Do you check this box ?Enable Negative Adjustments?? Seems to earn exercise calories for my steps

mirandagod77
mirandagod77 Posts: 132 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you guys check this box ? Enable Negative Adjustments If you have linked your MyFitnessPal account to a device or app that measures your total calorie burn (Fitbit, Bodymedia, etc.), check this box to allow negative calorie adjustments from that partner to appear on your exercise diary. Otherwise, only positive adjustments will be allowed.
Changes to this setting will be in effect only for adjustments received from that point on (past adjustments will not be restated).

A negative adjustment means that your projected calorie burn for the day from the partner is below MyFitnessPal's initial estimate. If you are unable to sync your tracking device until late in the day, or if you don't consistently use your tracking device, you may prefer not to enable negative adjustments.

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    yes I did. I set my activity level to sedentary (even tho I am not) and enabled the negative adjustments based on the directions to setup my activity tracker.

    So my calorie goal when I wake up is 1500...I sync...it goes to 1410 and through the day it goes up...way up usually to about 2100 or more.

    This is based on my regular movements (5-6k steps) plus my purposeful exercise which typically gets me to 13-20k steps a day plus my other exercise like lifting and biking etc.
  • Ruatine
    Ruatine Posts: 3,424 Member
    edited August 2016
    I have mine set up exactly the same as SezxyStef. Sedentary activity level on my MFP profile (which I'm not usually) with negative adjustments enabled. By end of day, I don't have a negative adjustment unless I've been a complete sloth.

    I tend to sync my Fitbit throughout the day, so the adjustment is constantly being readjusted based on how much I've actually burned (according to Fitbit).
  • mirandagod77
    mirandagod77 Posts: 132 Member
    Okay you guys sound very similiar to my activity levels I will set my activity to sedentary too then. thanks for the help.
  • mirandagod77
    mirandagod77 Posts: 132 Member
    now my calories dropped from to 1250 but I'm assuming with my steps it will go up and balance out right
  • mirandagod77
    mirandagod77 Posts: 132 Member
    i have a Samsung watch that i connect to track steps and have connected map my fitness for runs and walks, would you select the negative thing for that @Ruatine and @SezxyStef
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    mirandagodin wrote: »
    i have a Samsung watch that i connect to track steps and have connected map my fitness for runs and walks, would you select the negative thing for that @Ruatine and @SezxyStef

    I would personally. I have MMF sync'd to my activity tracker as well.

    As for the calories yes it will even out. When I did mine it set it to 1440..I did adjust mine to 1500 manually as that is where I want it..
  • Scorpio8402
    Scorpio8402 Posts: 554 Member
    Yep!
  • mirandagod77
    mirandagod77 Posts: 132 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    mirandagodin wrote: »
    i have a Samsung watch that i connect to track steps and have connected map my fitness for runs and walks, would you select the negative thing for that @Ruatine and @SezxyStef

    I would personally. I have MMF sync'd to my activity tracker as well.

    As for the calories yes it will even out. When I did mine it set it to 1440..I did adjust mine to 1500 manually as that is where I want it..

    ok thx
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Yes, absolutely. It's actually pretty important. Keeps you honest; it prevents you from making a pretty common mistake that sabotages a lot of peoples' weight loss or maintenance. I'm a really super active person, I walk and run and bike all the time, I can totally have that iced cream. :smile:

    Since you have a thing that tracks how active you really are, the negative calories adjustment thing keeps you from over-eating on a bad day.

    If you go for a long walk, you get extra calories and you can have a treat if you like; negative calories is the other side of the same coin. If you don't get out of bed, no iced cream for you.
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