Fitbit Calories Out - Do you eat them back?

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shan11180 wrote: »

I recently purchased a fitbit flex and the 'calories out' that syncs with MFP calculates my daily calories burned. This is great, but I'm struggling with whether or not I should eat those calories?

If (and only if) you enable negative calorie adjustments, then eating back your Fitbit adjustments means you're eating TDEE minus deficit.

You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

CoachJen71

So far what has worked for me is setting MFP to sedentary and trying to stay at my base MFP calories, but if I do eat back exercise cals I try to do 50% at most unless it's a treat day. Now that MFP wants me to eat only 1200 cals, I find that I would rather eat 1400-1600 on most days, so I have to move and work out a little more to earn the 50%. I try to get a minimum of 30 active minutes and get my heart rate up during my exercise, beyond just getting more steps in while doing the laundry, etc.

lindsayh87

Steps are steps whether they are taken on the way to the bathroom or out on a walk. I just got a fitbit last week and it has opened my eyes to seeing how much more sedentary i am than I originally thought on days I am working at my desk! I had my calorie goals set to lightly active and I'm ashamed to admit that some days I wasn't even getting in 3k steps! It has definitely motivated me to get up from my desk every hour and walk around a little. Oh, and I will walk to the bathroom furthest away to get a little more activity. Unless I hit my goal of calories burned I will not start eating back anything. So figure out how many calories in the green you need to be to reach your goal and decide if that matches with your fitbit adjustment and go from there. Weight loss is a huge numbers game!

moltobella

I cant tell you what to do but I dont eat back my calories. I'm never hungry because I eat quality food within my calorie limit.