Help MFP Fitbit Endomondo links confusing me!

fatoldladyonamission
fatoldladyonamission Posts: 581 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have up until today had my fitbit linked with my MFP account and been working to those calorie hoals. Tonight I realised Endomondo can be linked too so I did it. Now I have some really huge calorie burns for walking my normal daily steps. For example, I have about 160 lbs to lose and my calorie goal is 1520 per day before exercise. I set MFP to sedentary so the fitbit would calculate all exercise for me. I'm currently suffering with a knee injury of a tendon strain and potentially a torn cartilage so I'm really not doing much and what I am doing is pretty slow. Endomondo seemed to think I needed an extra 891 calories today because I walked less than 4000 steps today. Surely this can't be right?

Some more figures, I started at 299lbs on 18th August, I weighed myself this morning, do everyday, and I'm down to 188.5lbs, so a 10.5lb loss. Averages out to 3.5lbs a week. Which figures are right? Should I just delete the Endomondo ones and go back to using the fitbit ones? Before I linked them Fitbit had only given me around 200 extra from exercise, and I don't tend to eat them back anyway, but I'm worried in case Endomondo is right and I'm going to end up stalling my loss through not eating enough?

Any advice gratefully received :)

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    I don't know about Endomondo but I have a FitBit and I find it pretty accurate. I generally don't eat back exercise calories anyway, I exercise for fitness not to eat.

    Usually when you start a new diet plan you'll lose a lot the first few weeks, especially if you have a lot to lose, then it evens out. If you're doing fine on 1520 I wouldn't mess with it. If you feel that's too low then change your weight loss goal to a less aggressive plan.
  • harric88
    harric88 Posts: 82 Member
    Join our MFP challenge :)http://www.endomondo.com/challenges/12299800

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