Fitbit Charge and Calories Burned

Turn off the steps.

It will update either steps or calories, not both. Dunno why, seems kinda dumb. But turn off the steps and then it will put sync the calories burned and update your exercise calories. When you want to see the actual step count, look on the fitbit itself or the app or dashboard.

Mibs131 wrote: »

Mine does both.

Interesting. I have the Charge HR. I only got the calories when I turned off steps.

I lot the weight & have maintained for 11 months by eating back 100% of my Fitbit adjustments. TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) is by definition the number of calories at which your weight will stabilize. Therefore, my Fitbit burn = TDEE.

The only way to gauge the accuracy is to trust your Fitbit for several weeks, then reevaluate your progress. You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

Here's what I did:

• Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
• Set my goal to .5 lb. for every 25 lbs. I'm overweight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
• Log exercise in Fitbit (never MFP).
• Ignore Fitbit's calorie goal and follow MFP's, eating back my adjustments.
• Read the Sexypants post. (It has nothing really to do with Fitbit, but it's the best how-to guide ever.) https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1