Question about lifestyle and step counter
marty_smith
Posts: 102 Member
Hi, new to this!
I have just updated my profile and as my job is being a postman the app suggested i set my lifestyle as "active".
However, i need to lose alot of weight - and as i use my iPhone on delivery it adds up the steps i take each day which is then updated to the fitness pal app.
My question is will the two bits of data mess up how many calories i should be eating to lose weight?
The amount of steps i take each day are mostly from my job, like today i have travelled nearly 8miles already. However this is kind of part of my "active" lifestyle but also now being added to the exercise i do each day aswell.
I just wondered if there was conflict here or whether the miles i cover each day should be considered exercise.
Thanks.
Marty
I have just updated my profile and as my job is being a postman the app suggested i set my lifestyle as "active".
However, i need to lose alot of weight - and as i use my iPhone on delivery it adds up the steps i take each day which is then updated to the fitness pal app.
My question is will the two bits of data mess up how many calories i should be eating to lose weight?
The amount of steps i take each day are mostly from my job, like today i have travelled nearly 8miles already. However this is kind of part of my "active" lifestyle but also now being added to the exercise i do each day aswell.
I just wondered if there was conflict here or whether the miles i cover each day should be considered exercise.
Thanks.
Marty
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If your fit tracker is truly synced with MFP, you should be only getting additional calories when you move *more* than what your activity level would indicate. All movement before that wouldn't get additional calories credited. What kind of adjustments are you actually seeing?0
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Hello Marty, it sounds as though you are, in essence, double counting. I have set my activity level low now that I have been counting my steps.0
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I would not eat back the calories you burn from walking.0
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I'm listed as sedentary (desk job) and use a fitbit. The steps don't start giving me additional calories until I've done at least 2000 and on the rare lazy day I don't make that. Try it for a few days and see at what level you actually start earning extra - your activity level should mean you need to walk further before seeing any extra0
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I'm also set to sedentary. I don't get extra cals until about 5000 steps. It does not double count. That's what "syncing" is all about.0
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Thanks guys, i think im getting the hang of the app. It actually says I haven't done any exercise today despite walking for 3 hours non-stop for work and i am waaay under my suggested calorie intake for today so im confident i have it working properly.
Starving hungry going bed. Day one finished. It says in 5 weeks time i would have lost a stone and abit more, though not counting treat days! Fingers crossed this works.0 -
Hang in there Marty.. it gets easier :-)0
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I actually managed to do it once before and got in good shape, though that was with running 5 times a week, 4 miles a day, and when i had time. Now i have a 2 year old and i am already too tired after work to start that routine again! Maybe soon though.0
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