Misfit Shine

shellbelle0210

So, I have a misfit shine and I linked it to my account here. It kept adding calories to my allowance. I just don't understand that. Regular walking everyday shouldn't count in you calorie budget, should it? I have my calorie allowance and I log my exercising. That's all I want to affect my calorie count for the day.

editorgrrl

Your default MFP calorie goal is activity level minus deficit. Your tracker burn is TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), the calories necessary to maintain your current weight. Adjustments are the difference between your tracker burn and your MFP activity level (sedentary, lightly active, etc.).

If (and only if) you enable negative calorie adjustments in your diary settings, your adjusted goal is TDEE minus deficit: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

Do not log any step-based activity. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in your tracker or in MFP—never both. Exercise logged in MFP overwrites your tracker burn during that time.

mbaker566

@editorgrrl when i look at my settings i do not see this. Is it because i do not have my device synced yet?

editorgrrl

Negative calorie adjustments are only visible if you have an activity tracker connected to your account.

Connect your accounts: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/282

Set your goal to .5 lb. per week 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 Misfit.

shellbelle0210

Thank you so much, @editorgrrl , for all the information! It's going to help out a lot.