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Fitbit and MFP Calories

slmacl2016
slmacl2016 Posts: 8 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
One day I do 11,000 steps and when I sync my Fitbit to MFP - it gives me 685 calories burned. The next day I do 11000 steps and it gives me 435 calories burned. What gives?

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  • figureitout87
    figureitout87 Posts: 126 Member
    It might be a fluctuation is your heart rate reading? Are you wearing the band very loosely?
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    The adjustment isn't based off your steps. It's based off your total calorie burn for the day which includes everything: steps, activity, exercise.

    Ex: I had 13,000 steps the other day. I also burned 2400 calories. This is the 2 pieces of info fitbit sends to MFP.
    MFP then compares that calorie burn to what it thinks I should have burned. MFP thinks I burn 1800 a day based on my activity level from my setup. 2400-1800=600. So it gave me 600 for an adjustment. I've gotten 500 adjustments for the same number of steps before because I burned less throughout the day.

  • slmacl2016
    slmacl2016 Posts: 8 Member
    Thank you for the explanation.
  • DiIDE
    DiIDE Posts: 120 Member
    I don't think the calories are very accurate as mine always shows well over 2000 cal even when I don't have a very active day and my BMR is only around 1100 cal.
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