Fitbit vs working out

Melemur
Melemur Posts: 95 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have a fitbit and it adds my steps and my extra calories....my ? Is should I be also including my work outs as well dose that count as double dipping....also I stick to my calories for the day I don't eat any of my extra calories that I earned I just want to make sure that I'm taking this the right way

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Don't log any step based activities as your fitbit will pick those up. Things like swimming,rowing, weight training (if you choose to log it) and stuff like that should be logged separately into the fitbit app.

    I'm however speaking as a zip owner which doesn't have a HR monitor, so it won't pick up the aforementioned activities, and HR monitors are no good for weight training.
  • darrinotoole
    darrinotoole Posts: 24 Member
    You can log anything as an exercise. Just specify the time you did it and how long and your Fitbit will adjust everything else.
  • kclub279
    kclub279 Posts: 1 Member
    My Fitbit stopped syncing but I will log manually all my exercise and use this site.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Don't log any step based activities as your fitbit will pick those up. Things like swimming,rowing, weight training (if you choose to log it) and stuff like that should be logged separately into the fitbit app.

    I'm however speaking as a zip owner which doesn't have a HR monitor, so it won't pick up the aforementioned activities, and HR monitors are no good for weight training.

    what christine said.

    i dont log weight training at all.

    i flip back and forth between letting my fitbit log my exercise and entering in manually in mfp. since i dont eat back many exercise calories, most of the time, anyways, it makes little difference in my personal weight loss.
  • snaps27
    snaps27 Posts: 960 Member
    kclub279 wrote: »
    My Fitbit stopped syncing but I will log manually all my exercise and use this site.
    Mine stopped syncing too. Do you think it is MFP fault or fitbit?
  • RichardHerzog
    RichardHerzog Posts: 4 Member
    snaps27 wrote: »
    kclub279 wrote: »
    My Fitbit stopped syncing but I will log manually all my exercise and use this site.
    Mine stopped syncing too. Do you think it is MFP fault or fitbit?

    There is a bug that affects some users, the MFP team is working on the issue, there is a sticky in the News subgroup
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    rherzog74 wrote: »
    snaps27 wrote: »
    kclub279 wrote: »
    My Fitbit stopped syncing but I will log manually all my exercise and use this site.
    Mine stopped syncing too. Do you think it is MFP fault or fitbit?

    There is a bug that affects some users, the MFP team is working on the issue, there is a sticky in the News subgroup

    I wonder why some users get affected and others don't? ?
    I've had my fitbit for a year and have never had syncing problems.

    I hope I haven't jinxed myself by writing this post...

  • clark614
    clark614 Posts: 92 Member
    Mine also stopped syncing . Is this a temporary issue?
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,327 Member
    pangel320 wrote: »
    I have a fitbit and it adds my steps and my extra calories....my ? Is should I be also including my work outs as well dose that count as double dipping....also I stick to my calories for the day I don't eat any of my extra calories that I earned I just want to make sure that I'm taking this the right way

    You are supposed to eat the extra calories so your calorie deficit does not get too big and result in losing excess lean mass rather than mainly fat.
  • jkquinn13
    jkquinn13 Posts: 203 Member
    I don't let fitbit and mfp sync at all...if I go for a run or elliptical or weight train I record on MFP what fitbit records for the burn, but I don't count 10K daily steps just walking around as calories burned as I wouldn't want to eat them

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