Fitbit Grossly Overstating Calories

bstacer99
bstacer99 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hoping someone on this forum can help or point me in the right direction. My FitBit Flex seems to be grossly overstating calories burned from exercise. I've checked and the Time Zones are set the same so I don't think that is it. Below is a snapshot from 7:30a. Most days it is giving me credit for 10k calories though I've only walked 3k steps and not really exercised. Anyone know what to do here?

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  • jeremywm1977
    jeremywm1977 Posts: 657 Member
    Maybe you are just awesome. Don't discount that as a possibility.
  • bstacer99
    bstacer99 Posts: 3 Member
    :) you're right. Maybe it is just the scale that is broken. :)

    But seriously. Anyone run across this and figured out how to fix?
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    Have you contacted Fitbit support about this? That does seem very odd.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    edited January 2016
    Dude, either you personally knew Augustus Caesar and Jesus, or you may want to check your age setting in MFP. :wink:

    I think once you sort that out, your Calorie adjustments might be more accurate.

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    Dude, either you personally knew Augustus Caesar and Jesus, or you may want to check your age setting in MFP. :wink:

    I think once you sort that out, your Calorie adjustments might be more accurate.

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    :bigsmile:

    nice catch
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    Dude, either you personally knew Augustus Caesar and Jesus, or you may want to check your age setting in MFP. :wink:

    I think once you sort that out, your Calorie adjustments might be more accurate.

    76m4wmayj4xg.jpg

    :spit coffee:
  • mombsp
    mombsp Posts: 1 Member
    Same type of problem with Garmin VivoSmart. What drives me crazy is when I walk farther in a day and my calories for exercise are subtracted from my total just like the calories I input for food.

    . I also have the time zone issue when it comes to the calorie adjustment between the Garmin app and MFP. I have checked all the settings I can in my phone etc but I don't seem to be able to change it.
  • sandiikat
    sandiikat Posts: 104 Member
    Maybe you're inserting the exercise in MFP on top of the Fitbit adjustment?
  • TheLittleRedHairedGirl
    TheLittleRedHairedGirl Posts: 154 Member
    I don't know if this will help, but on MFP it says NOT to enter your values into fitbit, that MFP will sync with fitbit.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    jkhelm1973 wrote: »
    I don't know if this will help, but on MFP it says NOT to enter your values into fitbit, that MFP will sync with fitbit.

    That's only so MFP gets the ad revenue. Fitbit gives a better estimate of calories for workouts

    I'm pretty sure @CyberTone caught the reason for the discrepancy, though
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
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  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    FunkyTobias wrote: »
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    Giggity.
  • bstacer99
    bstacer99 Posts: 3 Member
    Ok, fixed the age thing. Thanks for catching that. We'll see if that fixes the adjustment. Will report back on results tomorrow.
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