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Another dern Fitbit question

ljk0615
ljk0615 Posts: 160 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I have a Fitbit charge hr. I am within five pounds of goal weight and am attempting recomp by lifting heavy and keeping a small deficit so I aim to eat back most exercise calories. I lift with a lot of intensity, little rest, an hour and a halfish usually. I know everyone says this, but I feel like I work really freakin hard when I work out. My question is, if calories burned while weightlifting is inflated by the heart rate monitor, should I take it off while I lift? I hate to do this bc I like to turn the timer on to keep track of how long I've been at the gym....

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  • DVall30
    DVall30 Posts: 28 Member
    Well lifting heavy will burn more calories by raising your HR because its more taxing on the body so i dont think your numbers are innacurate. But weightlifting will build muscle which would probably make your scale go up or stay the same by adding muscle and burning fat
  • ljk0615
    ljk0615 Posts: 160 Member
    Yeah the scale has gone up about 2-3 pounds in 6 months or so and its frustrating bc I am so diligent with my logging and weigh and measure, on and on, and I can't help but think I'm trusting the Fitbit data a little too much. I hate to unsync it with mfp bc it's a really big motivator for me.
  • soccerkon26
    soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
    edited May 2016
    Personally, I take my Fitbit off when doing any type of lifting/weighted exercises because I'd rather underestimate than overestimate.
  • sllm1
    sllm1 Posts: 2,130 Member
    Leave it on and try to end up with 100 extra cals or so at the end of the day if you lifted? To account for any overestimation...
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    All calorie burns are estimates so I typically only eat back 25-50% no matter what type I'm doing. I try to always have 2-300 left over (fitbit usually sends over 600-1100 in a sync).
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