Fitbit to MFP calories burned adjustment?

cookingcow

Ok, I have noticed that my fitbit says I have burned X amount of calories but it typically only gives me a portion of the calories burned on my MFP calorie adjustment... Before I had no real issue with it, just eating what the adjustment gave me. However, now I have started a new training regime to burn 1000 calories a day (incrementally) and want to know... How accurate is the adjustment... Anyone have any experience with this?

jaz050465

I think you're misunderstanding the adjustment. Go to the MFP help section on top of page and read all the info about linking Fitbit. There's a section examining the adjustment.

jaz050465

From the help section


When the data reported by your Fitbit account shows that your daily calorie prediction from Fitbit and your estimated daily calories from your MyFitnessPal account are different, we'll adjust your net calorie goal accordingly. The "Fitbit Calorie Adjustment" represents the additional calories you have burned, above and beyond our original estimate. You may also see a negative adjustment if your activity level suggests you are less active than our MyFitnessPal estimate assumes. Because the adjustment value is recalculated every time your Fitbit uploads new data, you should expect this value to change over the course of the day.

By default, MyFitnessPal will show you only positive calorie adjustments. To permit negative adjustments, log in to the full MyFitnessPal site at http://www.myfitnesspal.com and click "My Home" then "Settings" then "Diary Settings." Check the box for "Enable Negative Adjustments" then click "Save Changes."

If you are typically unable to sync your device until late in the day, you may wish to leave negative adjustments "off."


Lots more useful info there.

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