FitBit Calories In vs Calories Out

southpaw211

Fitbit Calories in vs Out... it's always 'over' for me. Which is driving me nuts and totally discouraging! I don't go over my daily calories, if I do it's by very, very little. I don't eat back exercise cals. I eat 1600 calories daily, regardless of what I burn. Sometimes I don't even get up to 1600.

I burn about 160 cals during strength training (I realize that's not an accurate representation) and at least 300 when I run (per HRM). (I do each 3x per week on alternating days)

My TDEE (according to fitbit) is right at 2000 cals 90% of the time (except for a couple days this week where I was sick and didn't do much and then it was around 1800). The TDEE I calculated online (Scooby's) is somewhere around 2200-2300. So it's really discouraging to see my Fitbit Dashboard tell me I'm over on calories in, with a big red graph, as well as to see my TDEE so low!

I've only been using it for about a week, so I'm just curious if other people have experienced something similar. Do I trust the fitbit? I know it's just an estimate, but then so is the online calculator. Am I actually overeating? And to think I've been working on getting 1600 calories in when apparently I should be eating even less.

Ugh, just when I think I'm doing things right, I see all of those red "over!" signs from this week and I don't know what to think.

southpaw211

I think I've figured out the answer to my own question... if any mods see this, it can be deleted. Thanks!

dorkallie

Fitbit Calories in vs Out... it's always 'over' for me. Which is driving me nuts and totally discouraging! I don't go over my daily calories, if I do it's by very, very little. I don't eat back exercise cals. I eat 1600 calories daily, regardless of what I burn. Sometimes I don't even get up to 1600.

I burn about 160 cals during strength training (I realize that's not an accurate representation) and at least 300 when I run (per HRM). (I do each 3x per week on alternating days)

My TDEE (according to fitbit) is right at 2000 cals 90% of the time (except for a couple days this week where I was sick and didn't do much and then it was around 1800). The TDEE I calculated online (Scooby's) is somewhere around 2200-2300. So it's really discouraging to see my Fitbit Dashboard tell me I'm over on calories in, with a big red graph, as well as to see my TDEE so low!

I've only been using it for about a week, so I'm just curious if other people have experienced something similar. Do I trust the fitbit? I know it's just an estimate, but then so is the online calculator. Am I actually overeating? And to think I've been working on getting 1600 calories in when apparently I should be eating even less.

Ugh, just when I think I'm doing things right, I see all of those red "over!" signs from this week and I don't know what to think.

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Thanks