Fitbit not syncing with app

coffingurl wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

hesn92 wrote: »

Ok so you can see how many calories you have burned on the Fitbit app. Why not just do your own math. I guess I just don’t understand why this is such a terrible tragedy.

Im manually adding all mine. it shows right on the fitbit app how many minutes you are active and what your burned. so its not that hard to go into mfp and find the right exercise and add it. or heck they can use their fitbit app to add food and exercise and unsync in with MFP and still have the info they need. it doesnt need to be synced.some dont even sync their fitbit with MFP because they say its more accurate(for them) using the fitbit app only.

I fou d using Fitbit very non-user friendly in calculating your intake. It does t calculate it the same way and when I look at MFP and compare to Fitbit, it always has me over my calories for the day, yet um way under for mfp

because fitbit doesnt use the NEAT method and MFP does. you can set your own calorie goal in fitbit too you dont have to go with what it gives you. I have done that in the past and not had issues losing weight. fitbit probably counts your exercise calories where MFP doesnt. Im sure thats the difference.

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

Can anyone explain why I'm set at 1440 cals and my fitbit is saying I burned an extra 1200 calories, meaning I should be eating 2600 calories? On fitbit it says I've burned 2800 cals today and with my 1000 cal deficit shouldn't I eat less then 1800?

Did I do something wrong? Why is it showing so many extra calories on mfp?

because its not just calories you burned from exercise showing that also includes what your body burns by being alive if you wear it 24/7. or did you burn just 1200 from exercise and if so what did you do and for how long? my fitbit says I burned 2300 calories today total but that includes my BMR(what I burn just to stay alive). I burn 700-800 while Im asleep and the rest I burn by being alive and my exercise,daily activities,etc.

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

Can anyone explain why I'm set at 1440 cals and my fitbit is saying I burned an extra 1200 calories, meaning I should be eating 2600 calories? On fitbit it says I've burned 2800 cals today and with my 1000 cal deficit shouldn't I eat less then 1800?

Did I do something wrong? Why is it showing so many extra calories on mfp?

because its not just calories you burned from exercise showing that also includes what your body burns by being alive if you wear it 24/7. or did you burn just 1200 from exercise and if so what did you do and for how long? my fitbit says I burned 2300 calories today total but that includes my BMR(what I burn just to stay alive). I burn 700-800 while Im asleep and the rest I burn by being alive and my exercise,daily activities,etc.

I did exercise today, a cross trainer but only for 30 minutes and my burn from that was 311 calories. I only had 8500 steps in, where I usually get about 12000-15000.

There is no way I could eat 2300 calories and lose weight. Are you saying that the sync is right and that's how much it's actually telling me to eat?

are you getting the calorie burn from the machine or the fitbit? and no thats not what Im saying. if you burned 311 from exercise and 8500 steps is maybe 300-400 calories? depending on your height and weight. that means you had maybe an extra 600-700 calories from exercise if correct. .

heres the thing. if fitbit says you burned 2800 calories that included not only your exercise calories but also includes your BMR. did you manually enter your exercise into MFP since its not syncing? it will tell you on the fitbit app what exercises you did and how long and how much you burned. you dont take the total amount of calories burned you need to know what your exercise calories are and add those onto the 1440. so that would be 1440+600 =2040 if you eat them all back. if you eat back half which is 300 calories it would be 1740 calories you need to eat. you can try and eat back your exercise calories only and give it awhile and see if you still lose or you can eat back 50-75% and try that and see if you lose weight.

your calorie goal is 1440 and you set it to lose 2 lbs a week(1000 calorie deficit) that means that to maintain your current weight your TDEE is 2440 calories.

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

Can anyone explain why I'm set at 1440 cals and my fitbit is saying I burned an extra 1200 calories, meaning I should be eating 2600 calories? On fitbit it says I've burned 2800 cals today and with my 1000 cal deficit shouldn't I eat less then 1800?

Did I do something wrong? Why is it showing so many extra calories on mfp?

because its not just calories you burned from exercise showing that also includes what your body burns by being alive if you wear it 24/7. or did you burn just 1200 from exercise and if so what did you do and for how long? my fitbit says I burned 2300 calories today total but that includes my BMR(what I burn just to stay alive). I burn 700-800 while Im asleep and the rest I burn by being alive and my exercise,daily activities,etc.

I did exercise today, a cross trainer but only for 30 minutes and my burn from that was 311 calories. I only had 8500 steps in, where I usually get about 12000-15000.

