Just got my fitbit....having issues.....

Nathalia2009
Nathalia2009 Posts: 75 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I got it connected to MFP. I went to the gym and did the elliptical for 25 min. I usually wear a polar HRM and it say I burn 190-220 on average. Well my fitbit put in MFP that my cal burned were only 109?

Also, my fitbit came with no instructions. Am I suppose to log each exercise? If so how? It shows my active min but it doesnt shows how many it burned for those min...It shows what I burned for the whole day.

Ideas?

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  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    For something like the elliptical, it would probably be best to manually enter that exercise onto MFP. Just make sure to enter in the exact start time and length or it will double count your calorie burn.

    You can look at your calorie burn on the FitBit dashboard. If you go to the graph where the steps/calories are click on calories and hover over the lines. It will show calorie burns for 15 minute periods.
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I just wanted to add that there is a FitBit group on here that has a lot of good information for getting started and using the FitBit with MFP.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/1290-fitbit-users
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Most HRMs count both exercise and non-exercise calories in their totals. Fitbit adds only the exercise calories on top of the NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenisis) calories that it counts continuously.
  • Nathalia2009
    Nathalia2009 Posts: 75 Member
    I just wanted to add that there is a FitBit group on here that has a lot of good information for getting started and using the FitBit with MFP.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/1290-fitbit-users

    Them you. I will look at this

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