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Exercise calories??

melonmoo91
melonmoo91 Posts: 19 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a fitbit but dont understand the extra calories you get for exercise! I have done the same amount of steps today as i did yesterday but have been given 400 more calories?? Yesterday i had 40 exercise calories today 440! I dont understand??

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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,170 Member
    Was there any change to the exercise - for example depending on the fitbit model you have it can determine that you were walking faster, climbed more stairs, walked more uphill or that your heart rate was higher.
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