fitbit calories

karenowen60
karenowen60 Posts: 73 Member
edited November 11 in Food and Nutrition
Why is it, i work my butt off, burn 1951 calories but when i log it on mfp, it only gives me 131 calories. How does this work

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  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    Are you sure the 1951 calories aren't the calories you're burning all day including at night when you're sleeping?
  • karenowen60
    karenowen60 Posts: 73 Member
    Yes they are the calories im burning all day, not sure if that includes the sleeping. Im new to the fitbit. I exercise everyday & thats included in there. Does it make a difference
  • Plashes
    Plashes Posts: 1 Member
    I thought it meant you should eat an extra 131 calories on top of your usual!?
  • brookesdsu
    brookesdsu Posts: 47 Member
    My understanding of how fitbit and MFP works - You should not add your calories burned (according to fitbit) into MFP. MFP has already taken into account how many calories you are burning on a daily basis based on the level of activity you indicated. You can sync your fitbit to MFP and MFP will adjust your calories if necessary according to what the fitbit says you burned. If you are using a fitbit and MFP you only "log" your activity (exercise and food) into MFP.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    edited January 2015
    What it means is that MFP predicted that you would burn 1820 calories throughout the day (with just being alive + all your moving around).

    Your fitbit calculates that you actually burned 1951 calories throughout the day. 1951 - 1820 = 131 calories difference. So MFP is giving you the 131 calories to make up for the difference between it's calculated expectations and what fitbit is saying.

    You can eat back those 131 calories. Just be careful because they might be overestimated and fitbit may adjust on you again (happened to me all the time, it would take back calories at the end of the day because I would sit down & then go to bed). I would aim for eating back half of what your fitbit adjustment is.
  • karenowen60
    karenowen60 Posts: 73 Member
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    What it means is that MFP predicted that you would burn 1820 calories throughout the day (with just being alive + all your moving around).

    Your fitbit calculates that you actually burned 1951 calories throughout the day. 1951 - 1820 = 131 calories difference. So MFP is giving you the 131 calories to make up for the difference between it's calculated expectations and what fitbit is saying.

    You can eat back those 131 calories. Just be careful because they might be overestimated and fitbit may adjust on you again (happened to me all the time, it would take back calories at the end of the day because I would sit down & then go to bed). I would aim for eating back half of what your fitbit adjustment is.

    Ok. Thank you, that makes sense now. I only eat 1400 calories a day anyway & try not to exceed that.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Fitbit will adjust again through out the day. I have Fitbit Charge and at 2:00 p.m. I may have 332 calories but at 6:00 I may only have 193 calories.
  • karenowen60
    karenowen60 Posts: 73 Member
    brooketempleton31 wrote: »
    My understanding of how fitbit and MFP works - You should not add your calories burned (according to fitbit) into MFP. MFP has already taken into account how many calories you are burning on a daily basis based on the level of activity you indicated. You can sync your fitbit to MFP and MFP will adjust your calories if necessary according to what the fitbit says you burned. If you are using a fitbit and MFP you only "log" your activity (exercise and food) into MFP.

    I only log my food into MFP, but the fitbit automatically adds my calories in to MFP when it syncs. I am not adding exercise because that is included in the calorie count on fitbit.
    Is there a way of separating the exercise time, calories etc on the fitbit tracker so I can log what type of exercise I am actually doing.
  • karenowen60
    karenowen60 Posts: 73 Member
    Plashes wrote: »
    I thought it meant you should eat an extra 131 calories on top of your usual!?

    Thank you, it's all starting to make sense now. I have only had the fitbit for a few days & trying to work it out, is confusing.
  • Chain_Ring
    Chain_Ring Posts: 753 Member
    Fitbit = Glorified Pedometer. Just sayin'......
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    I had my fit bit linked to MFP for a while, but just find it easier to not have it linked. I use my fitbit for motivation to move more and do not eat back exercise calories. The calorie count on your fitbit is total calories burned throughout the day, and included sleeping time. We burn calories just by be alive, the trick is to not eat more calories than we burn in order to lose weight or maintain.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    karenowen60 wrote: »
    brooketempleton31 wrote: »
    My understanding of how fitbit and MFP works - You should not add your calories burned (according to fitbit) into MFP. MFP has already taken into account how many calories you are burning on a daily basis based on the level of activity you indicated. You can sync your fitbit to MFP and MFP will adjust your calories if necessary according to what the fitbit says you burned. If you are using a fitbit and MFP you only "log" your activity (exercise and food) into MFP.

    I only log my food into MFP, but the fitbit automatically adds my calories in to MFP when it syncs. I am not adding exercise because that is included in the calorie count on fitbit.
    Is there a way of separating the exercise time, calories etc on the fitbit tracker so I can log what type of exercise I am actually doing.

    I only use MFP to log my calories. Fitbit will come get my calories and put the information on my Fitbit dashboard. My exercise is NOT shown on MFP except the Fitbit adjustment.

    You can use the note in MFP below on your exercise diary to enter what you did for each day for exercise.

    For example Fitbit gives me the line that says "Fitbit calorie Adjustment" and below there is a note in which you can document and save.
  • karenowen60
    karenowen60 Posts: 73 Member
    gia07 wrote: »
    karenowen60 wrote: »
    brooketempleton31 wrote: »
    My understanding of how fitbit and MFP works - You should not add your calories burned (according to fitbit) into MFP. MFP has already taken into account how many calories you are burning on a daily basis based on the level of activity you indicated. You can sync your fitbit to MFP and MFP will adjust your calories if necessary according to what the fitbit says you burned. If you are using a fitbit and MFP you only "log" your activity (exercise and food) into MFP.

    I only log my food into MFP, but the fitbit automatically adds my calories in to MFP when it syncs. I am not adding exercise because that is included in the calorie count on fitbit.
    Is there a way of separating the exercise time, calories etc on the fitbit tracker so I can log what type of exercise I am actually doing.

    I only use MFP to log my calories. Fitbit will come get my calories and put the information on my Fitbit dashboard. My exercise is NOT shown on MFP except the Fitbit adjustment.

    You can use the note in MFP below on your exercise diary to enter what you did for each day for exercise.

    For example Fitbit gives me the line that says "Fitbit calorie Adjustment" and below there is a note in which you can document and save.


    Thank you. Its all becoming clearer now.
  • karenowen60
    karenowen60 Posts: 73 Member
    snowflake930 wrote: »
    I had my fit bit linked to MFP for a while, but just find it easier to not have it linked. I use my fitbit for motivation to move more and do not eat back exercise calories. The calorie count on your fitbit is total calories burned throughout the day, and included sleeping time. We burn calories just by be alive, the trick is to not eat more calories than we burn in order to lose weight or maintain.

    Thank you.
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