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I have a Jawbone Up synced with MFP. Do I enter the calories burned from a workout into MFP or let the Jawbone detect the steps taken during the workout?
For example: If I do a P90x3 workout, do I add the calories burned manually into MFP and let Up do its thing?
For example: If I do a P90x3 workout, do I add the calories burned manually into MFP and let Up do its thing?
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I dont think the up willtake account some of the extras that you do during P90x3. Like push ups and heaves etc. I am also not sure how good it will be with the jump stuff with arm movement in etc. So I would suggest that you enter it separately. I am starting x3 this weekend having previously done just 90x (getting back to pressing play) and will take off my up24 for the session and capture the info from the HRM (as it has a calorie counter too, but not sure just how accurate!). Then enter it separately.0
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How many steps do you record during the workout?
Another option is to set the stopwatch and record the activity that way.0 -
I have the Jawbone Up, it's really just for steps. I always log my work outs separate. Sometimes I will stick it in my sock if I am riding a bike or something. I don't eat the calories MFP allows me for the Up.0
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I use a HRM to know the calories burned in my workouts. I still do wear the band during the workout. I manually add the exercise into the Jawbone app and make sure it logs in at the calories I actually burned.0
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I have the up and unless is treadmill work or walking/jogging, I enter the calories manually. Even if you time your workout, it wont detect a lot of it if it's in one place. For example, I lift 3 times a week, but my up doesn't detect any movement.0
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I just went for a run with the UP. Do I let the UP record the steps or should I enter the run into MFP too? It seems that the calories burned running would be more than the calories UP records with the steps.
Should I just forget the UP altogether?0 -
I use my Jawbone UP to track my workouts and cals from them and even though the only movement it shows is how many steps you took during that workout, you can still select what kind of workout and the intensity of it. It adjusts calories accordingly. I've never had a issue with doing it this way except for syncing it with MFP.0
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MFP has a Jawbone UP Bracelet group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/13420-jawbone-up-bracelet
Do not log any step-based activity. Your UP is already tracking that for you.
Log non-step exercise (like biking or swimming) in UP—never MFP.
Log food & drink (including water) in MFP.
Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
Set your activity level to sedentary: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided & set your goal to .5 lb. per week for each 25 lbs. you need to lose.
Follow your MFP goal, eating back your UP adjustments.
Your UP total burn is your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). If you follow my instructions you'll be eating at TDEE minus an appropriate deficit. I lost the weight & have maintained for 6 months using these settings.0 -
my up tracks my steps but does not transfer these to my fitness pal? any help?0
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editorgrrl wrote: »MFP has a Jawbone UP Bracelet group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/13420-jawbone-up-bracelet
Do not log any step-based activity. Your UP is already tracking that for you.
Log non-step exercise (like biking or swimming) in UP—never MFP.
Log food & drink (including water) in MFP.
Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
Set your activity level to sedentary: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided & set your goal to .5 lb. per week for each 25 lbs. you need to lose.
Follow your MFP goal, eating back your UP adjustments.
Your UP total burn is your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). If you follow my instructions you'll be eating at TDEE minus an appropriate deficit. I lost the weight & have maintained for 6 months using these settings.
QFT. This is what I do as well, and have been maintaining successfully for several months (even over the holidays).
ALSO: I have an UP, and I also run. I have a running app called MapMyRun that syncs with both MFP AND UP. So if you're a runner, MapMyRun is an excellent running app to use with the UP. You start MMR, it tells you your pace and distance and calories burned, which syncs with UP as well as MFP. You sync your band, and don't have to tell the app you just ran, it already knows.
Good luck! :flowerforyou:
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Falling_star wrote: »my up tracks my steps but does not transfer these to my fitness pal? any help?
Have you linked your accounts?0 -
Falling_star wrote: »my up tracks my steps but does not transfer these to my fitness pal? any help?
Verify your accounts are connected: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/97
In the MFP app, go to More > Steps > Jawbone
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I talked to Jawbone Customer service. They tell me that it records info from MFP but does not send it back. I have never had any show up in MFP.
I am a little dissapointed in this as my fitbit was 2 way.0 -
@ScottyT67203 - My Up syncs with MFP. As a matter of fact, I have my activity setting on this site set to sedentary and my Up adjusts my calories up if I've had an active day and down if I've had an inactive one.
The Up does indeed have two-way communication with MFP (and several other apps as well) as long as you have connected the apps.
@Editorgrrl listed a link to an Up group in her reply above. You might want to head over there, and the folks there with experience can probably help you figure out whats going on. 0 -
ScottyT67203 wrote: »I talked to Jawbone Customer service. They tell me that it records info from MFP but does not send it back. I have never had any show up in MFP.
I am a little dissapointed in this as my fitbit was 2 way.
I have a Fitbit Flex & a Jawbone UP24, and they both sync exactly the same with MFP. Log food & drink (including water) in MFP. Log exercise either in the UP app (that's what I do) or in MFP—never both.
Exercise syncs both ways, so any exercise logged in MFP overwrites your UP burn during that time.
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editorgrrl wrote: »Falling_star wrote: »my up tracks my steps but does not transfer these to my fitness pal? any help?
Verify your accounts are connected: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/97
In the MFP app, go to More > Steps > Jawbone
I have done all of this and disconnected and connected the accounts again even made a new MFP account and it still not showing the steps in MFP... are there any other tips to fix this?0 -
Contact customer service at both MFP & Jawbone.0
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editorgrrl wrote: »ScottyT67203 wrote: »I talked to Jawbone Customer service. They tell me that it records info from MFP but does not send it back. I have never had any show up in MFP.
I am a little dissapointed in this as my fitbit was 2 way.
I have a Fitbit Flex & a Jawbone UP24, and they both sync exactly the same with MFP. Log food & drink (including water) in MFP. Log exercise either in the UP app (that's what I do) or in MFP—never both.
Exercise syncs both ways, so any exercise logged in MFP overwrites your UP burn during that time.
I just started with MFP and my steps from UP is present on MFP, but the food i logged in MFP is not present on UP yet, does it take time? Does it sync just when I finish the day on MFP? How the food goes from MFP to UP?
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I just started with MFP and my steps from UP is present on MFP, but the food i logged in MFP is not present on UP yet, does it take time? Does it sync just when I finish the day on MFP? How the food goes from MFP to UP?
MFP sends aggregate meal data to UP—not individual foods. You should see your calories in the green tab at the far right when you open the UP app.0 -
JustSomeEm wrote: »editorgrrl wrote: »MFP has a Jawbone UP Bracelet group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/13420-jawbone-up-bracelet
Do not log any step-based activity. Your UP is already tracking that for you.
Log non-step exercise (like biking or swimming) in UP—never MFP.
Log food & drink (including water) in MFP.
Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
Set your activity level to sedentary: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided & set your goal to .5 lb. per week for each 25 lbs. you need to lose.
Follow your MFP goal, eating back your UP adjustments.
Your UP total burn is your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). If you follow my instructions you'll be eating at TDEE minus an appropriate deficit. I lost the weight & have maintained for 6 months using these settings.
QFT. This is what I do as well, and have been maintaining successfully for several months (even over the holidays).
ALSO: I have an UP, and I also run. I have a running app called MapMyRun that syncs with both MFP AND UP. So if you're a runner, MapMyRun is an excellent running app to use with the UP. You start MMR, it tells you your pace and distance and calories burned, which syncs with UP as well as MFP. You sync your band, and don't have to tell the app you just ran, it already knows.
Good luck! :flowerforyou:
have you synced MMR to both MFP and UP? I'm assuming you only synced it to UP right?0
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