FIT BIT

JennyJ2015
JennyJ2015 Posts: 154 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
just installed fit bit on my phone and anyone else who has it does anyone else get the high "calories burned " wihout doing anything ???

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  • AlMonkey
    AlMonkey Posts: 258 Member
    the calories burned are from calories you burn just by being alive. i found it really helpful to set my activity level to sedentary on MFP once i installed and linked fit bit to my account as it calculated too many calories burned when i left it at moderate
  • JennyJ2015
    JennyJ2015 Posts: 154 Member
    thank you :)!
  • AlMonkey
    AlMonkey Posts: 258 Member
    no problem! there is also a fitbit group on here, lots of help available there as well, its all people who have fitbit experience and tips n the like
  • jaz050465
    jaz050465 Posts: 3,508 Member
    the calories burned are from calories you burn just by being alive. i found it really helpful to set my activity level to sedentary on MFP once i installed and linked fit bit to my account as it calculated too many calories burned when i left it at moderate

    Don't understand what you mean. Calories calculated by fitbit have nothing to do with activity level set on MFP. This activity level will however effect your Firbit adjustment but as long as you have negative calories enabled, whatever activity level you set, it will not change the amount of calories you are allowed to eat.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Your Fitbit burn is your TDEE, which includes your BMR (the calories you'd burn in a coma).

    The day you set up your Fitbit it has to guesstimate your burn since midnight, so your first day's burn is always a mess. My adjustments got more & more accurate, as if the system "learned" my routine.

    MFP has a Fitbit Users group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users
  • JennyJ2015
    JennyJ2015 Posts: 154 Member
    thanks everyone !

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