Does your FitBit suck too?

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Yadster12
Yadster12 Posts: 12 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
My fitbit keeps giving me ridiculous calories burned numbers (too high) anyone else having the same issue.

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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    How high are your calorie burns and what is your typical day like?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    I didn't trust my initial burns from my Charge HR. I now wear it on my non-dominant hand but have it set to dominant, and set my activity level to lightly active rather than sedentary.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    My Fitbit kicks *kitten*. It works great for me.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
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    Yadster12 wrote: »
    My fitbit keeps giving me ridiculous calories burned numbers (too high) anyone else having the same issue.

    Message and add me!

    What do you mean by "ridiculous?" How high? Mine tends to overestimate a bit but i don't eat back all my exercise calories.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    I lost the weight & have maintained for a year by trusting my Fitbit.

    Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit

    Set your goal to .5 lb. for every 25 lbs. you're overweight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

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

    Ignore your Fitbit calorie goal and follow MFP's, eating back your adjustments.

    You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
  • Tahlia68
    Tahlia68 Posts: 204 Member
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    I have a fitbit charge and it's one of the best thing's I've purchased. It has helped me to motivate and exercise more each day. Is helping with my weight loss. Also the sleep tracker is great because I have severe insomnia and I can show my Dr's a weekly report ect!! It just takes time to learn how to use it properly. :smile:
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
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    I think my burns are very accurate. Do you have one with the heart rate monitor?

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