Fitbit/ sedentary/ calories

FullofTrixie

didnt know where to put this but I have a general question. I am female in my 40's and have approximately 30 lbs left to lose I have my settings as sedentary because I have an office job and I picked 2 lb per week. MFP has me at 1200 the lowest and I am fine eating that amount I fill up on vegetables. I have my Fitbit linked and I get additional calories and from what I have read here they are over inflated and I should eat 1/2 or less of them back. Ok so I also read that because I normally get more than 10000 steps I am not sedentary but lightly active so I changed my setting. Well I still get 1200 per MFP but now I earn less exercise calories. So by changing my activity level I actually get less. My guess is because 1200 is the lowest to get 1000 deficit to lose 2 lb a week I would be under so it will not tell me to eat 800. Does that sound right? I am 5'8" 164 I have already lost 38 pounds. Should I change my settings to 1 pound a week? I am losing and happy with my amount I can eat. Some weeks I lose 1 sometimes 2. Does it really matter?

malibu927

A pound a week will be better for what you have to lose.

Choose the activity level you're most comfortable with. I'm set to lightly active and generally get 200-500 calories from my Fitbit, and I eat most of those back (it's definitely more accurate than MFP's calorie burns, but I've played around to see what works...some people can/do eat back 100% of them).

Don't forget you can join the Fitbit group on here if you ever have other questions: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

editorgrrl

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

Set your goal to .5 lb. per week for every 25 lbs. you're overweight. The smaller deficit will also help you transition to maintenance: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

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