Problems with setting primary goal

kmlr64

I got my device last Wednesday and originally set my primary goal to show calories burned - 2,000 a day. This worked fine for about a day or so and then I noticed that the goal had gone back down to 1,688 (or around this mark I can't remember the exact number). So I set it back to 2,000 only to have it immediately change back to 1,688. I have tried to change it back to 2,000 on both the iPhone app and on the Fitbit website - to no avail. I'm extremely frustrated at this point because when wearing my tracker the lights only indicate how far I have worked towards 1,688 which is not the goal I want to achieve. I have now noticed that today my goal is 1,954 calories! What gives?!

I have also now tried to unlink MFP and Fitbit thinking that having MFP set to sedentary may have had something to do with the Fitbit goal changing - still no avail. Should I just delete my Fitbit account altogether and start again? I almost want to throw this thing out the window right about now.

heybales

Primary goal to show calories burned?

Are you sure you are looking at apples and apples, and not apples and oranges?

Use the names of the fields and tiles you are actually talking about - exact names - so we can understand what you are referring to.

There are daily burn goals, eating goals, ect. And different tiles display different info.

So want details as they are named to confirm all are talking about the same page.

kmlr64

heybales wrote: »

Primary goal to show calories burned?

Are you sure you are looking at apples and apples, and not apples and oranges?

Use the names of the fields and tiles you are actually talking about - exact names - so we can understand what you are referring to.

There are daily burn goals, eating goals, ect. And different tiles display different info.

So want details as they are named to confirm all are talking about the same page.

Yes that's what I mean - primary goal to show calories burned. I want this to be set at 2,000 (so I'd then be eating 1,200 calories with an 800 deficit). I don't really watch the steps or anything else so the main reason I bought a Fitbit was to calculate my TDEE and BMR

editorgrrl

kmlr64 wrote: »

I mean primary goal to show calories burned. I want this to be set at 2,000 (so I'd then be eating 1,200 calories with an 800 deficit). I don't really watch the steps or anything else so the main reason I bought a Fitbit was to calculate my TDEE and BMR

That's not how it works. If it says 1,688, then you've burned 1,688 calories. Once you've burned 2,000 calories, your Fitbit will buzz and flash.

Fitbit calories burned = TDEE. If you follow these instructions, MFP will adjust your calorie goal every day to TDEE minus an appropriate deficit for your size:

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. No need to log any step-based activity—your Fitbit is mtracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both.

kmlr64

editorgrrl wrote: »

kmlr64 wrote: »

I mean primary goal to show calories burned. I want this to be set at 2,000 (so I'd then be eating 1,200 calories with an 800 deficit). I don't really watch the steps or anything else so the main reason I bought a Fitbit was to calculate my TDEE and BMR

That's not how it works. If it says 1,688, then you've burned 1,688 calories. Once you've burned 2,000 calories, your Fitbit will buzz and flash.

Fitbit calories burned = TDEE. If you follow these instructions, MFP will adjust your calorie goal every day to TDEE minus an appropriate deficit for your size:

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. No need to log any step-based activity—your Fitbit is mtracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both.

That's not what I mean. For example, some people have their primary goal set to 10,000 steps a day, this shows on their Fitbit wristband as they work towards reaching this throughout the day. I want my goal to be 2,000 calories a day. It wasn't showing that I had burned 1,688 so far - it was displaying this as my goal to work towards (and then anything over this number would just be additional to already reaching that as a goal).

I understand how the Fitbit works, and I also have enough knowledge to understand that there is a glitch with mine because I did have the goal set to 2,000 and it stayed this way for a day or two. I know how to connect it to MFP and change all the appropriate settings.

kmlr64

I also tried to reset the device last night by pressing a pin into the little hole in the back (as per instructions on Fitbit website) and now the device will not turn on at all. I think I'm going to take it back to where I bought it from because it's more trouble than it's worth, and I've successfully lost weight without it.