Fitbit Active Minutes Confusion

lalionne

I just recently got a Fitbit for Christmas & have been using it for less than a week. The other day I gained 10 active minutes while walking to work through snow, and that made sense. I was totally out of breath when I got to work. When I walked home, I gained 0 active minutes. Both times I hadn't eaten much, and I ate when I got home.

Today, I have barely stepped at all, and barely ate..I'm going to eat a big Chinese food dinner in about an hour, but my question is...why does it say I have 6 active minutes today? I have barely done a thing. It says those active minutes gained today were after my shower when I was getting dried off (I put the tracker back on when I got out of the shower and dried my wrist), and getting dressed...and then again a few more when I was in the car. It isn't supposed to track when I'm driving! Why did I get active minutes today? Is it because of the fact that I am under my goal for calorie intake, and it thought that me getting dressed and such was strenuous? I don't think it was whatsoever. It just seems a bit off. I have the Fitbit Charge, btw...it does not have a heart rate monitor, although I wish it did...because then it would be more accurate. Do you think this is just a fluke and I should ignore it? Or would you say the active minute thing is normal? The other day when I walked home from work, I figured I wasn't burning as many calories because I wasn't on a time crunch, so I might have been walking a bit slower, and it might have been a little less downhill. I really have no idea. I should not have 6 active minutes today, in my opinion. I slept in late, and I've mostly hung out on the couch!