Step counting - new on MFP .. HELP!

piratebear1
piratebear1 Posts: 88 Member
edited November 9 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all,

I have just had the new 'Step' adjuster pop up on my fitness pal . . .and I dont underdstand it!

Ok - I get that it tells me how many steps i ned to do - and counts them, however I use the 'Map my walk' app which counts the calories burnt - and sync's with My fitness pal - so why does the step counter adjust my calories ?

For example, I just walked 1 mile - burnt 110 calories (counted via map my walk). This brought my total 'Steps' to 6260 so far today. The step counter adjusted my calories +18 after this walk ??

I'm probably being silly - but why did I get an extra 18 calories???

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  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    I'm not sure why it would only add 18 calories but MFP works by adding whatever you burn for the day to your calories allowed. So if you burn that 110 calories and log it, then MFP will tell you taht you should eat those back.
  • piratebear1
    piratebear1 Posts: 88 Member
    I just dont get it.

    My app logs the calories I have burnt - so where these random extra 18 come from I've no idea !
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