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ainsliejane
ainsliejane Posts: 24 Member
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Wondering if anyone can help please. I wear my jawbone to track steps and at this stage, and walking on the treadmill for exercise. When I sync it adds the calories I've burnt for that days exercise. All fine...until the new day and when I go back to look at previous days, the calories have disappeared? Do I need to log the treadmill walk as exercise for it to stay there and therefore count on net calories consumed? Thanks

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  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    Adjustments are the difference between your UP total burn (which is TDEE, aka your maintenance calories) and your MFP activity level. Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    Click on any adjustment to see the math MFP used to calculate it.

    Do not log any step-based exercise—your UP or Move is tracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in the UP app or in MFP—never both. Exercise logged in MFP overwrites your UP burn, so I never log in MFP.
  • she_lived_wholly_forevermore
    she_lived_wholly_forevermore Posts: 179 Member
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    ainsliejane wrote: »
    Wondering if anyone can help please. I wear my jawbone to track steps and at this stage, and walking on the treadmill for exercise. When I sync it adds the calories I've burnt for that days exercise. All fine...until the new day and when I go back to look at previous days, the calories have disappeared? Do I need to log the treadmill walk as exercise for it to stay there and therefore count on net calories consumed? Thanks


    Sounds like a glitch. I've never had that happen and I don't always classify my workouts because the numbers it gives tends to be closer to what I know I burned doing the same activity with my Polar so I just leave it alone. I don't know how to fix your issue because I also have syncing errors since the recent updates. Sorry :(
  • ainsliejane
    ainsliejane Posts: 24 Member
    edited April 2015
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    I know I'm obviously burning calories above TDEE - I'm not eating back these calories - just the calorie intake goal MFP gave me - just frustrating when it's not saving the daily calories burnt - if that makes sense?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    Click on yesterday's adjustment to see the math MFP used to calculate it. It will say something like this:

    UP calories burned 1,826
    Full-day projection based on 1,826 calories burned as of 11:59 p.m.

    MYFitnessPal calories burned* 2,000

    UP calorie adjustment -174**

    * This number is based on your MFP activity level: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    ** If this says zero, you must enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings If you don't, you'll never eat at a true deficit on days you burn fewer calories than your MFP activity level.
  • GrannyCrayCray
    GrannyCrayCray Posts: 71 Member
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    @editorgrrl Again, your explanations are 'da bomb! :) VERY useful info for getting the best results from the healthy living tools we have available to us. I've said it before: Someone needs to get this, and your other helpful hints for Jawbone/MFP syncs bookmarked as an Announcement for this Group.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    labyars wrote: »
    @editorgrrl Again, your explanations are 'da bomb! :) VERY useful info for getting the best results from the healthy living tools we have available to us. I've said it before: Someone needs to get this, and your other helpful hints for Jawbone/MFP syncs bookmarked as an Announcement for this Group.

    I'm always glad to help.

    It's funny you say that, though—somebody flagged my first comment in this thread as spam.
  • GrannyCrayCray
    GrannyCrayCray Posts: 71 Member
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    editorgrrl wrote: »
    labyars wrote: »
    @editorgrrl Someone needs to get this, and your other helpful hints for Jawbone/MFP syncs bookmarked as an Announcement for this Group.
    It's funny you say that, though—somebody flagged my first comment in this thread as spam.
    Ha! That is odd. Surely they thought the flag meant "LIKE" :#

  • jd_sill
    jd_sill Posts: 2 Member
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    I have my negative calories enabled but it always just shows zero. My problem is that I walk late at night/early morning at work which gives me extra calories. I sleep during the day, then by the time I get back to work my extra calories are gone. I know MFP projects what you'll burn during the day, but it really confuses me! Should I eat the calories or no? I know not to go less than 1200/day....but I don't know if I should eat any extras period.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    jd_sill wrote: »
    I have my negative calories enabled but it always just shows zero. My problem is that I walk late at night/early morning at work which gives me extra calories. I sleep during the day, then by the time I get back to work my extra calories are gone. I know MFP projects what you'll burn during the day, but it really confuses me! Should I eat the calories or no? I know not to go less than 1200/day....but I don't know if I should eat any extras period.

    Be sure MFP is set to the correct time zone: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/timezone

    Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    Set your goal to .5 lb. per week for every 25 lbs. you're overweight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    Trust your UP for several weeks, then reevaluate your progress. My adjustments were wonky at first, but they got better—as if MFP was "learning" my routine.

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