There is no way I could eat 2300 calories and lose weight. Are you saying that the sync is right and that's how much it's actually telling me to eat?

are you getting the calorie burn from the machine or the fitbit? and no thats not what Im saying. if you burned 311 from exercise and 8500 steps is maybe 300-400 calories? depending on your height and weight. that means you had maybe an extra 600-700 calories from exercise if correct. .

heres the thing. if fitbit says you burned 2800 calories that included not only your exercise calories but also includes your BMR. did you manually enter your exercise into MFP since its not syncing? it will tell you on the fitbit app what exercises you did and how long and how much you burned. you dont take the total amount of calories burned you need to know what your exercise calories are and add those onto the 1440. so that would be 1440+600 =2040 if you eat them all back. if you eat back half which is 300 calories it would be 1740 calories you need to eat. you can try and eat back your exercise calories only and give it awhile and see if you still lose or you can eat back 50-75% and try that and see if you lose weight.

your calorie goal is 1440 and you set it to lose 2 lbs a week(1000 calorie deficit) that means that to maintain your current weight your TDEE is 2440 calories.

That 311 was what my fitbit said I burned during the exercise. The machine said like 280 or something similar.

They are syncing now, but the burn or "added" calories seem so much. It seems like I'm getting an additional 600+ calories on days I'm getting 8000+ steps in, workout or no. So if I would eat back half of those, that means I would approx be eating 1800ish calories a day after exercise and steps. And those 1800 would supposedly still be giving me my 1000 calorie deficit? I am 5'2 and 197lb and 27 years old, female.

yes, walking would be about 200-300 calories for about every 5000 steps or so. maybe a bit less. so 311 for the machine and an additional 400 or so for the steps for today.its possible to burn over 600 calories walking more than 10k steps. and yes those 1800 if its syncing still includes your deficit if you are using mfp to calculate calories. eat half back and see where you are in a month if not losing or losing slower then cut it down a 100 calories or so. if losing to fast eat back more.

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

Stellamom2018 wrote: »

Can anyone explain why I'm set at 1440 cals and my fitbit is saying I burned an extra 1200 calories, meaning I should be eating 2600 calories? On fitbit it says I've burned 2800 cals today and with my 1000 cal deficit shouldn't I eat less then 1800?

Did I do something wrong? Why is it showing so many extra calories on mfp?

because its not just calories you burned from exercise showing that also includes what your body burns by being alive if you wear it 24/7. or did you burn just 1200 from exercise and if so what did you do and for how long? my fitbit says I burned 2300 calories today total but that includes my BMR(what I burn just to stay alive). I burn 700-800 while Im asleep and the rest I burn by being alive and my exercise,daily activities,etc.

I did exercise today, a cross trainer but only for 30 minutes and my burn from that was 311 calories. I only had 8500 steps in, where I usually get about 12000-15000.

There is no way I could eat 2300 calories and lose weight. Are you saying that the sync is right and that's how much it's actually telling me to eat?

are you getting the calorie burn from the machine or the fitbit? and no thats not what Im saying. if you burned 311 from exercise and 8500 steps is maybe 300-400 calories? depending on your height and weight. that means you had maybe an extra 600-700 calories from exercise if correct. .

heres the thing. if fitbit says you burned 2800 calories that included not only your exercise calories but also includes your BMR. did you manually enter your exercise into MFP since its not syncing? it will tell you on the fitbit app what exercises you did and how long and how much you burned. you dont take the total amount of calories burned you need to know what your exercise calories are and add those onto the 1440. so that would be 1440+600 =2040 if you eat them all back. if you eat back half which is 300 calories it would be 1740 calories you need to eat. you can try and eat back your exercise calories only and give it awhile and see if you still lose or you can eat back 50-75% and try that and see if you lose weight.

your calorie goal is 1440 and you set it to lose 2 lbs a week(1000 calorie deficit) that means that to maintain your current weight your TDEE is 2440 calories.

That 311 was what my fitbit said I burned during the exercise. The machine said like 280 or something similar.

They are syncing now, but the burn or "added" calories seem so much. It seems like I'm getting an additional 600+ calories on days I'm getting 8000+ steps in, workout or no. So if I would eat back half of those, that means I would approx be eating 1800ish calories a day after exercise and steps. And those 1800 would supposedly still be giving me my 1000 calorie deficit? I am 5'2 and 197lb and 27 years old, female.

yes, walking would be about 200-300 calories for about every 5000 steps or so. maybe a bit less. so 311 for the machine and an additional 400 or so for the steps for today.its possible to burn over 600 calories walking more than 10k steps. and yes those 1800 if its syncing still includes your deficit if you are using mfp to calculate calories. eat half back and see where you are in a month if not losing or losing slower then cut it down a 100 calories or so. if losing to fast eat back more.

I appreciate you dealing with my questions! Thank you!

no problem. i learned a lot here by people helping me with my questions.