for fitbit users

dianefisher1947

I have started using Fitbit. flex..I had my MFP at 1550 calories to eat but when I synced Fitbit it changed my calories in MFP to 1200 calories but then when I go to fitbit program it shows my calories to eat 1534 so in MFP it shows me as having eaten over the 1200 and in Fitbit it says I have eaten my alotted calories for today 1534.....does anyone know why it does this and I guess I should follow fitbit numbers at the end of day...what do you think


oh yes I know there are fitbit groups here but they are not used very often I post questions and get no answers..not for my question that is, so I thought someone here might be using fitbit and could give me some info on this

getnfit87

it shouldm't change the number of calories, though if you have negative calorie adjustment enable it can change you goal calories if you do not get in the step count you need to "qualify" for the activity level you selected, just to be sure I hadn't changed the activity level inadvertently if I was you I would go in and change it from what it is set to currently and change the amount you want to lose per week, and then change it back to see if it refreshes, fitbit shouldn't change those settings but only your daily goal and then only if you have negative calorie adjustment enabled

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Is it not adjusting your MFP calories? What happened with mine is that it cut them from 1850 to 1600, but then it adds calories throughout the day based on my steps.

shadow2soul

I would double check your settings. If both MFP and Fitbit have the same settings the numbers should be very similar.

If you go to your Exercise Diary here on MFP you should see "Fitbit calorie Adjustment." If you click the little " i " next to it, it will you show you the how it determined your adjustment. The adjustment will be based off of the data from the last time you synced your fitbit. Until midnight, the adjustment can periodically change.

toloseme

MFP adjusts your calories based on what MFP says you *should* be burning per day and what Fitbit says you burned. So, for example, if MFP says you should be burning 2,500 calories per day and Fitbit says you have burned 2,300, MFP will take 200 calories away from your allotment to make up for the difference between what Fitbit says you've burned and MFP says you should have burned.

Honestly, I use MFP strictly for the food diary because I can make it public for accountability purposes. Other than that, I pay more attention to my Fitbit's stats.

editorgrrl

The Fitbit Users group is quite active: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users

Your MFP calorie goal is your activity level minus your deficit. Your Fitbit burn is your TDEE (aka maintenance calories)—way more accurate than any online calculator. Your adjustment is your Fitbit burn minus your activity level.

My adjustments got more accurate each day, as if the system was "learning" my routine. So give it at least a week, then reevaluate.

Edited to add that I ignore Fitbit's calorie goal, and follow MFP's.

amasciencegeek

I think it has to do with whatever lbs per week you want to lose on MFP. Changing that should change how many calories per day you "should" eat and may bring it in line with Fitbit. (Less pounds per week allows more calories, which matches up better.)

zenhiker2014

The Fitbit Users group is quite active: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users

Your MFP calorie goal is your activity level minus your deficit. Your Fitbit burn is your TDEE (aka maintenance calories)—way more accurate than any online calculator. Your adjustment is your Fitbit burn minus your activity level.

My adjustments got more accurate each day, as if the system was "learning" my routine. So give it at least a week, then reevaluate.

Edited to add that I ignore Fitbit's calorie goal, and follow MFP's.

^^This. MFP looks at the fitbit data and adjusts your calorie allowance to match your fitbit-measured activity level. It works great for me, and I recommend you try just following the adjusted allowance for a while and see how things go. And I don't use the fitbit for calories goals/tracking either, only for estimating activity.

dianefisher1947

thanks for all your suggestions, I have gone back to MFP and changed the desired amount to lose from 1lb to 0.5...that seems to have changed the numbers a bit and its closer to fitbit amounts.

From what some of you are saying, tomorrow I will only log food eaten in MFP and not my exercise I will let the fitbit handle the exercise calories burned and I will check what it does at the end of the day.......will get back to you and give you an update to what some have suggested...

dianefisher1947

The Fitbit Users group is quite active: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users

Your MFP calorie goal is your activity level minus your deficit. Your Fitbit burn is your TDEE (aka maintenance calories)—way more accurate than any online calculator. Your adjustment is your Fitbit burn minus your activity level.

My adjustments got more accurate each day, as if the system was "learning" my routine. So give it at least a week, then reevaluate.

Edited to add that I ignore Fitbit's calorie goal, and follow MFP's.

thanks for the link to the group I was looking at the fitbit flex group...never thought of just looking for Fitbit users...thanks again

editorgrrl

I will only log food eaten in MFP and not my exercise I will let the fitbit handle the exercise calories burned and I will check what it does at the end of the day.

No need to log step-based activity—Fitbit is tracking that for you. But non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) needs to be logged either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both.

It will take trial & error to see which you prefer.

nevertoooldtodoit

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Lelah77

Be careful that you don't add data into FitBit. If you have linked the two, they automatically talk. If you enter anything, enter it into MFP ONLY. When I set up & linked my Fit Bit and MapMyRun I got a warning about that.
That might help settle things a bit.

Hope you get it figured out! Good luck.

editorgrrl

Food & water syncs one-way only, from MFP to Fitbit. But exercise syncs both ways, so you can log in either one—never both.

I log all my exercise in Fitbit (I find MFP's burns to be really inflated), and I lost 30 lbs.

It will take trial & error to find which way works best for you.

dianefisher1947

Thank you to all, Iappreciate it :flowerforyou:

Janette3x4

I just purchased a flex yesterday, and was wondering the same thing! Thanks for taking the time to answer everyone! ????