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Fitbit adjustments with MFP

wannaloseit77
wannaloseit77 Posts: 37 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Sorry if this sounds clueless but does anyone know why I would have woken up to a negative exercise amount in MFP pal this morning? I have the negative calories thing enabled on my account and was just curious... does it do a comparative to the previous day at that particular time? Does it readjust throughout the day (I also appear to have more on my diary from yesterday than what it looked like when I went to sleep). :-/

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  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    It's normal to wake up with a negative calorie adjustment. It has to do with the difference in how MFP and Fitbit calculate your expected calorie burn. MFP assumes your activity level is constant for 24 hours, so even if you're set to Sedentary, you're less active than that while you're sleeping. After you get up and start moving, Fitbit will award you appropriate calories for your activity and that number will turn positive.

    I'm not sure what you mean by "I also appear to have more on my diary from yesterday than what it looked like when I went to sleep." but another affect of what I described above is that your Fitbit calorie adjustment in MFP will tend to decrease a bit between when you go to bed and midnight. This is more noticeable if you go to bed early and/or have chosen a high activity level in MFP. However, it will be pretty consistent, if your bedtime is consistent, so you can plan for it.
  • lemonychild
    lemonychild Posts: 654 Member
    I just enabled negative calories, and my setting is always on sedentary on both fitbit and MFP. can u really go negative on sedentary???

    now fitbit & mfp is syncing my steps but not giving me back any calories? wth???
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    lemonychild wrote: »
    I just enabled negative calories, and my setting is always on sedentary on both fitbit and MFP. can u really go negative on sedentary???

    now fitbit & mfp is syncing my steps but not giving me back any calories? wth???

    As long as you aren't set to 1200 calories, yes. There is still a certain threshold MFP gives you to be considered sedentary. And there have been syncing problems since yesterday morning.
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