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Fitbit and spinning

angwiggins
angwiggins Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
i just got a Fitbit. It is linked to MFP. I took a spinning class today while wearing the FB. It logged the spin as steps. And then I logged the spin class in MFP. It seems like this is logging twice and affecting my calories allowed.

Did I do this right?

If not, what do you do when you do exercises that log steps even if it isn't a step?

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  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Yes you did it right. Non-step exercise (including biking & swimming) needs to be logged either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both.
  • angwiggins
    angwiggins Posts: 8 Member
    Even though the FB picked up the spin as steps and I logged it in MFP, it didn't double log?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Food & drink (including water) only sync from MFP to Fitbit, but exercise syncs both ways. When you log exercise in MFP, it overwrites your Fitbit data during that time. (Which is why I log all exercise in Fitbit—not MFP.)
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