Negative calorie adjustment

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Vixx1603
Vixx1603 Posts: 4 Member
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Please can someone explain the calorie adjustment? I’ve read the article but I’m still confused by it.

I woke up today and already it’s -182

Yesterday I went on a 6k run and did over 11k steps and the calorie adjustment was -514

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,212 Member

    What is your activity level set at in MFP? If you chose a higher activity level setting and you are actually getting most of your activity within exercise sessions, it could be normal behavior to have a Garmin Connect Calorie adjustment.

    Another thing you can check, to make sure the sync is working correctly:

    • check your TDEE for a completed day in Garmin Connect Screenshot_20250312_095408_Connect.jpg
    • compare that number with the number MFP received: tap on that line with the garmin Connect Calorie Adjustment and click through to a screen showing you a screen 'how we calculate your Calorie Adjustment' with the number received from Garmin for a full day Screenshot_20250312_095312_MyFitnessPal.jpg Screenshot_20250312_095334_MyFitnessPal.jpg
  • Vixx1603
    Vixx1603 Posts: 4 Member

    Thanks, my settings must be super wrong. Every day the calorie adjustment is taking hundreds of calories off me. Today I’ve had a negative of 450 so far.
    I’m not an inactive person, I run 3x a week for around an hour training for an half marathon and do at least 10,000 steps per day.

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,212 Member

    Running isn't part of your activity level as MFP intends people to choose their activity level. And those 10k+ steps you're taking are for a considerable part coming from your runs?

    But as I said, comparing numbers between Garmin and MFP for your TDEE might be interesting, to check if the sync is working correctly. It wouldn't be the first time that MFP is buggy 🙂

  • Vixx1603
    Vixx1603 Posts: 4 Member

    I’ll double check that everything is syncing correctly, thanks!
    The 10k steps a day is standard, on run days I’m usually around 18k steps per day.
    If I drop the activity level down from active to lightly active it sets my calories to 1200 which is just not enough…

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,212 Member
    edited March 13

    What weight loss rate have you chosen? Because I would suggest keeping the activity level at Lightly Active and choosing a slower weight-loss rate, to avoid the 1200 goal.

  • Vixx1603
    Vixx1603 Posts: 4 Member

    0.5kg a week but I’m not too fussed about that, I just wondered why I was getting a negative adjustment of -500 which seemed a lot

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