Confused about steps

jessleon1984

Hi there ok I’m so confused as when I connect my Fitbit it gives me so many more cals to eat,I have been eating all the calories and I’ve gained weight,to add I’m tall 5’10 and I’m 80 kgs I just want to get to 72 and it seems I’m going backwards,I’ve been really logging properly today and think maybe I haven’t been logging properly,anyway my question is do I eat back my exercise cals or not? I’m aiming for around 1400 cals I average 13,000 to 15,000 steps per day any help will be appreciated

kingscrown

I turn off the calories earned through fitbit. I don't want to eat them. Unless I was to run a marathon then I'd need some fuel otherwise it will aide in losing weight. Occasionally, I'll feel like hungry and may have an extra snack. Let those steps work for you.

HeidiCooksSupper

My calorie goal is only about 250 less than my TDEE but i just let exercise calories bring my weight loss up to about 1.5 pounds a week. No counting of exercise calories.

cwolfman13

jessleon1984 wrote: »

Hi there ok I’m so confused as when I connect my Fitbit it gives me so many more cals to eat,I have been eating all the calories and I’ve gained weight,to add I’m tall 5’10 and I’m 80 kgs I just want to get to 72 and it seems I’m going backwards,I’ve been really logging properly today and think maybe I haven’t been logging properly,anyway my question is do I eat back my exercise cals or not? I’m aiming for around 1400 cals I average 13,000 to 15,000 steps per day any help will be appreciated

That is the way MFP is designed...but that also requires logging to be as accurate as possible.

Define "so many more cals".

Your Fitbit is giving you an adjustment to reconcile your actual activity per your device relative to what you selected in MFP...so if you selected sedentary in MFP, but you're getting 15K steps, you're going to get quite a bit added to your calorie target because 15K steps is "very active" and not even close to sedentary.

nooshi713

You’re very active so you will need more than 1400. You must log correctly. I recommend weighing everything on a food scale in grams, except your liquids which can be measured in cups or tbsp.

ALZ14

jessleon1984 wrote: »

Hi there ok I’m so confused as when I connect my Fitbit it gives me so many more cals to eat,I have been eating all the calories and I’ve gained weight,to add I’m tall 5’10 and I’m 80 kgs I just want to get to 72 and it seems I’m going backwards,I’ve been really logging properly today and think maybe I haven’t been logging properly,anyway my question is do I eat back my exercise cals or not? I’m aiming for around 1400 cals I average 13,000 to 15,000 steps per day any help will be appreciated

If you have 10k+ steps the vast majority of days you have the option of not connecting your Fitbit (so no “extra”exercise calories) but you would need to set your activity level hat active or highly active in MFP and then choose how slow or fast you want to lose weight.

jessleon1984

Thanks for the help...so I realised I was way off with my logging,I’ve been snacking allot and not eating filling healthy meals,the last two days I’ve eaten really well and tracked everything and am under my goal,I set my goal to sedatary and Fitbit gave me extra so I did 22000 steps today and allowed me to eat 1600 cals I ate 1470 and feel full just from eating good food thanks good luck everyone 💪💪💪💪