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Fitbit and extra calories

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  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    ps... I just looked, Barre class is in the data base over on FB.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    edited August 2015
    Elisabuffy19 wrote: »
    Why log exercise in Fitbit?

    Currently I am breastfeeding a 3 month old and I have been logging it as "exercise" on MFP. I also log my Bar Method workouts in MFP. Should I be doing this differently?

    Your Fitbit burn is TDEE, and exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time. I trust my Fitbit burn more than MFP's.

    But breastfeeding is a whole 'nother thing. Keep logging it in MFP—Fitbit makes it more complicated than it needs to be: http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/Can-I-track-breastfeeding-on-my-Fitbit-dashboard
  • Elisabuffy19
    Elisabuffy19 Posts: 130 Member
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    I log any non-step based exercise in Fitbit. They have an exercise data base over there. I feel like you get a more accurate burn rate from them.

    Are you exclusively breastfeeding?

    Yes exclusively breastfeeding. I have read that it can burn around 500 calories a day and since my son still nurses a lot I give myself 400 extra calories but have been doing that in MFP. Thanks, PeachyCarol, for chiming in on this discussion!
  • Elisabuffy19
    Elisabuffy19 Posts: 130 Member
    editorgrrl wrote: »
    Elisabuffy19 wrote: »
    Why log exercise in Fitbit?

    Currently I am breastfeeding a 3 month old and I have been logging it as "exercise" on MFP. I also log my Bar Method workouts in MFP. Should I be doing this differently?

    Your Fitbit burn is TDEE, and exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time. I trust my Fitbit burn more than MFP's.

    But breastfeeding is a whole 'nother thing. Keep logging it in MFP—Fitbit makes it more complicated than it needs to be: http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/Can-I-track-breastfeeding-on-my-Fitbit-dashboard

    Oh yeah, that is way too time consuming!
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