Fitbit connection question

patrick_tia
patrick_tia Posts: 8 Member
edited November 24 in Fitness and Exercise
I just connected my Fitbit app to my account but I have 2 devices on my app. One for me and one for my daughter’s Fitbit. How do I only sync mine?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Set up her own Fitbit account
  • patrick_tia
    patrick_tia Posts: 8 Member
    I was trying to avoid that. She’s 11 but is my introvert that prefers a book to people. When she wanted a Fitbit to make her move more I thought it was a good idea. We are pretty strict with internet and what not. She doesn’t have a phone yet. So will both of them show up on my fitness pal
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    edited February 2018
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Set up her own Fitbit account

    ^This.

    Having 2 devices on the same account merges the data. Even on the Fitbit display. Each time the devices sync steps, calorie burn, distance, floors, ect will be combined. So steps your daughter takes while you are sitting down will be included in the step count on the Fitbit you are wearing. Same goes for calories burned and all the other information it collects.

    I have 2 Fitbits on my account. Flex 2 for swimming and Blaze for any other time. There is no way to separate the data if they are syncing to the same Fitbit account.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    patrick_tia wrote: »
    I was trying to avoid that. She’s 11 but is my introvert that prefers a book to people. When she wanted a Fitbit to make her move more I thought it was a good idea. We are pretty strict with internet and what not. She doesn’t have a phone yet. So will both of them show up on my fitness pal

    Your Fitbit account thinks you are using both devices. It doesn't know that another person has the second Fitbit. Fitbit is combining all the data it collects from both devices. Steps, calories burned... everything is combined. Because everything is combined there is no way to know how many steps you took and how many were your daughters. The steps your daughter takes will be increasing the calories burned beyond what you actually burned. This means the adjustment you would see on MFP if they sync wouldn't be right.

  • Marilyn0924
    Marilyn0924 Posts: 797 Member
    You can set up an account for her, and only allow her to sync via a computer under your supervision. Having both set up on one account will merge the data.
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