c25k and fitbit question

Katie_Y89
Katie_Y89 Posts: 330 Member
edited November 15 in Fitness and Exercise
Question:

I try to get 10k steps in a day with my fitbit.

I have been doing c25k and log that as an exercise since I don't do it everyday, but since it's jogging/walking it also goes towards my steps.

so my question (finally) is should I log my c25k when I do it as a separate exercise or just let it be counted steps on towards my fitbit goal instead??

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  • ABabilonia
    ABabilonia Posts: 622 Member
    I have both apps too and I just let my FitBit do the count, so if you FitBit is linked and feeding info to MFP maybe you shouldn't log the exercise from your c25k. I don't do it. Maybe someone else have a different opinion.
  • nataliescibilia9594
    nataliescibilia9594 Posts: 1 Member
    I had the same question! LOL. I go for a 5km run. But MFP syncs the steps from my Fitbit so I feel like I'm double dipping if I log the run separately. But at the same time, you burn more calories on the run than in the steps. I try not to eat my exercise calories anyway but still I'm Interested to see everyone else's opinions.
  • 30kgin2017
    30kgin2017 Posts: 228 Member
    Where are you logging it as exercise? If you log it in Fitbit it wont double count. If you log it in MFP well its shouldn't matter if you have them syncing as MFP will still refer to Fitbit for total cals burned.

    As a rule of thumb use only 1 app for logging 1 type of thing i.e. fitbit for exercise and MFP for food not a bit of each in both.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    Katie_Y89 wrote: »
    so my question (finally) is should I log my c25k when I do it as a separate exercise or just let it be counted steps on towards my fitbit goal instead??

    Just let FitBit account for it.
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