New fitbit and now my exercise calories are crazy high

kushiel1
kushiel1 Posts: 96 Member
in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
I got a fitbit today and connected it fine. Went for a bike ride and that app synced with mfp fine but then it gave me 900 calories for 2k steps which is obviously crazy. Any idea what I’m doing wrong with settings? I like having the exercise calories added back even if I don’t eat all of them but for now turned that off until I get it figured out. If I don’t figure it out I can just mentally add back what I want to eat extra but figured I would try to fix first!

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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    I didn't have this happen with my Fitbit, but I log all my exercise activity through the Fitbit, not on MyFitnessPal. I have heard that it takes about a week for the FitBit to learn your activity, but I don't have anything solid to say that is true. If you logged your bike ride on MyFitnessPal I guess you could have ended up having it counted twice.

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