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MFP not updating fitbit exercise data

Telly2HF
Telly2HF Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
I went for a run/walk last night and burned 620 calories but this will not sync to my MFP account. I have tried unlinking the two accounts (from both ends), logging a fake exercise to force a sync and my exercise still won't show up. I left it overnight and this morning logged the exercise in MFP manually but it still won't show in yesterday's plan so I'm 33 cal in the red even though I should be almost 600 up! Any suggestions? I've got an Ionic and it's been behaving fine for the 5 weeks I've had it.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Are you seeing any kind of calorie adjustment from Fitbit? The adjustment comes from your total calories burned, not just your exercise calories.
  • Telly2HF
    Telly2HF Posts: 3 Member
    No, there's nothing. There used to be an adjustment on my home page showing calories I'd earned from exercise/steps. Now there's nothing. I even out in a fake exercise of 2000 calories to see what would happen and it didn't show up.
  • Lynn_SD
    Lynn_SD Posts: 83 Member
    Same thing is happening to me, just started yesterday. I actually came to website to troubleshoot. Maybe a bug in an update?
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Telly2HF wrote: »
    No, there's nothing. There used to be an adjustment on my home page showing calories I'd earned from exercise/steps. Now there's nothing. I even out in a fake exercise of 2000 calories to see what would happen and it didn't show up.

    You entered this fake workout on MFP or Fitbit?

    And if on MFP - you mean your synopsis equation line showed no exercise done?

    Do foods from MFP show up as meals on Fitbit?
  • nicavila76
    nicavila76 Posts: 1 Member
    Make sure your mfp is updated. This Is reverse for me. Just got my charge 2 and In order for my fit to recognize my workout I have to put a start time in mfp
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    nicavila76 wrote: »
    Make sure your mfp is updated. This Is reverse for me. Just got my charge 2 and In order for my fit to recognize my workout I have to put a start time in mfp

    Why would you be logging a workout on MFP?

    Yes, you have to use the start/duration times for it to sync over to Fitbit.

    But considering the whole purpose of the Fitbit is to track activity - why create a workout on MFP that is just going to replace what Fitbit came up with?

    True, some exercise is best done that way when HR-based calories is wrong formula to use - but you didn't say anything about that.
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