Fitbit friendships

L0Lnikki
L0Lnikki Posts: 41 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
After how long did your fitbit take to get used to you? I have a flex 2. Love it, but still waiting for it to adjust to me.
When do the steps from it tracking roll onto MFP?

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  • L0Lnikki
    L0Lnikki Posts: 41 Member
    Soul_Radiation wrote: »
    Basically...you have to do something on the MFP side described in those articles, and then when you go to your Fitbit app on your phone and sync it with your watch...it SHOULD sync the next time you go log into MFP afaik.

    That will start giving you a TON of exercise calories if you walk and run a bunch...you'll probably want to feel out what works best for you in terms of deciding how much if any of those you want to eat back to reach your goals.

    Then, if you go log your workout in MFP...I think it SHOULD subtract calories from your daily calorie adjustment (which will be a single entry in your exercise log showing how much exercise calories it thinks you have left to eat).

    There is a huge Fitbit social community, like MFP. I really like doing the step challenges, and if interested feel free to add me.
    https://www.fitbit.com/user/5MVZTN

    Their community seems really huge, though...hundreds of thousands (idk how many active, but it seems like a lot) so I haven't posted too much over there. But you can have friends and post to a friends feed...similar to MFP.

    Thank you so much!!!
  • L0Lnikki
    L0Lnikki Posts: 41 Member
    Soul_Radiation wrote: »
    I have the Blaze...and idk...it took a good week or two to really figure out how to use it. I love it, though. A bunch of my MFP friends had Fitbits, so I decided to go with that platform since they seemed to like it.

    You have to do something to sync your Fitbit calories with MFP...and it's a little confusing.

    These links may help you out getting it setup and synced...there may be better ones out there somewhere:
    https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1288
    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1427466-what-if-data-doesn-t-appear-to-be-syncing-from-fitbit-to-myfitnesspal-

    So after 2 weeks all the crazy amount of calories it says I burn will tone down?
    After that, will those calories truly burned transfer to MFP? Or is it steps only?
    Tried to send you a message but it wouldn't allow me
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  • L0Lnikki
    L0Lnikki Posts: 41 Member
    Soul_Radiation wrote: »
    L0Lnikki wrote: »
    So after 2 weeks all the crazy amount of calories it says I burn will tone down?
    After that, will those calories truly burned transfer to MFP? Or is it steps only?
    Tried to send you a message but it wouldn't allow me

    Once you get your Fitbit synced with MFP, you'll start seeing an entry in your MFP exercise log called 'Fitbit calorie adjustment'.

    MFP and Fitbit communicate and lol...MFP decides how much it believes Fitbit, and then gives you an exercise credit for your activity.

    That will then adjust your calorie budget upwards for the day. However, I suggest you really don't eat all those extra calories if you're trying to lose weight.

    You'll see that right away once it's synced.

    It will show YOU the steps, but afaik your friends can't see your steps. It would be nice if they could...but I just don't think it does that. I could be wrong.

    I saw that fitbit adjustment section today & it's at zero. Haven't done too much except try to walk around more as I work.

    Ty for all the help & tips. Now I just have to keep waiting for my fitbit to get used to me & not say I'm burning a ton of calories I'm not.
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  • L0Lnikki
    L0Lnikki Posts: 41 Member
    Soul_Radiation wrote: »
    Hmm...don't forget...you do have to sync it with your phone before it will show up. On your page, you should see a little progress bar under your avatar with your step goal...and a little green line showing how close you are / how many steps you have.

    Then you know it's working.

    Idk...the adjustment could be zero. I had to do mine, and redo it a couple of times before I finally got it working.

    Kind of a pain to learn, but you won't have to mess with it again for a long time once it's going.

    Ok I will keep clicking/refreshing things!! One more question: when I work out, should I bother inputting it into MFP since fitbit is tracking? Don't want to throw my calories off.

    I really appreciate your help! Can you send me a friend request?
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