Data Syncing Fitbit to Myfitness pal

dpatel100
dpatel100 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
How long does it take for the MyFitness Pal and Fitbit apps to sync?
I connected the two apps, and the data is still not appearing in MyFitness Pal after 5 minutes.

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  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    I'm having that issue today too. It is usually simultaneous.
  • nichalsont
    nichalsont Posts: 421 Member
    I pre-logged dinner then changed my mind about what I was going to eat. I deleted and re-logged the actual calories in MFP. Fitbit now reflects those calories plus what I deleted. I have synced, logged off, refreshed and Fitbit still won't lose the deleted calories.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    nichalsont wrote: »
    I pre-logged dinner then changed my mind about what I was going to eat. I deleted and re-logged the actual calories in MFP. Fitbit now reflects those calories plus what I deleted. I have synced, logged off, refreshed and Fitbit still won't lose the deleted calories.

    Just go into fitbit and delete the meal you don't want in there.
    dpatel100 wrote: »
    How long does it take for the MyFitness Pal and Fitbit apps to sync?
    I connected the two apps, and the data is still not appearing in MyFitness Pal after 5 minutes.

    Sometimes mfp and fitbit are Glitchy. Give it an hour to sync, depending on how many calories you've burned. I think it updates automatically every 100 calories burned, or you could force a sync in the app.
  • dpatel100
    dpatel100 Posts: 3 Member
    The sync is occuring now. Thanks.
  • dpatel100
    dpatel100 Posts: 3 Member
    Does the food diary from Fit bit also get synced to My fitness pal? It does not look like this is happening.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    dpatel100 wrote: »
    Does the food diary from Fit bit also get synced to My fitness pal? It does not look like this is happening.

    No it doesn't transfer over. The general recommendation, and the easiest, is to log all food in MFP and log all exercise in fitbit. MFP's food database is much more comprehensive than fitbits, plus we have the bar code scanner which I think fitbit does not have.
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