Anyway to Edit "Floors" In Fitbit?

MysticRealm
MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My fitbit has been fairly spot on for counting floors since I got it a couple months back. However today on my 60 min walk it gave me around 50 flights of stairs! 35 of those flights of stairs within 15 mins! And I was walking in fairly level areas, I'm guessing that maybe it could have counted 1-2 flights. I know it bases flights of stairs on air pressure so have read that on a pretty windy day it can be off, but I have never found it to be all that off and it wasn't even all that windy today.
I don't want to lose my steps for that time so I don't want to just put that I was sitting during that time (not sure if that would change my floors count anyways, but is there a way to edit that number?
If not, how many cals do you think I should subtract from my total Cals burned for the day to get a more accurate picture of my calories burn?

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  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    No, you can't edit your Fitbit stair count. It's based on changes in air pressure, so you can get lots of "flights" walking outdoors on a windy day: http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-does-my-tracker-count-floors

    No need to try and adjust your TDEE—it's part of the acceptable margin of error. Trust your Fitbit burn 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
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    edited August 2015
    I know how fitbits work, I was just asking if there was anyway to adjust this or to have a better idea of cal burn as I wanted to know. Yes I know one day won't make a difference etc etc. but that was not my question.
    (This is my second fitbit, I had the other for a good year at least, just washed it and didn't have it for a while but never had such a massive discrepancy in 'floors' before)

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