Fitbit calories burnt

It's dependent on your stats as well. The more you weigh, the greater your calorie burn is. Last Monday I burned 3100 calories for 12,600 steps, and I'm currently about 240 pounds. I also have a Charge HR, so that also can make a difference.

Set it to sedentary

I have a Fitbit one and we have the same stats...how long are you on your feet during the day? Like on days I purposefully walk a lot of steps all at once I burn less than days I am taking less steps per hour but I am on my feet all day. I have found that my One is actually pretty accurate for me.

For comparison: I'm 145 lbs 5' 4.5" and yesterday my Fitbit Alta steps came to 16,662 and I burned 2406 calories.

Could be you just walk a lot faster than me. I went back and pulled six weeks of data from Fitbit and MFP and it showed that Fitbit underestimates my burn about 90 calories per day. Everyone's different though so you'll just have to pick and amount to eat back and see.

I only take half of what my Charge HR gives me.

jessicasmum2008 wrote: »

Im 172lbs and 5ft 5. Do you think its just over estimated as it doesn't go on my heart rate like most of the fitbits?

The HR-calorie estimate is only used for exercise anyway - the daily stuff is still based on steps, distance, pace, weight. Which is more accurate than HR at lower levels anyway.

If walking up/down hills, or with extra weight - it's not even counting that as extra effort for increased calorie burn.

So MFP gave you an eating goal based on your guess of NON-exercise eating level, right or wrong.

Now MFP is trying to correct it's estimate and your guess by using figures from a more accurate method.

But you don't want to use the corrections?

Big mistake. You are adding to whatever deficit you already told MFP to use to lose weight.

Bigger is not better - unless you don't like muscle mass and think it'll be useful to be rid of some of it.

Only thing to be concerned with is if the distance is way off.
The distance should be right on for your average daily serious pace - not fast exercise, not grocery store shuffle - average.
That give best chance for it to adjust the distance dynamically (which it does) based on impact, for longer or shorter strides for other paces you do.

I am the same height as you but MUCH heavier and my Garmin shows 1800 calories for 6200 steps but it only shows 286 active calories. That's all I count are my active calories and that's the credit I get when it synchs to MFP.

My Fitbit One burns are accurate. If I don't eat back the calories it gives me, I lose more than the 2lbs/week I'm aiming for.

Annahbananas wrote: »

I don't count my Fitbit calories burnt.at.all.

It's soooooo inflated. Nope. Nope. Lol I don't look at my Fitbit for the calories burnt.

I use my fight for friend challenges, weight input, and steps and stairs.

The hr and calories tool is fubar ....there's a reason why Fitbit is getting sued for their hr

My fitbit Charge HR adjustments are quite accurate. The longer you wear it, the more accurate it seems to be. I've even begun eating back almost all of the adjustment because I was losing faster than I wanted. Now that I am, my loss rate is more in keeping with what I planned.

In my opinion, half the people in that lawsuit probably weren't wearing it correctly.

capaul42 wrote: »

Annahbananas wrote: »

I don't count my Fitbit calories burnt.at.all.

It's soooooo inflated. Nope. Nope. Lol I don't look at my Fitbit for the calories burnt.

I use my fight for friend challenges, weight input, and steps and stairs.

The hr and calories tool is fubar ....there's a reason why Fitbit is getting sued for their hr

My fitbit Charge HR adjustments are quite accurate. The longer you wear it, the more accurate it seems to be. I've even begun eating back almost all of the adjustment because I was losing faster than I wanted. Now that I am, my loss rate is more in keeping with what I planned.

In my opinion, half the people in that lawsuit probably weren't wearing it correctly.

I have a garmen chest strap hr and I have a Fitbit. When I wear the garmen and the Fitbit, the Fitbit was inaccurate by 24 beats per minute...this adds up tremendously with calorie inaccuracies when you run an hour an a half. Fitbit was worn perfectly. I've had it for almost a year.

They tested the Fitbit in a controlled environment and the hr isn't accurate...it has nothing to do with people wearing it wrong

I like my Fitbit for accountability reasons but I ignore the calories burnt

I'm 5'8 and 147lbs (age 44). It's 3pm here and so far I've done 15,515 steps and fitbit is giving me 1793 calories burnt so far, 682 extra calories sent over to mfp.
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Yesterday i did 20,812 steps and fitbits full day projection was 2,630 cals burnt. For this, I got an extra 880 calories sent over to mfp. So I'm pretty sure fitbit over estimates for me. I've also reduced my height and stride length in fitbit by 2.5 inches, but haven't noticed much of a calorie difference compared to when I had the accurate numbers set in there.

I have the Alta (no HR monitor), and am set at sedentary in mfp.

heybales wrote: »

jessicasmum2008 wrote: »

My activity level is set to lightly active. I wouldn't say im more than lightly active. I was told its best to work out my TDEE and then take 500 or 1000 calories off that and thats the amount i should eat and to not bother adding exercise as iv already added in my exercise level in with my TDEE

That can be true - if your TDEE has your exercise included in the estimate.
I'll mention I'm set at Sedentary on MFP, on big sedentary day with less than 4K steps - I get a positive adjustment of about 100.

Sedentary is really sedentary. Most people aren't. You got over 50 lbs to healthy weight for that 1000 deficit to be reasonable?

But you are attempting to use a tool, MFP, that is designed to work with NO exercise included, give deficit - and you add exercise when actually done, and eat more - same deficit.

But now you are trying to use it wrong with an average TDEE method that includes exercise.

And it sound like sync with a device that is intended to help MFP work the way it's designed to.

So either use MFP correctly with Fitbit correcting it.

Or unsync the accounts - and your TDEE is what your Fitbit weekly report says. Take your deficit and manually set your eating goal - MFP activity level doesn't matter then, set to maintain and who cares activity level.

I sync my fitbit and have my activity level on mfp as sedentary so get a big adjustment. I don't take the amount as gospel by any means. I like to know my TDEE and there isn't much of a difference between my average fitbit numbers and say scobbysworkshop for me.