Fitbit Charge HR says I burned over 1200 cals?

Orphia

Hahaha, cheers, @Christine_72 !

firef1y72

How many calories Fitbit credits you with depends very much on weight and how active you are. When I was at my biggest (290lb) I could easily get 1000 Calories extra for around 12000 steps, now (199lb) I have to take 25000 steps to get those same 1000 Calories. I'll then get even more Calories credited if I go to the gym, or am very active at home (earned a good few for deep cleaning the kitchen).

I've set my activity level as sedentary, generally start the day at -100 Calories available and end it with 2000+ ate and still within goal range.

Maxematics

I never understood these dramatic calorie drops that people get at the end of the day with their Fitbits. I get 15 to 20K steps per day, 5'3" and 108 pounds, and I set myself as Sedentary both on here and on the Fitbit food plan. I'm up at 5 am every morning and in bed by 8 pm every night; my calorie amount doesn't decrease at all at the end of the night and if it does, it can't be more than 10 calories because I never notice it. I start my day with a -50 adjustment and end it with a 500 to 800 adjustment on average. Maybe it's happening because other people have themselves set to the "Personalized" setting on the Fitbit food plan?

WinoGelato

Christine_72 wrote: »

Orphia wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I average around 20,000 steps a day and still have mfp set to sedentary because i always lost at least a couple hundred calories from the night before to the next morning at L. active.
I still lose some now, but no where near as many as when i i had it set to lightly active.

Pretty much same here.

I average 20,000 steps a day and have MFP set to sedentary (with negative adjustments enabled).

I don't want to be in the red when I wake up!

What's your Fitbit step goal, Christine? I have mine at 12,500 (highly active) which is what I aim for on my days off.

My fitbit step goal is set at 20,000.
And i agree with being in the red in the morning, i never really knew what i was going to wake up to, red or green!

ETA: I don't understand how people who are set to Active and get less steps than me deal with this, unless they are running around til midnight. I'm usually in bed by 7-730 so this could be a reason why i lose so many calories, but should that matter if my activity level is set correctly?? (This has been a question I've been wanting to ask for ages)

I'm set to active, average about 14k steps/day, and I go to bed usually between 10:30-11:00 pm.
My adjustment goes down anywhere from 25-75 cals from when I close my diary and go to bed to when I wake up the next morning. It used to bother me, but now I just expect it, I've had my FitBit long enough to just understand that this is going to happen because I'm slowing down. I account for it and usually try to leave 100 or so cals left in my day. I also have negative adjustments enabled so when I start my day around 6am I am already 150 in the red for the day but that goes away pretty quickly as I work out in the mornings.

Does that answer your question?

Christine_72

WinoGelato wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

Orphia wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I average around 20,000 steps a day and still have mfp set to sedentary because i always lost at least a couple hundred calories from the night before to the next morning at L. active.
I still lose some now, but no where near as many as when i i had it set to lightly active.

Pretty much same here.

I average 20,000 steps a day and have MFP set to sedentary (with negative adjustments enabled).

I don't want to be in the red when I wake up!

What's your Fitbit step goal, Christine? I have mine at 12,500 (highly active) which is what I aim for on my days off.

My fitbit step goal is set at 20,000.
And i agree with being in the red in the morning, i never really knew what i was going to wake up to, red or green!

ETA: I don't understand how people who are set to Active and get less steps than me deal with this, unless they are running around til midnight. I'm usually in bed by 7-730 so this could be a reason why i lose so many calories, but should that matter if my activity level is set correctly?? (This has been a question I've been wanting to ask for ages)

I'm set to active, average about 14k steps/day, and I go to bed usually between 10:30-11:00 pm.
My adjustment goes down anywhere from 25-75 cals from when I close my diary and go to bed to when I wake up the next morning. It used to bother me, but now I just expect it, I've had my FitBit long enough to just understand that this is going to happen because I'm slowing down. I account for it and usually try to leave 100 or so cals left in my day. I also have negative adjustments enabled so when I start my day around 6am I am already 150 in the red for the day but that goes away pretty quickly as I work out in the mornings.

Does that answer your question?

Yes it does.
I go to bed early and my activity level drops way down to sedentary at around 4:30ishpm everyday, which is probably why i lose so many calories. Waking up in the red didn't bother me, even at sedentary i'm -86 this morning.