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mrsboggle
mrsboggle Posts: 7 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
yesterday I did lots of exercise which I entered into MFP and I also did just under 10,000 steps on my Fitbit but MFP is giving me 0 calories burn. Any help appreciated.

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  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    I think if you enter your exercise into MFP it wont also allocate calories for your steps unless its a huge number. I think I've only ever got exercise calories AND step calories on the same day once.

    Make sure you have put the right time for starting and stopping the exercise too.
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    If your exercise is step based don't enter it on here. Your fitbit accounts for it.

    Anything else you log on here overrides the fitbit burn. MFP burns are well known for being too high. So watch for that.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    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

    In the MFP app, go to More > Steps and choose Fitbit.

    Ignore your Fitbit calorie goal and follow MFP's, eating back your adjustments. No need to log any step-based activity—your Fitbit is tracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit 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

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