Help Understanding FitBit adjusted calories

kcasteel07
kcasteel07 Posts: 20 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am a new fitbit user and yesterday I learned how to sync MFP and Fitbit together. But now I am wondering how I should be reading my Fitbit adjustment of calories burned.

My BMR is 1680
I burn an average of 400 with exercise 6 days a week.
But my calorie adjustment is saying I am burning around 3000 for a full day - which would mean I have around 900 calories unaccounted for. I understand that I can burn more calories just from doing daily activities but my issue is that now I don’t know what amount of calories I should be eating. If I am burning more calories than I though should I be eating more?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    If your Fitbit is new, sometimes it takes a bit to learn your patterns and become fully reliable.

    3,000 is pretty high. Do you have a very active job?
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    Fitbit takes couple of weeks to adjust. At the beginning it always shows very high burns. Just ignore it for several days.

    (Mine keeps overestimating by 300 after 1 year but most people find it accurate)
  • kcasteel07
    kcasteel07 Posts: 20 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    If your Fitbit is new, sometimes it takes a bit to learn your patterns and become fully reliable.

    3,000 is pretty high. Do you have a very active job?

    Not very active but I’m on my feet a lot through the day. Nothing too crazy just walking around.
  • kcasteel07
    kcasteel07 Posts: 20 Member
    gebeziseva wrote: »
    Fitbit takes couple of weeks to adjust. At the beginning it always shows very high burns. Just ignore it for several days.

    (Mine keeps overestimating by 300 after 1 year but most people find it accurate)

    Ok thank you. So should I just stick with the calorie allowance I have been doing?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    kcasteel07 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    If your Fitbit is new, sometimes it takes a bit to learn your patterns and become fully reliable.

    3,000 is pretty high. Do you have a very active job?

    Not very active but I’m on my feet a lot through the day. Nothing too crazy just walking around.

    Yeah, I would just let it calibrate for a couple of weeks before you begin adjusting your calorie intake.

    Also things to consider: are you in a deficit now? Knowing how much you're losing per week will give you a good indication of how close your current calorie goal is to what you're actually burning (same if you're maintaining).

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