App is logging me at negative what i should have gained

danielpounder01
danielpounder01 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2023 in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
Is anyone else having this issue where your app is throwing you massively into the negatives because its minusing what should be adding. My other apps are showing up fine and its getting the step amount right just not tracking the calories correctly minus with negative calorie adjustment enabled and just zero without.

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  • durden
    durden Posts: 3,529 MFP Staff
    Answer ✓
    Please accept our apologies for any confusion surrounding your adjustment. If you are seeing a step count and a 0 for the adjustment, then you have not yet earned an adjustment. Further; if you've enabled Negative Calorie Adjustments and are seeing a negative adjustment, this means you have not yet been active enough to earn an adjustment. All of these situations are totally normal.

    The adjustment is actually not based on your step count, but instead based on your entire activity for the day. The step count is there as an incentive and though it does contribute to part of your activity level, it's not the sole contributor.

    Therefore x amount of steps does not mean you will receive x amount of extra calories.

    The way the adjustment is derived is by comparing your total calories burned from your tracker against the total calories already provided by MyFitnessPal.

    When you have earned more calories than MyFitnessPal has already provided, you will then see the difference as your adjustment.

    ** You can view a breakdown of this calculation by tapping on the adjustment line and then on the adjustment itself (above the Learn More button) in the app, or by clicking the "i" next to the adjustment line in the Cardiovascular section online at www.MyFitnessPal.com **

    Please also note: the total calories from MyFitnessPal will include any calories instantly provided by adding separate exercises (outside of your partner adjustment) to MyFitnessPal, along with the calories needed to reach the goals you set when joining the program.

    The following article may also help: https://myfitnesspal.zendesk.com/hc/articles/360032623871-What-is-the-Calorie-Adjustment-in-my-Exercise-Diary-

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