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Step calories and exercise calories

robinalexis
robinalexis Posts: 50 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I logged 12,375 steps for 456 calories. Of those 12,375 were running a 5k for 572 calories. I entered my 5k on the new feed. So did I just double my calorie burn by accident or did Fitbit already count my 5k calorie burn?

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  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    If you entered the run on the Fitbit platform then it should deal with the double counting. If you've entered it through MFP then I think you're probably double counting.

    That said, 572 calories sounds very high for a 5K distance.
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