Any other Apple Watch users notice they don't get adjustments for their steps?
alid8333
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I get credit for my exercise and that's it. I hardly ever get a adjustment for the steps I take. Does any one else experience this?
Also I noticed on my homepage my steps matches what my Apple Watch says, but in my diary it's less.
I tried to search the problem on here and MFP says that a person isn't getting a calorie adjustment because their steps doesn't exceed what is already built into your calories. Which doesn't make sense because mine is set to sedentary and I'm pretty sure 13,000 steps exceeds that.
Also I noticed on my homepage my steps matches what my Apple Watch says, but in my diary it's less.
I tried to search the problem on here and MFP says that a person isn't getting a calorie adjustment because their steps doesn't exceed what is already built into your calories. Which doesn't make sense because mine is set to sedentary and I'm pretty sure 13,000 steps exceeds that.
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Yeah So I just switched from a Fitbit to an Apple Watch and noticed the same thing. No more adjustments for steps, but it does record all my workouts and total calories burned. I had to change my profile back to lightly active from active because of the way it's doing it now.0
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Hmm, that's strange. I don't have an Apple Watch anymore but I used to about a year ago. I went back to check and it gave a good adjustment for me with ~13,000 steps. I wonder if there's a bug somewhere for this.
Could it be in the access that you give for MFP? If I remember correctly, all of the health app ticks have to be on for it to sync properly.0 -
RosieRose7673 wrote: »Hmm, that's strange. I don't have an Apple Watch anymore but I used to about a year ago. I went back to check and it gave a good adjustment for me with ~13,000 steps. I wonder if there's a bug somewhere for this.
Could it be in the access that you give for MFP? If I remember correctly, all of the health app ticks have to be on for it to sync properly.
I have went over everything in the health app numerous times and it's all checked. I downloaded lose it to see if there would be an adjustment there for my steps and it gave me 129 extra calories just for my steps today. Something is definitely up. But MFP says it's because I haven't exceeded what they already have built into my
budget, which I think is crap. 13,000 steps is no where near sedentary that I have it set at. I only have it set to sedentary because my steps are never consistent some days like today I'm around 13,000 other days I'm at 4,000 to 5,000.
I just noticed it the other day that I wasn't getting an adjustment.
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I agree... that's definitely not sedentary! Did you try contacting MFP or was that answer from a forum somewhere?
In the interim, if I were you I would manually add those steps into MFP. Hopefully someone else can chime in!0 -
Here's a screenshot of a day a little more than a year ago when all I did was walk (no exercise). Even at less than 9,000 steps, I had a decent adjustment when I was set to sedentary.
There's definitely some kind of bug or something!
***Don't judge my wine consumption! Lol
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It's got to be a bug, i would get on to the mfp staff until you get an answer.
This would be catastrophic for me, as i don't log any workouts. My only exercise is walking, so 100% step based.0 -
I have noticed the same thing today as well. I have done 20k steps (high for me), but I am not getting credit for them in MyFitnessPal. My profile is set to lightly active, so this many steps is over what I need to do!0
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I've complained before that when I do a workout (for instance a swim) it deletes my steps. Apparently it's a bug they're working on.1
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I think I recall seeing in another thread that the Apple Watch only gives credit for "active minutes", meaning periods of high or meaningful excercise.
Your best bet may be to change your setting to lightly active to capture your walking. This would be a deal-breaker for me though, since the Fitbit does credit them as intended0 -
GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »I've complained before that when I do a workout (for instance a swim) it deletes my steps. Apparently it's a bug they're working on.
I contacted MFP last night. Everything I've read in the past on their response to this is bs. It has to be a bug. I walked 15,000 steps one day (no exercise) and it gave me a adjustment for like 3 calories.
I noticed the other day I had walked 7500 steps no exercise logged and it gave me 14 calories. Something is definitely wrong and they just don't want to admit it. There's issues with this dating all the way tonback when the watch first came out.
