Fitbit vs. Activities in MFP?

OysterKat
OysterKat Posts: 47 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I've been googling all day if I should be imputing my activities into MFP if I have the FITBIT ONE. So far, I've learned that if I have the two synced, I should not be imputing activities into MFP because they will be double counted.

I went to the gym today to see how this works. I stayed there for 4 hours..... 4 hours!
I ran for a half hour and switched different cardio equipment every 10 minutes for 3 and a half hours.... and used the HRM to see how many calories I was burning.

I hit mostly all of my goals on my fitbit except for stairs. The machines I were on said I burnt over 800+ calories.

But when my fitbit synced to MFP, it said I only burnt 158 calories.

I'm really confused. Should I be inputing my activities in MFP because fitbit is being so inaccurate when syncing? Or should I just unsync all of them? If so, how do I unsync?

I want to eat my activity calories DANGIT!

Thanks,
Confused Fitbit One User ;)

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  • OysterKat
    OysterKat Posts: 47 Member
    i added all my fitness to MFP and checked negative adjustment... is this correct?
  • chrissyrenee1029
    chrissyrenee1029 Posts: 358 Member
    The Fitbit is really only going to track walking or running. Anything else you do (yoga, weights, etc.) you will still need to track manually.
  • OysterKat
    OysterKat Posts: 47 Member
    What if it's an eliptical or stationary bike or ARC trainer?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    You have three options with non-step activity (like elliptical, biking, etc):
    Don't log it—just consider it extra insurance that you're actually eating at a deficit, or
    Log it in Fitbit (I find Fitbit's burns to be way more accurate than MFP's one-size-fits-all guesstimates), or
    Log it in MFP.

    When you log in MFP you're asked for start & end times. Then MFP overrides your Fitbit data during that time. So no worries about double dipping.

    MFP has a Fitbit Users group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users
  • aalbert_82
    aalbert_82 Posts: 95 Member
    You have to log non-step activity ie. elliptical yourself. The 158 calories it logged were likely from your time on the treadmill and walking from machine to machine. If you tell fitbit your start time and duration it will cut out that chunk of its count and replace it with what you've logged yourself, making it more accurate
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    What if it's an eliptical or stationary bike or ARC trainer?

    Where do you wear it at while exercising? I keep mine on my hip and it's pretty accurate on the ARC trainer when I compare the distance. I'm not sure how it would work on the elliptical though.

    I know several people who wear their Fitbit on their shoe while cycling. Some say it works, some don't.

    If you log the exact start and stop time for each exercise it will not double count the calorie burn.

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