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shows no calories burned via fitbit adjustment

avatrx
avatrx Posts: 52
edited January 20 in Health and Weight Loss
could someone explain to me the numbers in the section about daily / vs goal? every day so far - it has shown the adjustment in calories because of my exercise registered on the fit bit. today - it shows -0-. it shows I've not burned any. does it only show calories burned above the 1200 per day that I set it up for?

I've walked about 4k steps today - uphill, downhill etc. 7 flights of stairs so far - 1183 calories burned (fitbit).

maybe I just haven't figured out how this thing works in conjunction with my fit bit?

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  • wahelga
    wahelga Posts: 304 Member
    the fitbit works out how many cals you burn just to stay alive (BMR) and uses your history to estimate your normal burn over a day. If you haven't burnt as many cals as expected, you can end up with a negative number, particularly in the morning. On the weekends, if I sleep in, I normally end up with a negative number until lunch time as it was expecting me to do around 2000 steps before lunch. It evens out by the end of the day though.

    BTW, there is a Fitbit group if you want to join it. Lots of good advice on there
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