fitbit help!

CheeksBryant
CheeksBryant Posts: 193 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
OK so I've been using my polar FT4 to track my workouts. For Christmas I got the fitbit flex. I have not been able to exercise since getting my fitbit, until today. So I took my fitbit off for my workout and used my Polar ft4. When I go into either fitbit dashboard or mfp to log my workout, I notice my adjustment for fitbit on both sites goes from 390 to 94.

Replies

  • codycsweet
    codycsweet Posts: 1,019 Member
    I wear my Fitbit all day, don't take it off for workouts so it can count any steps thou take. I will wear my HRM to get my calorie burn for that activity but I have found the both the hrm and Fitbit are similar in calorie but totals. Fitbit takes into account your daily activity so if you are taking it off it's missing that part of the day.
    Fitbit is an estimate of what your day should be based on age, height, activity level, etc and it gives or takes away depending on what you did for the day. I log everything outside of walking in MFP then it will ask you how long it was for, calorie burn, and time started. This over rides fit it's estimation of calorie burn but still gives u credit for the steps as long as you are wearing it. Let's say you HRM says you burned 390 and Fitbit says you burned 400. If you log it in MFP Fitbit is going to give you an adjustment of 10. If you don't log it Fitbit will just give you an adjustment of 400.
    I hope this helps some there is a Fitbit group that has all kinds of info on it to help you out.

Categories