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*You've earned 661 extra calories from exercise today

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  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    I believe this just demonstrates how incredibly efficient you are. I'd go ahead and eat that pan of cinnamon rolls, just so you don't go into starvation mode.

    Finally!

    Someone with some *real* advice that isn't mean and snarky and useless.

    Thank you for actually reading and understanding my post and providing a meaningful response that actually makes sense.

    Ha - Well Played!
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,370 Member
    Check your FitBit is showing the correct time. Could be showing yesterday's activity today? Happened to mine recently and I was gradually losing a few hours a day so my morning walk to work eventually began to sync to the previous day. FitBit happily replaced it. Could be your timezone has reset itself or maybe the box that lets you use estimated predicted burn?
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Check your FitBit is showing the correct time. Could be showing yesterday's activity today? Happened to mine recently and I was gradually losing a few hours a day so my morning walk to work eventually began to sync to the previous day. FitBit happily replaced it. Could be your timezone has reset itself or maybe the box that lets you use estimated predicted burn?

    My first thought was that it was for yesterday...because my fitbit didn't sync w/ fitbit.com during the day/evening yesterday. However, I checked and it appropriately calculated an adjustment for yesterday, so I don't think that's it.

    I'm still going with an adjustment to fitbit's estimated calculation for my above-average intake vs my lower-than-expected weight increase during that time.
  • Barbellarella_
    Barbellarella_ Posts: 454 Member
    DId you accidentally change your Fitbit food log settings? If you had it set to sedentary before (Starts out low and lets you earn calories as you are active throughout the day), but then accidentally changed it to Personalized (uses past history to estimate calories you will burn) then I could see why it might change like that.

    If not, maybe change it to sedentary and see if it still acts wonky for a few days.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,370 Member
    I can never understand how people think the TDEE method can be more accurate than something you wear that actually moves with you? Surely you've had to make a fairly inaccurate assumption of your burn rate for that? What happens if the class you usually do gets cancelled or you are unable to go but your calorie goal relies on the assumption you've attended? Eating more on exercise days and less when you don't makes perfect sense to me - after all, wouldn't a non-dieter eat more naturally on a day they'd been especially active?
  • Barbellarella_
    Barbellarella_ Posts: 454 Member
    And this my friend is why a FitBit is so unreliable and a total waste of money.

    Blasphemy
  • martinel2099
    martinel2099 Posts: 899 Member
    If it looks too good to be true then it probably is. Reduce it's estimate and go with something lower. Worst case scenario you add a little extra deficit this week.
  • BarbieAS
    BarbieAS Posts: 1,414 Member
    Check your FitBit is showing the correct time. Could be showing yesterday's activity today? Happened to mine recently and I was gradually losing a few hours a day so my morning walk to work eventually began to sync to the previous day. FitBit happily replaced it. Could be your timezone has reset itself or maybe the box that lets you use estimated predicted burn?

    My first thought was that it was for yesterday...because my fitbit didn't sync w/ fitbit.com during the day/evening yesterday. However, I checked and it appropriately calculated an adjustment for yesterday, so I don't think that's it.

    I'm still going with an adjustment to fitbit's estimated calculation for my above-average intake vs my lower-than-expected weight increase during that time.

    Check your Fitbit dashboard and look at the graph that breaks down your calorie burn by time chunks, and make sure there's nothing crazy. 1733 calories actually burned by 10:48am seems like a LOT for less than 1,000 steps, regardless of your size or previous activity or whatnot.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,370 Member
    And this my friend is why a FitBit is so unreliable and a total waste of money.

    Blasphemy

    Agreed! I've lost 91lbs since getting mine.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Aha!

    Logged my workout last night as 9:35 long (instead of 1:05 and ending at 9:35p).

    So that wiped out most of my calorie adjustment for yesterday and all of it for today.

    DAGNABBIT!

    I knew I should have eaten those cinnamon rolls first and *then* tried to figure this out.


    :kicks rocks:
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Glad I didn't already sell it on ebay (or stomp it into pieces or whatever the various advice was to get rid of it).

    *phew*

    Dodged a bullet there.
  • Barbellarella_
    Barbellarella_ Posts: 454 Member
    Glad I didn't already sell it on ebay (or stomp it into pieces or whatever the various advice was to get rid of it).

    *phew*

    Dodged a bullet there.

    So glad your precious is still ok.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    How fat are you?

    How fat would I need to be to have that kind of burn from walking from the parking garage to my office?

    Did you park in NY and walk to your office in North Carolina?
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    clearly you've worked hard.

    have a beer with the full pan of cinnamon rolls.

    This woman is wise.

    Perhaps even:

    terrapin-wake-n-bake-cinnamon-rolld-wake-n-ba-L-MDkv5D.jpeg
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    And this my friend is why a FitBit is so unreliable and a total waste of money.

    Pft. I've been maintaining my weight for months with no issue with my activity tracker. I'm not sure how lolmfpguesswork would be any more accurate
  • golfgirl15
    golfgirl15 Posts: 12 Member
    Two years no problems....new batteries my guess
  • snikkins
    snikkins Posts: 1,282 Member
    Check your FitBit is showing the correct time. Could be showing yesterday's activity today? Happened to mine recently and I was gradually losing a few hours a day so my morning walk to work eventually began to sync to the previous day. FitBit happily replaced it. Could be your timezone has reset itself or maybe the box that lets you use estimated predicted burn?

    My first thought was that it was for yesterday...because my fitbit didn't sync w/ fitbit.com during the day/evening yesterday. However, I checked and it appropriately calculated an adjustment for yesterday, so I don't think that's it.

    I'm still going with an adjustment to fitbit's estimated calculation for my above-average intake vs my lower-than-expected weight increase during that time.

    I've had this happen to me now twice in the last couple of weeks, where I have a more inactive day than usual and suddenly when I look at the stats the next day, I have an extra 500+ calories. I've emailed them about it both times, and the second time they actually did want me to turn my tracker off and on again, but I'm not sure how that's going to fix it.

    FWIW, they won't admit to this being a new feature, which is my current guess. I suppose it would be nice if you left your tracker at home for it to give you your average burn instead of no information at all, but what if I'm just lazy?
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    How fat are you?

    How fat would I need to be to have that kind of burn from walking from the parking garage to my office?

    Did you park in NY and walk to your office in North Carolina?

    :laugh: :laugh:

    Your puppy is freakin' adorable. Want.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    It's the green bean, garcinia cambogia, kale smoothie cleanse you've been doing. THose things really rev up your metabolism, especially since you're drinking them within 30 minutes of waking up in order to ensure your breakfast jump starts your metabolism each day.

    Don't worry about it.
  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member
    I can never understand how people think the TDEE method can be more accurate than something you wear that actually moves with you? Surely you've had to make a fairly inaccurate assumption of your burn rate for that? What happens if the class you usually do gets cancelled or you are unable to go but your calorie goal relies on the assumption you've attended? Eating more on exercise days and less when you don't makes perfect sense to me - after all, wouldn't a non-dieter eat more naturally on a day they'd been especially active?

    I don't think it's better, I'm just SOOOO lazy I don't even want to have to mess with adjusting my calorie intake day by day. :tongue:

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