FitBit, Daily Steps?

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  • vicky_gem
    vicky_gem Posts: 13 Member
    Hi mokey41 yes I have them synced with mfp at sedentary as you said-however I wasn't sure if the 600-700 extra I was earning in the day by taking around 13k steps total inc 45-60 mins jogging on the treadmill was accurate and if I could or should eat those back. I have adjusted my activity level to lightly active and mfp is now saying I've earned around 450-500 extra cals from my fitbit data. It's all quite confusing and I don't want to over or undereat !
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  • Thanks for your post! I calculated my fitness level based on the fact that I have a desk job rather than my level of activity. I usually log 3-5 miles of walking @ about 3.5 mph daily, so will bump up my fitness level on fitbit to match!
  • access2003
    access2003 Posts: 12 Member
    I use a fitbit flex and I won't let the extra cals added back in mess with how much I eat.. I simply use it to see about how may cals I burned. I wouldn't use it as license to eat back the burned cals.. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose? If I'm saving up for a nice slice of cheesecake for a special occasion, I might do an extra 2000 steps or something to make me think I'm earning it in some way..Other than that its a little tech toy and helps me plan meals and gives me an idea of how much of a lazy butt I can be once in awhile.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    I use a fitbit flex and I won't let the extra cals added back in mess with how much I eat.. I simply use it to see about how may cals I burned. I wouldn't use it as license to eat back the burned cals.. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose? If I'm saving up for a nice slice of cheesecake for a special occasion, I might do an extra 2000 steps or something to make me think I'm earning it in some way..Other than that its a little tech toy and helps me plan meals and gives me an idea of how much of a lazy butt I can be once in awhile.

    Actually the idea is to eat back calories burned.... otherwise I'd end up negative net 2000 a day considering I burn off more than I eat.
  • Nicolee_2014
    Nicolee_2014 Posts: 1,572 Member
    1 of my friends from MFP got herself a FitBit & ended up taking it back as she noticed that whilst sitting down the thing was calculating steps even though she wasn't moving?!?

    I don't own 1 so I can't help you out. I hope you work it out :smile:
  • thegilly6
    thegilly6 Posts: 137 Member
    I use the FitBit Flex and have had great success. While I may not always I have no problem eating back my calories as I see this as a life change and not a temp diet. I still want to enjoy certain foods and am willing to do the work to do so. I can do this and still loose the max 2 pounds per week.
  • ktrn0312
    ktrn0312 Posts: 722 Member
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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Hi mokey41 yes I have them synced with mfp at sedentary as you said-however I wasn't sure if the 600-700 extra I was earning in the day by taking around 13k steps total inc 45-60 mins jogging on the treadmill was accurate and if I could or should eat those back. I have adjusted my activity level to lightly active and mfp is now saying I've earned around 450-500 extra cals from my fitbit data. It's all quite confusing and I don't want to over or undereat !

    You're going to end up with the same number of calories either way. If I run for 30 minutes with my HRM I average around 600 calories per hour and I'm small and 56 yrs old so that doesn't sound unreasonable that between your regular walking and your running on the treadmill that you're getting 600 extra. I still wouldn't eat all of that back but you could probably safely eat 50% regardless of how you put your settings.