fitbit calorie question

mygrl4meee
mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a fitbit and love it. It motivates me to walk more. I have noticed even on my non workout days it gives me aboutt 200 extra calories over what mfp has set me at. For the last cpl weeks I have been eating about 2000 a day but netting a cpl hundred less. Has anyone else ate more like fitbit is suggesting and continued to lose weight or maintain?

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  • lyssad86
    lyssad86 Posts: 31
    For me, Fitbit tends to cut my calories. I always log all of my food and exercise on MFP. It has a better database and works much better. As for the fitbit, I think it is generally accurate, but I find that I often go over on it if I'm not careful. It allows me less calories than MFP. Are you wearing the fitbit for exercise? You'll want to avoid that to have accuracy.

    To answer your question, though, YES! I am losing with a combo of MFP and Fitbit. I love how well they play together. Also, I don't really follow the 10,000 steps rule when I am exercising pretty consistently. But when I'm not, Fitbit is AMAZING for making sure I don't overeat for my activity level.
  • lyssad86
    lyssad86 Posts: 31
    I just remembered--I always let it adjust my calories negatively, too. That way, if I'm super-sedentary, then I don't get to eat as much. It motivates me! You have to go in and adjust that manually.
  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
    Yes. I wear it while workingout. I have a hrm and the burns are pretty accurate. I stopped logging the burned calories on mfp cause fitbit was logging them twice. So if I worked out at 2pm it would also log my activity at 2am which could get me in trouble with my husband. Lol. Just kidding.
  • LesaLu4
    LesaLu4 Posts: 83
    I was just toying with the idea of getting a fitbit. Do you guys have the one that monitors your sleep? If so, do you find that very beneficial?
  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
    It won't adjust if negative if I don't give it permission first?
  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
    Yea. It moniters my sleep but I only used it for a week or so. I just felt like it gave me one more chore I had to do to get ready for bed and to get up.
  • americangirlok
    americangirlok Posts: 228 Member
    I've had mine for almost two weeks and I've lost more with it. I think it's very good for making me aware of my activity. I've been trying to stay in the FB and MFP green zones and I get 150-400 calorie adjustment everyday. Even on days where the only exercise I'm getting is a leisurely walk.

    I wear mine all day, even when I work out. I set the timer b/c I like seeing the steps and calorie burn per minute and the pace. When I lose more weight I want to start running and I think it will be helpful for that.

    I do have the One that tracks sleep. So far I don't know if it's helped me but it certainly is interesting. And I like that it tracks inclines/stairs too. Mostly I like that the data flows from one site to the other and I like seeing my workouts in a graph. The other day I used the timer function at the mall and it was kinda funny b/c you could see where I stopped and looked at a product and when I was hightailing it through the mall.
  • lyssad86
    lyssad86 Posts: 31
    Ha! I'm sure your HRM burns are accurate, but it will play more "nicely" if you log on MFP with the HRM calories, I have found. MFP asks for the time of your activities if you have it synced with fitbit in your diary settings. This is the answer MFP gives:

    "By entering the time you begin your cardio exercise, the calories burned, and the number of minutes you exercised, MyFitnessPal and fitbit.com can correctly reconcile your cardio exercise with the increased activity recorded by your Fitbit during that period of time. Without the start time and the minutes exercised, it is likely that your increased activity level would be accounted for twice: once when you log it on MyFitnessPal, and once when your Fitbit reports increased activity. Entering the start time ensures that your Net Calorie Goal is not adjusted twice for the same cardio workout. The exercise calories you log with MyFitnessPal will replace the calorie data estimated by your Fitbit for that period of time.

    It sounds like you may need to sync your fitbit with MFP if you haven't already. I would, I love it!

    Here's the answer to the other question: "

    y 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."


    I allow negative adjustments because I am a bit more careful that way,

    I only log in one place, all I have to do is make sure my fitbit syncs at least once a day.

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