Step counter question

Kgerber777

Hello,
So I have a jawbone up which I have been using for a few weeks. My question is since most of the exercise I do is walking/running should I still enter that in to MFP in my exercise diary of just let the jawbone keep track. I do have the two synced, and have not normally been hit my 10,000 step goal.

editorgrrl

Everybody's different, but here's what worked for me:

Connect your accounts: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/97

Do not log any step-based activity. Your UP is already tracking that for you.

Log non-step exercise (like biking or swimming) in UP—never MFP.

Log food & drink (including water) in MFP.

Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

Set your activity level to sedentary: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided & set your goal to .5 lb. per week for each 25 lbs. you need to lose.

Follow your MFP goal, eating back your UP adjustments. Your UP total burn is your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). If you eat less than TDEE, you will lose weight.

Kgerber777

Thanks

editorgrrl

You can use the UP stopwatch function if you want to see the duration &/or calorie burn for a given run: https://jawbone.com/kb/articles/UP24stopwatchiOS.html