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HELP new to fitbit

dolphingrl2481
dolphingrl2481 Posts: 60 Member
edited January 15 in Health and Weight Loss
so i bought a fitbit today and im confused. on mfp it says i still have over 100 calories left for the day but on my fitbit it says i went over my calories by 260. which one is accurate? please help me im very confused :(

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  • cphaneuf16
    cphaneuf16 Posts: 85 Member
    Mine does that, too. I haven't figured it out...
  • pineygirl
    pineygirl Posts: 322 Member
    A trick to this is setting your activity level on MPF to the correct level, even then it's still not perfect. I find that when I first come home from work and exercise I have like 700-1000 calories left for dinner. I'm really active at work, but once I get home, after I work out my activity slows down....so I really only need to eat about 600 of those calories. Fitbit will start to take the calories away from MFP as I'm not as active.

    I like to give myself a buffer of about 100 calories on MFP....I just try to not net below my BMR.

    Also make sure you goal on Fitbit and your goal on MPF match up.
  • 10kaday
    10kaday Posts: 177
    Make sure you set your MFP to Sedentary. Your fitbit will determine your calories and adjust accordingly. So if you have a busy day walking --your calories are adjusted and you have more to work with. But lets say you have a lazy couch day, then your calories will also reflect those days too and will stay lower. So, the more you move, the more calories you get.
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