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Understanding Fitbit calorie calculations

kgirlhart
kgirlhart Posts: 5,185 Member
edited November 30 in Social Groups
I just got my Fitbit last week. I am logging all of my food into mfp and all of my exercise into Fitbit. Since there have been some sync issues I just want to make sure I understand how the Fitbit calories work. So far I have been under target every day but one. The days before I started using my Fitbit all show 1393 calories burned. I believe this is my BMR. Yesterday my Fitbit showed 2244 calories burned. Is this my TDEE? My food intake was 1594 so that made my deficit 650. I am set up for a 500 per day deficit. Am I understanding these numbers correctly? Mostly I just want to know that if Fitbit and mfp don't sync then I still know what my deficit was for the day. Thanks!

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  • tiffkittyw
    tiffkittyw Posts: 366 Member
    Yes, your calculations are correct. Eat 500 calories less than your calories burned on Fitbit would be 1 lb a week loss.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,185 Member
    Thank you! I thought I was figuring it correctly, but wanted to be sure.
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