Fitbit/ pedometer/BMR/calculations
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jaz050465
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Instead of buying a Fitbit I want to manually add the calories burnt from my accelerometer pedometer. I don't think I should add this to my TDEE or my BMR as one will be too many and not enough.
Any advice please.
Any advice please.
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Can anyone help?0
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Take your BMR x 1.2 for sedentary and then add in your pedometer calories.0
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Just wasn't sure if the 'sedentary' value includes SOME of the steps that my pedometer counts. Just sedentary mean 'getting up and sitting in the couch all day?'0
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Sedentary means someone who works a desk job, isn't physically moving, lifting things all day. It doesn't mean laying on the couch watching TV so just walking around during the day shouldn't be counted as exercise.0
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But how then do I know what calories intake should be my basic level, if I'm going to add in ALL the calories shown up by my pedometer.0
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How does Fitbit do this?0
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