Fit bit and steps

xxharleyquinnxx
xxharleyquinnxx Posts: 166 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Should I count my fitbit step calories into my calories burned or just stick with my exercise workout? What do people do?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Connect your Fitbit to MFP and let the two do the work for you
  • xxharleyquinnxx
    xxharleyquinnxx Posts: 166 Member
    So you include this ontop of your exercise? I've just been counting my exercise calories and not my walking ones because I don't want to. I just wondered if other fit bit users recommended I changed this.
  • gcibsthom
    gcibsthom Posts: 30,145 Member
    I count the steps but I calculate it manually..fitbit assigns way more calories burned that it should I think. Then, after I have logged my exercise, at the end of the day I calculate and add the steps/calories burned....You burn them, you might as well count it..
  • jeanmacdonald7311
    jeanmacdonald7311 Posts: 1 Member
    how do I connect my fitbit to MFP???
  • tommybagpiper187
    tommybagpiper187 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi,

    So my fit it saya I have taken 14000 steps today and myfitness pal reckons I have burned nearly 550 calories.

    Does this sound right?
  • PowerliftingMom
    PowerliftingMom Posts: 430 Member
    I take what my Fitbit says with a grain of salt. On bench days, I do a heavy solid hour of benching which probably burns quite a few calories, but I'm not moving around much so obviously not registering many steps. Plus I don't think it's very accurate
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    tommybagpiper187 wrote: »
    Hi,

    So my fit it saya I have taken 14000 steps today and myfitness pal reckons I have burned nearly 550 calories.

    Does this sound right?

    It depends on your gender, height, current weight, MFP Activity Level, and MFP setting for rate of loss per week. You have not provided enough information to determine that.

    For comparison, I am 55, 5'8", 150 lbs, in maintenance, have a Fitbit Charge 2, and have MFP set at Sedentary. The last time I got 13,750 steps, I earned 1200 extra Calories as my Fitbit Calorie adjustment.
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