people who are always one their feet
tmak04
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hey everyone! So I was wonder about the people who are on their all day! I am a physical education teacher and I am using my Fitbit and I am noticing I am crushing my friends who sit at a desk all day... I get a crazy calorie reading even before I work out! Anyone else with the same type of problem?
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Yea it's the same way from me, I work in retail and I average 12,000-15,000 a day it's so crazy to see how much I'm up and moving :-)0
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But I also think fitbit is a little leanent with their calorie count because it also counts the calories you burn from just being alive0
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Right! So my question is how do you guys estimate how maybe calories you can have... For example I have 1474 remaining Bc that's what it tracked all day ... My actual cardio was 340... Do you guys have it synced or do you manually add? Does that make sence?alexish2013 wrote: »But I also think fitbit is a little leanent with their calorie count because it also counts the calories you burn from just being alive
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How is counting the calories from being alive wrong?
This is NOT just an exercise tracker - it is a daily activity tracker. Which includes what you burn all day.
- And considering even your base metabolism is going to burn more than a workout usually, it better count.
To lose weight you merely need to eat less than you burn daily. Not like less than you exercise, that would be so wrong.
In fact, it underestimates your daily burn.
It assigns sleeping level calorie burn (BMR) to ALL non-moving time, and as soon as you wake up you burn more (RMR).
When you sit you burn more, stand non-moving even more.
When you digest process food you burn more (about 10% of calories eaten).
All that is NOT accounted for.
That many steps sounds about right. Look at Fitbit forums for those getting those numbers walking only, and they walk for hours on end, not job hours, but still.
But their walking going faster also burns more than shuffle steps at work would.0 -
How is counting the calories from being alive wrong?
This is NOT just an exercise tracker - it is a daily activity tracker. Which includes what you burn all day.
- And considering even your base metabolism is going to burn more than a workout usually, it better count.
To lose weight you merely need to eat less than you burn daily. Not like less than you exercise, that would be so wrong.
In fact, it underestimates your daily burn.
It assigns sleeping level calorie burn (BMR) to ALL non-moving time, and as soon as you wake up you burn more (RMR).
When you sit you burn more, stand non-moving even more.
When you digest process food you burn more (about 10% of calories eaten).
All that is NOT accounted for.
That many steps sounds about right. Look at Fitbit forums for those getting those numbers walking only, and they walk for hours on end, not job hours, but still.
But their walking going faster also burns more than shuffle steps at work would.
I guess its the satisfaction of seeing 0 at the end of the day and no with the adjustments I wont be seeing that... Is that what is going on with you guys?0 -
Seeing 0 on what?0
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