quick fitbit question

fishshark
fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
hey everyone so I am having a little trouble with my fitbit app on my phone and MFP. According to MFP I have had 747 calories today (haven't had dinner yet) but the calories don't match on the fit bit app. On fit bit it says I have ate 1046 calories. I shows that I have food logged for lunch but I do not. I have disconnected the two from each other but still no luck. Any thoughts? (I know there is a fitbit group but I usually get faster responses here)

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Time zone / clock settings on the two sites the same ?
  • Clarewho
    Clarewho Posts: 494 Member
    Mines the same and always has been. They're both set correctly. So I'm in for the answer!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    yeah I ignore my fitbit foods

    if you add something to MFP food then change it or delete it the amendments don't cross over to fitbit so it goes doolally

    I just synch my fitbit and concentrate on my foods on MFP - I also log my exercise here - fitbit just passes over my step-based activity level and gives me the extra calories
  • Mondoweft
    Mondoweft Posts: 49 Member
    You can delete meals in the fitbit app, and/or you can try forcing an update (if they are linked) by adding to your mfp diary. I had it go skewy for a few days last month but it sorted itself out eventually.
  • Clarewho
    Clarewho Posts: 494 Member
    I do exactly the same as @rabbitjb and what she says goes so it's all good :lol:
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Clarewho wrote: »
    I do exactly the same as @rabbitjb and what she says goes so it's all good :lol:

    LOL

    this is the message I am aiming to get my husband and children to accept :bigsmile:

    *epicfail*
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    thank you! yea I just ignored it, but it was just so annoying seeing I was over my calories on the app haha!
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    edited December 2015
    What's supposed to happen is MFP sends over a meal summary to Fitbit. It's supposed to replace an existing entry if you edit it - like if you have lunch, record your sandwich and fruit, then later add in a cookie - but it doesn't always replace. Sometimes it sends over the information twice, so you have one summary of the sandwich and fruit, and another with all 3 items.

    I use the info recorded in Fitbit to log everything in a spreadsheet, so having accurate info there is important for me. You can just swipe to delete the extra entries, or ignore them if having correct info there isn't necessary for you :)

    ~Lyssa
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    ignore the food part in fitbit.

    Use MFP for food/calories and fitbit for exercise

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