It's crazy because for some people like myself this causes them to be under eating. No wonder I have been feeling like crap lately.
I don't want to change my activity to lightly active because my step count varies week to week sometimes daily. Some days I'm forced to sit at the computer most of the day (own a business) so I'm lucky to get 4000 steps in.
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I think I recall seeing in another thread that the Apple Watch only gives credit for "active minutes", meaning periods of high or meaningful excercise.
Your best bet may be to change your setting to lightly active to capture your walking. This would be a deal-breaker for me though, since the Fitbit does credit them as intended
Apple Watch shows your active calories which is through intentional exercise, step count and basically any activity that elevates your heart rate. Then is also shows your total calories which is meant to be something like your TDEE for the day.
Overall the watch itself is great. I use to have a Fitbit charge HR. When the Apple Watch came out I thought it would be better to have a device that is intended to work with my phone. But I wanted to test it out. I wore my Apple Watch on one wrist and the Fitbit on the other for about 2 weeks. Overall the Apple Watch didn't give unnecessary steps for moving my arm like the Fitbit, didn't have wonky heart rate readings during exercise like the Fitbit because I can Bluetooth my polar chest strap to my Apple Watch.
Only thing I really liked better was fitbits app. Apple Watch uses the health app and while it's very detailed i just think fitbits is cleaner.
All in all, I decided to go with the Apple Watch. Now I'm debating on going back to a Fitbit since MFP obviously credits Fitbit users properly.
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This was yesterday's progress from my Apple Watch0 -
This is what I was credited yesterday, just my exercise. Another thing to it always says I walk on the treadmill at 2mph the most 2.5mph when yesterday I walked at 3.5mph at a incline. Suppose the incline may be throwing it off? Shows 3.5mph on my Apple Watch lol.
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Is it because your calories granted in the activities is more than what the adjustment would have been?
I average 15000 steps a day and have mfp set at sedentary but I don't count walking as a seperate activity I just let the Apple Watch adjustment do its thing (normal adjustment about 150). When I go for a run, added as a seperate exercise, my adjustment calories are much less because they're already accommodated for in the run activity.
If the majority of my steps come from added or synced activities my adjustment will be 0.0 -
TilKingdomCome wrote: »Is it because your calories granted in the activities is more than what the adjustment would have been?
I average 15000 steps a day and have mfp set at sedentary but I don't count walking as a seperate activity I just let the Apple Watch adjustment do its thing (normal adjustment about 150). When I go for a run, added as a seperate exercise, my adjustment calories are much less because they're already accommodated for in the run activity.
If the majority of my steps come from added or synced activities my adjustment will be 0.
What she said.
Definitely this. The adjustment for 13500 steps would very likely be less than 536 calories since you are female and (at least from your face picture) don't appear to be obese.0 -
If you click on the adjustment entry, you should be able to see a screen something like this:
(Edited to add this pic):
(related note: Depending on how Apple estimates total day calories, you may want to leave Negative adjustments disabled if you regularly do activities not measurable by step trackers and set your activity as sedentary - a Garmin will completely negate such activities).
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If you click on the adjustment entry, you should be able to see a screen something like this:
(Edited to add this pic):
(related note: Depending on how Apple estimates total day calories, you may want to leave Negative adjustments disabled if you regularly do activities not measurable by step trackers and set your activity as sedentary - a Garmin will completely negate such activities).
That's mine for yesterday
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TilKingdomCome wrote: »Is it because your calories granted in the activities is more than what the adjustment would have been?
I average 15000 steps a day and have mfp set at sedentary but I don't count walking as a seperate activity I just let the Apple Watch adjustment do its thing (normal adjustment about 150). When I go for a run, added as a seperate exercise, my adjustment calories are much less because they're already accommodated for in the run activity.
If the majority of my steps come from added or synced activities my adjustment will be 0.
