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leooftheyear
leooftheyear Posts: 429 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
I use my weekly Fitbit report to calculate my TDEE and put that number into FitBit then subtract the percentage (e.g. 5%-10%) from that number and put it into MFP, is that correct?

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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Putting the TDEE from Fitbit report in to Fitbit somewhere won't change what MFP does.

    But yes to MFP getting the deficit amount as eating goal.

    Then you must unsync accounts.

    And you must correct Fitbit for exercise it won't estimate correctly to get a decent estimate of TDEE.
  • leooftheyear
    leooftheyear Posts: 429 Member
    edited April 2015
    Thank you @heybales, i unsynched the accounts, but then couldn't figure out how to log activities in Fitbit without MFP?
  • leooftheyear
    leooftheyear Posts: 429 Member
    edited April 2015
    Nevermind, i figured it out. I am officially unsynched.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    And read the Fitbit group FAQ, you don't have to log all exercise of course, depending on unit, any step based stuff is going to be good for non-HR model.
    HR model even the non-step based cardio is going to be good.

    Weights needs to be logged with either model.

    Non-HR model needs biking, swimming, rowing, elliptical, stairs, ect manually logged, as the calorie burn formula for walking/running steps has no bearing on the calorie burn for those.
  • leooftheyear
    leooftheyear Posts: 429 Member
    Thanks @heybales
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