and Weight Loss
mmk so i didn't do much today but it did say i had 5162 steps and i burned 121 calories

now my confusion:
i know my bmr is like 1570 and my tdee is 2070
so does the pedometer show just the calories counted toward my tdee?or is that an extra 121 calories i burned on top of my tdee?

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I would expect it is estimating the additional calories from moving about, but it depends on the specific device. Does it have a manual or online help page ??
  • pluckabee
    pluckabee Posts: 346 Member
    Depends on the pedometer.

    Did you have to configure it with any of your info? Like height, weight, gender, activity level?

    If you did, it might be trying to calculate calories on top of your tdee, if not it's just a part of your normal daily activity and I would ignore the calories burnt number.
  • IbiH
    IbiH Posts: 250 Member
    Is it a Fitbit or similar, or just a pedometer?
  • peopletalk
    peopletalk Posts: 519 Member
    Depends on the pedometer.

    Did you have to configure it with any of your info? Like height, weight, gender, activity level?

    If you did, it might be trying to calculate calories on top of your tdee, if not it's just a part of your normal daily activity and I would ignore the calories burnt number.
    it's just one from my iphone and yes it put in my height, age and weight.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Ignore it. If you only walked 5,000 steps today that puts you in the sedentary category. Pedometers measure steps and shouldn't be used as calorie counters to start with because it could have been 5,000 steps of slow wandering around or 5,000 steps of power walking. It has no way of knowing the difference.
  • peopletalk
    peopletalk Posts: 519 Member
    Ignore it. If you only walked 5,000 steps today that puts you in the sedentary category. Pedometers measure steps and shouldn't be used as calorie counters to start with because it could have been 5,000 steps of slow wandering around or 5,000 steps of power walking. It has no way of knowing the difference.
    yeah i kinda figured. i know on work days i easily do 10000 steps, or more. i was just curious on how little i do when i'm at home.
    plus i was also just curious about the calories burned.


    what would put me in the lightly active category?
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