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    fit bit saying I have burned 6,000 calories!

    Posts: 55
    edited January 3 in Fitness and Exercise
    So I did my normal morning walk this morning and so far today (halfway through the day) I have taken about 11,000 steps and fitbit is saying I have now burnt over 6,000 calories!!! Seeing it has synced with MFP it has now bumped my calories up to over 5,000. That's ridiculous!
    Starting to think this fit bit syncing with MFP is not going to work :(

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    • Posts: 685 Member
      Crazy!!! :)
    • Posts: 264 Member
      I just don't understand the Fitbit adjustments anymore. It worked so well before and now, I am so disappointed in how it works. I am considering unlinking my device and just using it for telling me how many miles I finished in a day. I wish they would just get it right. :sad:
    • Posts: 3 Member
      I just added the fitbit zip to my MFP today and at work I burned over 2,000 calories just walking 1.9 miles throughout the day!!!! I can't figure it out. Then MFP actually added calories to my daily allowance? Any ideas? Anyone?
    • Posts: 435 Member
      I havent had a problem with mine,says so far today that i have walked 14244 steps,2818 calories burnt,6.53 miles and it adjusted my calories burnt on mfp to 943 cal burnt,,,sounds about right,,i had a busy day today
    • Posts: 2,055 Member
      I'd check your weight entry on fitbit and or MFP.

      MFP "only" uses weight to give you a calorie burn (as per the exercise > database, pick an exercise and it asks for your weight and the minutes worked out) so if you have an incorrect weight entry ie 1675 lbs instead of 167.5 it can give you a wrong calorie burn.
    • Posts: 162 Member
      Mine has been working fine. I did 12,320 steps on fitbit, 3250 calories in fitbit

      MFP sync shows 641 fitbit credit for the day. I don't eat my fitbit calories though. When I did, I lost 0 weight!
    • Posts: 3 Member
      Am I just reading this wrong now? It gave me a -190 Calorie Adjustment for today which gave me less calories available in the day. When I enter exercise manually, it adds to my remaining calories not takes it away.
    • Posts: 55
      I've checked and double checked my settings on fitbit. I have them in using metric (kg's and cm's) so I'm wondering if that could be the problem? Something definitely not right with it.
    • Posts: 162 Member
      Am I just reading this wrong now? It gave me a -190 Calorie Adjustment for today which gave me less calories available in the day. When I enter exercise manually, it adds to my remaining calories not takes it away.

      It gives you negative when you are "lazy". I had a whole lot of negatives from being stuck inside last week. Normally if you move more throughout the day it will go positive. Mine hits positive at about 3k steps. If you think about it, that negative is a great motivator to not sit on the couch all day and watch tv,
    • Posts: 162 Member
      I've checked and double checked my settings on fitbit. I have them in using metric (kg's and cm's) so I'm wondering if that could be the problem? Something definitely not right with it.

      Is your fitbit set to sedentary?? because if you are at 11k steps halfway through your day thats pretty active.
    • Posts: 770 Member
      UM did you tie it to the bumper of your car because the way I understand it that is not how that is supposed to work!
      I would suggest NOT eating back exercise calories.....
    • Posts: 866 Member
      Woah baby, that is high. Most I've ever gotten at 5'8'' and 175ish pounds was 2800 for 16,000 steps. Something is not right!! (Though if it were, I wouldn't have a problem eating 5,000 calories. :devil: )
    • Posts: 360 Member
      So I did my normal morning walk this morning and so far today (halfway through the day) I have taken about 11,000 steps and fitbit is saying I have now burnt over 6,000 calories!!! Seeing it has synced with MFP it has now bumped my calories up to over 5,000. That's ridiculous!
      Starting to think this fit bit syncing with MFP is not going to work :(

      obviously, can't be right, 6,000 calories in 11,000 steps means about 1 calorie every 2 steps, right?

      Average step it what, maybe 2.5 feet? If you burnt 1 calorie every 2 steps that's 1 calorie every 5 feet? A mile is 5280 feet. So that means a mile would burn over 1,000 calories (5,280 feet / 5 feet per calorie = about 1,000 calories). No one burns 1,000 calories a mile, average persons burns 100 calories running a mile, 300 lbs person might burn 200 calories.

      chart for calories burnt walking or running (5mph) by weight
      http://walking.about.com/cs/howtoloseweight/a/howcalburn.htm
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      Everyone on mfp knows that calorie calculators are 100% reliable.

      EAT ALL THOSE CALORIES BACK TODAY OR YOU GONNA GO INTO STARVATION MODE AND DIE
    • Posts: 55
      korsicash - no I definitely WON'T be eating back those calories.

      I can't see in the fitbit settings anywhere where you can select activity level ie sedentary. Yes I have done over 11,000 steps so far as I went for an hour long walk this morning (plus I have three kids lol)

      The only thing that I can see that might be affecting it is that I don't have a stride length set. Would that be it?
    • Posts: 55
      LOL DavPul you really made me laugh. Right off to McDonalds to bump up my calories!
    • Posts: 608 Member
      I would make sure you have your profile set to Sedentary, and go from there. Did you check the Fitbit site to make sure it was logging properly?
    • Posts: 866 Member
      korsicash - no I definitely WON'T be eating back those calories.

      I can't see in the fitbit settings anywhere where you can select activity level ie sedentary. Yes I have done over 11,000 steps so far as I went for an hour long walk this morning (plus I have three kids lol)

      The only thing that I can see that might be affecting it is that I don't have a stride length set. Would that be it?

      Well, have you ever had this problem before? Because if you haven't, I don't even think it's the stride length that's causing it. Might just be a fitbit glitch... I would look back at your previous records, and eat based off of those TDEE calculations if they're more sensible... And then try again tomorrow. :P
    • Posts: 55
      I got the fitbit yesterday. Can anyone tell me where to find the activity setting on fitbit because I can't find it.
    • Posts: 55
      ecw3780 - do you mean set my MFP activity level to sedentary or fitbit?
    • Posts: 55
      I don't think it is a problem with MFP. It is the fitbit that is saying I have burnt over 6,000 calories already.
    • Posts: 55
      I think I figured it out! I logged my walk into the fitbit website and it brought my calories down to around 1600 and when I checked MFP it had only added on another 321. So yay!
    • Posts: 8,218 Member
      Everyone on mfp knows that calorie calculators are 100% reliable.

      EAT ALL THOSE CALORIES BACK TODAY OR YOU GONNA GO INTO STARVATION MODE AND DIE

      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    • Posts: 55
      Well I thought I fixed it but every time my fitbit re-syncs with the computer it goes back to 6,000+ :(
    • Posts: 697 Member
      I just added the fitbit zip to my MFP today and at work I burned over 2,000 calories just walking 1.9 miles throughout the day!!!! I can't figure it out. Then MFP actually added calories to my daily allowance? Any ideas? Anyone?
      Mine appears to be working okay. The caloriescalculated burned on your fitbit is supposed to be your BMR + activity. So if all I do is lay in bed all day I still should burn 1500-1600 calories. If that makes sense.
    • Posts: 697 Member
      I got the fitbit yesterday. Can anyone tell me where to find the activity setting on fitbit because I can't find it.
      Its in the food plan section: you can choose personalized or sedentary but at the end of the day both come out to the same calorie score.
    • Posts: 300 Member
      fit bit is a crock of ****.....
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