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Fitbit Negative Adjustment

miratps
miratps Posts: 141 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So I have this set but am trying to tone done my exercise (I'm developing/have developed exercise bulimia and it's taken over my life essentially). I wake up, try and plan my day but I see a negative figure because I no longer want to wake up at 3am each day exercising. But when I see that negative number it discourages me and makes me feel I have to exercise again just to get a positive high number.

So what is the point of it? It feels just discouraging to me, am I reading it wrong?

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  • janetpam
    janetpam Posts: 13 Member
    I have the same confusion. Also I can't always get my Fitbit to register with my fitness pal. Hope someone has the answer.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    I have MFP set to Sedentary and have enabled negative adjustments. When I wake up every day, I have negative Calories earned, because I have been sleeping. I just don't bother to check it anymore until about noon, because by then, it normally turns positive just from me moving around. If I am in bed all day sick, the negative adjustments help me plan my day so that I don't overeat.

    Please read through these MFP articles on how negative adjustments for all-day trackers work.

    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1084233-should-i-turn-on-negative-calorie-adjustments-

    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/906763-why-am-i-not-getting-a-fitbit-calorie-adjustment-
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I thought you could just turn that feature off. Sounds like that would work better for you to not have it enabled.
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    I thought you could just turn that feature off. Sounds like that would work better for you to not have it enabled.

    Maybe but there must be a reason to have it, I am just struggling to now think of it so feel I am missing something
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    I dont have mine enabled and it makes it that much less stressful.but thats just me. There are days Im too tired to become really active so without them enabled I dont have to worry and I have lost weight just fine
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
    May be worth switching off, especially if I am trying to change my mindset. Just feels like there is a point to it but I'm not sure what
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    miratps wrote: »
    May be worth switching off, especially if I am trying to change my mindset. Just feels like there is a point to it but I'm not sure what

    for some it may make them more active. for me it was just the opposite. sounds dumb to some people Im sure. but I do better with it off.
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