Fitbit negative adjustments are now opt-in

jaz050465

Just saw thus on the Fitbit group,


Dear Fitbit users,

We've been looking closely at the question of how best to incorporate the calorie data from these devices. While we have further improvements on the way, we're announcing an update today that will let you customize the way your tracker's data affects your daily calorie goal.

We've added a setting that controls how calorie adjustments lower than zero are accounted for in your Exercise Diary.

A negative calorie adjustment means that your projected calorie burn for the day from Fitbit is below MyFitnessPal's initial estimate. By default, negative calorie adjustments will now be changed to a value of zero. If you prefer, you may opt to enable negative calorie adjustments to appear, which will decrease your food calorie goal on low-activity days.

We recommend leaving negative adjustments off, if:
- you do not expect to wear your tracking device consistently
- your device can only sync occasionally, or only late in the day
- you wish to use the device only for the motivational experience of earning additional calories from exercise

We recommend enabling negative adjustments if:
- you expect to wear your tracking device consistently
- your device is able to sync its data multiple times over the course of the day
- you would like the most accurate calorie feedback MyFitnessPal can provide

To enable negative calorie adjustments, log in to your account at http://www.myfitnesspal.com, then go to My Home > Settings > Diary settings.

For more information on MyFitnessPal's integration with Fitbit, please visit MyFitnessPal's Help section:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help/section/65-fitbit-integration

Thanks for all of your feedback,
Steven
MyFitnessPal Staff