Activity level and FitBit

Reinventi0n
Reinventi0n Posts: 71 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have recently started connecting my Fitbit to MFP and have a few questions about what I should set my activity level on MFP to. Right now, I have it set to lightly active mainly due to my normal day to day activities. However, I am wondering if I should set my activity level to sedentary on MFP and just rely on the Fitbit adjustment. Most of what makes me lightly active is what the Fitbit is picking up anyway so I don't want to be eating double the calories because the exercise is being counted twice. What do you think I should set my activity level to?

I have also noticed that my Fitbit adjustment is not very stable. For example, it could say that I burned 300 calories in the afternoon but if I don't keep that same level of activity throughout the rest of the day, that number will drop. I get nervous about the number changing because I don't want to dip into my exercise calories to only have the number change and wind up being over my goal for the day. Should I use the Fitbit adjustment or should I just track my exercise manually so I have more stable numbers?

Thanks for any advice on this!

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  • amanda9402
    amanda9402 Posts: 64 Member
    I set mine to sedentary and use the Fitbit adjustment. I usually don't sync until the evening, but I generally have a good idea what it will be based on steps and use that for meal planning during the day (with the reality check being the sync before dinner). It's worked pretty well for me so far - got my fitbit in January.
  • Thisprincesswearsrunningshoes
    Thisprincesswearsrunningshoes Posts: 51
    My Fitbit makes me uneasy when it calculates the calories burned for MFP. I don't eat back my exercise calories but if I did I would not even count the FB adjustment, it is so all over the place.

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