steps result in negative calorie credit

tagMacher

I use Accupedo with MyFP. Steps recorded result in reduction of day's calories. If I expend energy exercising, should I not be consuming extra calories to make up daily requirement?

kk_inprogress

It means your step goal is not reaching the activity level that you have MFP set at. What is yours set at, and how many steps do you get per day?

gaelicstorm26

kkenseth wrote: »

It means your step goal is not reaching the activity level that you have MFP set at. What is yours set at, and how many steps do you get per day?

Exactly. You should make some adjustments to your activity level settings here in MFP if you are consistently getting negative calorie adjustments.

yarwell

An open diary or screenshot of the calorie adjustment and the (i) explanation box might help. I suspect some apps have a sign convention problem.

MKEgal

If you're going to use an exercise monitor to judge your estimated calorie expenditure,
which will probably be more accurate than anything MFP can do,
you should set your MFP level to 'inactive' and let the fitbit do all the work.

ETA:
And you still shouldn't eat your exercise calories.
Maybe once in a while, have up to 1/2 of them as a snack if you're really hungry at the
end of the day, but think of exercise as a bonus toward weight loss.
That's what my dietician & doctor (endocrinologist specializing in weight loss issues) told me.

editorgrrl

tagMacher wrote: »

I use Accupedo with MyFP. Steps recorded result in reduction of day's calories.

Click on the adjustment in your diary to see the math, but a negative calorie adjustment means you're burning even fewer calories than your MFP activity level (sedentary, lightly active, etc.).