calories burned went down in the day

jasmin1972

I dont get this, I did 5061 steps today so far and it says burned 130 calories.....13 activities point and I just walked over to the fridge and started getting out stuff for supper and my calories burned went down to 126....wth.....i use a fit fitbit charge 2 and I already did the reset but it is accurate this is strange to me.....but hey only been on MPF for a couple weeks....please someone help me under stand why!!!!!

malibu927

When MFP reads your Fitbit sync, it estimates the total number of calories you'll burn for the entire day. After that first sync you mentioned, it estimated that if you kept moving at the same rate, you would burn 130 calories over your maintenance, so it gave you a 130 calorie adjustment. The next time it synced you hadn't moved quite as much, so it expected that you'll burn four calories less than before.

tinkerbellang83

Are you referring to the calorie adjustment when synced with MFP if so it's most likely down to negative adjustments based on the activity level you have it set to.

For example I have MFP activity level set to Lightly Active, so it expects around 8000 steps minimum per day from my non-exercise activity. When you have negative adjustments enabled it forecasts the hourly level of activity for that setting. If l only got 4000 steps in by 3pm it will think I'm less active than my Lightly active setting and adjust my calorie goal accordingly. This can be particularly helpful in stopping you overeating on a less active day.

jasmin1972

ok thank you both, I have my activity level set at the least amount....because I do not eat my calories back anyways. I just want to make sure i understand it all.....thank you so much