Sudden change in exercise calories given to me

annehallscott
annehallscott Posts: 3 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
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So today is day 41 or something and my daily caloric goal is 1220 and I woke up with it showing 883 calories having been burned already!!! This is the first time this has happened. Is this a glitch or does something change after you lose weight?

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  • sbdriver2
    sbdriver2 Posts: 20 Member
    I used to only show calories burned by exercise, but now I think it's showing calories burned by metabolism. Yesterday MFP showed I had burned 773 calories when I went to add my breakfast food. Normally it would say 0 calories burned until I entered exercise. This morning it showed I had burned 785 calories before any exercise.
  • annehallscott
    annehallscott Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks. This makes sense.
  • BlueberryRipple
    BlueberryRipple Posts: 8 Member
    I think this is new – the same thing is happening to me but in fact it is giving me about 700 cal extra to eat, not just displaying them.

    I used to get an update every time I updated my Fitbit tracker which showed me how much extra I had earned through actual steps taken
  • KatyE213
    KatyE213 Posts: 447 Member
    Came here to ask the same thing. It’s definitely changed the way it adds exercise calories over the last 3 days (I’ve used MFP in conjunction with Fitbit for over 11 years!). It should be adding more as we move throughout the day but the last 3 days it’s added a load early on and actually got less later on. Don’t like it!! Not sure if it’s a glitch or whether they’ve changed how they do it. I run on a morning so not sure if it’s now assuming same level of activity all day (not likely!!)
  • azd487
    azd487 Posts: 3 Member
    Me too I woke up yesterday and today with about 1170 yesterday and 1070 today. I’m trying to lose weight so it is confusing me to the max. Usually mine says 0 until I exercise and then it adds onto it from Fitbit. Be nice if they’d mention this as an update or something.
  • pridesabtch
    pridesabtch Posts: 2,469 Member
    Chances that you burned over 800 cal in 27 minutes is very unlikely even with purposeful movement. I would not count those additional calories. Seems like there is a glitch in the system.
  • azd487
    azd487 Posts: 3 Member
    Fitbit is working on it and so is mfp I emailed one and live chatted the other. It’s an error.

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