I get that, but on days I don't work out it's not adjusting them correctly either. One day I walked 15,000 steps (no exercise) and was given a adjustment of 3 calories. Another day 8500 steps (no exercise) 14 calories.
I'm 5'3 and currently weigh 158.8. I'm not obese but I am overweight. I would think I would get more of an adjustment then what I have been.
I downloaded lose it just to see if I was given a adjustment on there and I was given 129 calories and that's with my workouts included.
I use to have a Fitbit and always had adjustments.
Like yesterday after my workouts it said I walked 5000 steps. By the end of the day I had walked 13,500. So that's 8500 steps that wasn't from working out, so I don't get an adjustment for that? 8500 steps alone isn't considered sedentary. I can see anything below 5000 being sedentary.
Seems like the only fix is to either switch apps or up my activity level which I don't want to do that because my steps vary day to day and weekly.
But I don't want to be under eating either as I've been feeling sluggish like I'm not consuming enough.
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In that case, it sounds like it's Apple's calculated total calories burned that you take issue with. Try checking what stats you have entered on their server. Especially if there is some entry for your basic fitness level (Garmin has one - "Activity Class", although I believe they have been phasing out its use in favor of historical data). (Walking probably takes more effort if your usual exercise level is slug-mode, and this may be worked into their algorithm). Supposedly, Fitbits will adjust this info automatically over time and be inaccurate at the beginning of use..might also be true of Apple.)0
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I posted a similar question and got no response. I am just confused at why my calories at the end of the day for MFP are vastly different from my calories at the end of the day in apple watch. And im talking total calories burned not active ones or excersise ones. This is what I posted a few days ago.
So i switched back from my fit bit charge to my apple watch and immediately remembered why I stopped using it. With fit bit, i enabled negative adjustments, set it to minus one pound a week and chose sedentary as my activity level. If i more or less stayed within my net calories, I lost weight. The apple watch is a little different though. I did all of the above, however yesterday for example, i walked over 16000 steps and was only given 150 extra calories on top if my sedentary goal of 1500, however when i went in the activity app it said I burned around 2600 calories that day. So shouldn't my net goal have been closer to 2100? I have days where I walk 7000 steps and days when I walk 40,000 steps and sometimes i honestly dont know the difference ( i know how weird that sounds but im always busy and sometimes I dont differentiate being physically busy with just running around all day) so knowing a ballpark of what I can eat that day is helpful. Will Apple watch not work like this?
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In that case, it sounds like it's Apple's calculated total calories burned that you take issue with. Try checking what stats you have entered on their server. Especially if there is some entry for your basic fitness level (Garmin has one - "Activity Class", although I believe they have been phasing out its use in favor of historical data). (Walking probably takes more effort if your usual exercise level is slug-mode, and this may be worked into their algorithm). Supposedly, Fitbits will adjust this info automatically over time and be inaccurate at the beginning of use..might also be true of Apple.)
I don't have a problem with Apple. I ignore my calories burned on my watch. I only worry about intentional exercise calories. My issue is there not being a adjustment on MFP for steps taken. Where on other apps it is.. if I take 15,000 steps one day ( no exercise) and MFP only gives me a adjustment of 3 calories, I think that's an issue with the app not my devices.
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Somewhat unrelated, but for those who regularly manage to do 15,000 to 20,000 steps in one day...how the heck do you manage it? Isn't that like 3-4 hours of walking?0
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Yep it's a bug that happens when you add a workout. I think if you don't push a workout over from AW to MFP the step adjustment remains.0
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The adjustment is made based on what Apple's server says your total burn is.In that case, it sounds like it's Apple's calculated total calories burned that you take issue with. Try checking what stats you have entered on their server. Especially if there is some entry for your basic fitness level (Garmin has one - "Activity Class", although I believe they have been phasing out its use in favor of historical data). (Walking probably takes more effort if your usual exercise level is slug-mode, and this may be worked into their algorithm). Supposedly, Fitbits will adjust this info automatically over time and be inaccurate at the beginning of use..might also be true of Apple.)
