Fitbit/fitness pal sync messing me up!

StaciMarie1974

There should not be any doubling up. If you log a workout at MFP, you log a start/stop time. Say you log a dance class from 1pm-1:45pm. MFP would take your Fitbit data for the day, but ignore Fitbit from 1-1:45 and for that time block use your entered information.

Now if you enter a high value for the workout - that will affect things. I see in my feed sometimes things like 1000 calories burned in a 60 minute workout. Almost impossible LOL. A very large person maybe could burn that many in an hour, but probably would not be able to keep up the intensity required for that long.

If using a Fitbit, don't worry about logging any step based activities. Swimming, biking, etc.: log. But otherwise let Fitbit do its thing.

shadow2soul

hmvanwink wrote: »

Fitbit will give you calories for your workouts and also if you add a workout into MFP you are essentially doubling your workout calories. I enter my workout on MFP as 1 calorie and then let Fitbit make its own adjustments so they are not doubled up. If that makes sense.

@hmvanwink - that's not how it works. If you enter the correct start time and duration for a logged workout it will overwrite the calorie burn fitbit gave you for that time period. Here I'll do an example:

okay so here is how my day looks so far:


I'm going to log on MFP a 2 hour walk with 1 calorie burn:




ok so go back to fitbit and this is how it looks now:


And a side by side:



By logging 1 calorie burn for your workout, you are essentially wiping out whatever calorie burn fitbit would have given you. So the way you're doing it, you are telling fitbit to ignore the calories burned during the times you worked out.

ColinsMommaOC

marycharron wrote: »

Thanks for the responses. I agree that I think from now on I will stay with my original fitness pal estimates. I don't like the idea of "predicted" amounts j don't know how you are supposed to plan your day when your calories are constantly changing!

From what I understand - Over time, your fitbit will learn your patterns for movement and calorie burns and automatically make adjustments to its "forecasts" on your calorie burns. So could it be that you have just not been using it long enough to establish a pattern? Mine is pretty accurate, but I have had it for a year. Though I did just change to the Charge from a One. Good luck!

ColinsMommaOC

SandyCoils wrote: »

I've only seen my FitBit recognize my "walking" as being active. It hasn't yet recognized my work-outs or even playing the Wii. Could that be because I have my FitBit on my non-dominant wrist and the Wii on my dominant wrist? I log my Wii playing time since my FitBit does not. I don't think I'm doubling up here because I never saw FitBit recognize it. I just logged it on MFP, and then checked FitBit and it was there.

Are you putting your Fitbit into Activity mode when you are working out with the Wii? If yes, then I don't know what to tell you. If not, then try doing this, your activity will be automatically logged onto Fitbit account and your calories adjusted on MFP as well. I don't log any activity or exercise into MFP unless I do not have my Fitbit on when I am doing the activity.

SandyCoils

ColinsMommaOC wrote: »

SandyCoils wrote: »

I've only seen my FitBit recognize my "walking" as being active. It hasn't yet recognized my work-outs or even playing the Wii. Could that be because I have my FitBit on my non-dominant wrist and the Wii on my dominant wrist? I log my Wii playing time since my FitBit does not. I don't think I'm doubling up here because I never saw FitBit recognize it. I just logged it on MFP, and then checked FitBit and it was there.

Are you putting your Fitbit into Activity mode when you are working out with the Wii? If yes, then I don't know what to tell you. If not, then try doing this, your activity will be automatically logged onto Fitbit account and your calories adjusted on MFP as well. I don't log any activity or exercise into MFP unless I do not have my Fitbit on when I am doing the activity.

A-HA!!!!! No, I have not been doing this. Didn't even know it was an option. Ok, how do I put my Charge into "Activity mode"?

ColinsMommaOC

SandyCoils wrote: »

A-HA!!!!! No, I have not been doing this. Didn't even know it was an option. Ok, how do I put my Charge into "Activity mode"?

Press the button on the side and hold until it buzzes and a stopwatch appears on screen. This means its in activity mode. When you are done, just press and hold until it buzzes again

SandyCoils

ColinsMommaOC wrote: »

SandyCoils wrote: »

A-HA!!!!! No, I have not been doing this. Didn't even know it was an option. Ok, how do I put my Charge into "Activity mode"?

Press the button on the side and hold until it buzzes and a stopwatch appears on screen. This means its in activity mode. When you are done, just press and hold until it buzzes again

Oooooh, thanks! I'm going to try it tonight.