Step Counting Calculations??

mivey04
mivey04 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 13 in Getting Started
Hi, so I've been using mfp for a while now and always used either my iphone or apple watch to track my steps. I usually get about 150-250 cals added back to my total calories just for the amount of steps I walk in a day (around 12,000-14,000). I always have the negative calories enabled, and recently it started changing to a negative number like -12, even though I walk the same amount of steps. I am doing everything the same, and when i click on the question mark it says "mfp projected calories are higher than my expended calories". Can anyone tell me what this means/why it says that? Or how to fix it? P.s. on a day i don't walk as much, i have way too many negative calories at the top.

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  • WickAndArtoo
    WickAndArtoo Posts: 773 Member
    That is weird, do you ever add in your out work out using that tool? I ask because I have noticed that when I record anything that day through the manual way it stops recording/adding in my steps at the top. Not sure if it's the same thing that's happening to you, but just wanted to mention it in case it is!
  • mivey04
    mivey04 Posts: 7 Member
    no, i just use my apple watch to track it all.. oh well idk why it does that
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,740 Member
    edited December 2016
    There have been several threads about this problem. "They" say it is because the earlier formula overestimated the calories burned, but -12 for 12000 steps (about 6 miles?) is ridiculous.

    If you are double counting your steps, I can see that there might be a problem. i.e. you enter 2 miles running + 3 miles walking and the rest is miscellaneous steps. But if you aren't logging the steps as deliberate exercise elsewhere, then something is wrong.
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