I don't have a problem with Apple. I ignore my calories burned on my watch. I only worry about intentional exercise calories. My issue is there not being a adjustment on MFP for steps taken. Where on other apps it is.. if I take 15,000 steps one day ( no exercise) and MFP only gives me a adjustment of 3 calories, I think that's an issue with the app not my devices.0 -
The adjustment is made based on what Apple's server says your total burn is.In that case, it sounds like it's Apple's calculated total calories burned that you take issue with. Try checking what stats you have entered on their server. Especially if there is some entry for your basic fitness level (Garmin has one - "Activity Class", although I believe they have been phasing out its use in favor of historical data). (Walking probably takes more effort if your usual exercise level is slug-mode, and this may be worked into their algorithm). Supposedly, Fitbits will adjust this info automatically over time and be inaccurate at the beginning of use..might also be true of Apple.)
I don't have a problem with Apple. I ignore my calories burned on my watch. I only worry about intentional exercise calories. My issue is there not being a adjustment on MFP for steps taken. Where on other apps it is.. if I take 15,000 steps one day ( no exercise) and MFP only gives me a adjustment of 3 calories, I think that's an issue with the app not my devices.
No it's sending over all my info, I've double checked 100 times. It also works fine on other apps. You can only input your general info on Apple. Age, height and weight. There is no activity level setting.
According to other apps I'm eating 100 to 150 less a day then what I should be and that's just with an adjustment. I don't ever eat all my exercise calories back I eat 50 to 75% to leave room for miscalculation on my calorie burn.
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So, I assumed that when you set your activity level, MFP sets your calorie goal based on that, and it assumes an average amount of steps that you would take at that activity level. so you wouldn't get an increase in calories.0
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mullins1183 wrote: »So, I assumed that when you set your activity level, MFP sets your calorie goal based on that, and it assumes an average amount of steps that you would take at that activity level. so you wouldn't get an increase in calories.
Mines set at sedentary. So I would assume any steps over 5000 should give an adjustment? Like yesterday I took around 4000 steps "during" my workout. At the end of the day I had around 13,500 steps. 4000 of those steps I can see not getting an adjustment for since those were done during a logged exercise. But what about the remaining 9500 steps. That's well above sedentary.
After going back I'm not the only one experiencing this and MFP has so many different answers and many just say go with a Fitbit or jawbone.
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I was having this problem with my fitbit. I disconnected MFP and the fitbit app on my phone and computer, then reconnected starting with the computer. Not sure if it applies to Apple Watch, but it might be worth a shot? I'm now getting 200-400 calorie adjustments for about 7000 steps while set at Sedentary with no additional exercise.0
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Somewhat unrelated, but for those who regularly manage to do 15,000 to 20,000 steps in one day...how the heck do you manage it? Isn't that like 3-4 hours of walking?
I get at least 10,000 outside of exercise. During the week it's usually 13,000-16,000. I work on a college campus and am running all over for meetings from building to building. Lots of hills and stairs. And, if I can fit it in, I'll walk to or from the meeting the "long way around" to get in a few more steps. Takes very little time. Parking is tough on campus, so driving would be more of a hassle. I have access to electric golf carts, but only take one if I'm lugging more than my usual 20 pounds and/or the weather's bad.
ETA: I workout at the campus rec center or a yoga studio across the street from (part of) campus. I also get in steps walking to and from my workouts.0 -
Somewhat unrelated, but for those who regularly manage to do 15,000 to 20,000 steps in one day...how the heck do you manage it? Isn't that like 3-4 hours of walking?
I'm retired so i have plenty of time to get that many steps in most days. yesterday i did 15,704 steps which equaled to 129 active minutes (Fitbit). FTR @alid8333 I got an extra 633 calories imported over to mfp for those steps, no workout buttons to press, just automatic sync.0
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