fitbit and swimming

fishshark

Since I cannot wear my fitbit in the pool how would you suggest a fairly accurate way to log calories burned while swimming?

RoxieDawn

You can use an online calculator like this one (http://caloriesburnedhq.com/calories-burned-swimming/) and use the estimation for MFP... and again it will be an estimation as MFP has no way of figuring heart rate, steady state, vigorous effort, etc..

editorgrrl

Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit (that's what I do) or in MFP—never both. Exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time.

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