MyFitnessPal is overcounting exercise calories by 2 X / 3 X from my FitBit?

giblins6386

MyFitnessPal used to count 300 to 500 calories for 10,000 steps now it is counting 1300 to 1500 calories for 10,000 steps

Jean

We do apologize for any confusion surrounding your calorie adjustment with Fitbit! Note your device is not tracking individual exercise calories, it is tracking a complete day burn. Because of this, reaching your steps goal for the day may or may not guarantee a calories adjustment.

Your Fitbit must estimate a higher number of calories burned compared to the set daily burn from MyFitnessPal, in order for an adjustment to be earned. If the number from your Fitbit is lower than the number from MyFitnessPal, then the adjustment will show as 0, or if you have enabled the negative adjustment option, then it will show as a negative amount earned and then deduct calories from your goal. When you do see a positive number adjustment, that number represents the amount of calories burned above your MFP goal and not the amount of calories burned for you workouts. This update appears in your diary as a Calorie Adjustment. The details of the adjustment's calculation can be viewed online by clicking the "i" on the adjustment line, or within the app by tapping on the adjustment.

When adding in manual exercises, or syncing single workouts from other app partners, those calories are automatically added to your set daily burn total on your MFP account and nutritional adjustments are immediately given. This can cause confusion when looking at your device adjustment because that number will lower or possibly zero out. This is normal because the number that your device compares its calories to (set daily burn from MFP) has now increased with the addition of new workout data and the distance between the two calories counts will be further apart.

Only when the Device number is greater than the MyFitnessPal number will you then earn the extra difference between the two as a positive adjustment.

Hopefully this clears up any confusion, but if you have additional questions or concerns, please reach out to our Support Team directly by visiting: https://myfitnesspal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us or sending us an email to support@myfitnesspal.com.

Lietchi

Is it MFP, or is it Fitbit (looking at your tag)? Perhaps the sync between Fitbit and MFP is buggy?

melissaaridgeway

I've noticed this too. However it also looks like how you earn those 10,000 steps. If you heart rate is elevated during those steps, you're going to burn/earn more.

But yeah, mine have been a bit a bit skewed too.

bobdirects

Can you guys explain the "adjustment" concept?

I just use the Google fit app to count my steps, but when I work out at the gym either cardio or weights, I add that exercise in... Sometimes my Google fit numbers "disappear".

What's up with that?

Thanks.

Jean

Total energy partners that are selected as your primary step source will produce a calorie adjustment. MyFitnessPal pulls your calorie burn directly from our total daily calorie App Gallery partners. Since partner devices track minute to minute, and our program views the entire day as a whole, we then project forward to the end of the day based on your calorie burn so far. For more detailed information regarding the calorie adjustment please see this article. Go here to view a list of our current partners.

If any other questions come up surrounding your current calorie adjustment, please reach out to our dedicated Support Team here: https://myfitnesspal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us.