FitBit and MFP settings??

ccu14

I've had a FitBit One for over a year now and love it. I joined MFP this week.

The FitBit calorie adjustment confuses me. This morning I ran 3 miles and then walked another 2 miles. I synced with my FitBit and had just over 10,000 steps/5 miles and 57 Active Minutes. I then looked at MFP and for all that it gave me 84 calories burned. I'm not a super speedy runner, but I'm pretty darn sure I burned more than 84 calories doing all that!

Do I have my settings wrong? Something else?

beachlandia

Do you have MFP set to active/very active? It's not saying that you only burned 84 calories during that time, it's saying that it predicts you to burn 84 more calories than it expected you to during the day.

sarahmichelef

beachlandia wrote: »

Do you have MFP set to active/very active? It's not saying that you only burned 84 calories during that time, it's saying that it predicts you to burn 84 more calories than it expected you to during the day.

This would be my guess, too - I'd suggest setting your activity level in MFP to "sedentary" (it's in settings/diet profile) for a couple of weeks and see how much you're really burning above that baseline.

retirehappy

You might want to read this FAQ

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10098937/faq-syncing-logging-food-exercise-calorie-adjustments-activity-levels-accuracy

It explains a lot

editorgrrl

Adjustments are the difference between your Fitbit burn (TDEE) and your MFP calorie goal (which is activity level minus deficit).

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

ccu14

Thank you! I've made the adjustment to my settings.