combining fitbit w/ MFP

lipstix80 · September 2015

I have a desk job, so my calories on MFP are set for a sedentary job (1200 calories a day). I am walking 10K steps a day. Normally I just log in walking 3 miles per day for 45 minutes as my exercise (which I do on lunch breaks), but I don't add in anything additional from fitbit even if I hit 10K or more each day.
Should I change anything for optimal weight loss? How are YOU combining the two for good results?

naynaytater · September 2015

If you are syncing your fitbit with MFP you don't enter your walking into MFP, it is accounted for on your fitbit. Log any non-walking activity as exercise on fitbit.

editorgrrl · September 2015

Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit

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

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

In the MFP app, go to More (Menu) > Steps and choose Fitbit.

Ignore your Fitbit calorie goal and follow MFP's, eating back your adjustments. No need to log any step-based activity—your Fitbit is tracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both. Exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time.

You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

SwissMatterhorn · September 2015

naynaytater wrote: »

If you are syncing your fitbit with MFP you don't enter your walking into MFP, it is accounted for on your fitbit. Log any non-walking activity as exercise on fitbit.

Agree.

combining fitbit w/ MFP

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