MFP Removing Calories Earned Via Steps

timhoward42
timhoward42 Posts: 4 Member
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Morning All,

I use Samsung Health on my phone to track steps that feed in to MFP which is great. However, if I then do additional exercise, say circuit training, when I input those calories, either through Samsung OR through MFP, it drops my calorie adjustment for the steps part to 0 and doesn't change.

Any ideas how I can prevent this happening as it skews the total figures.

Thank you.

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  • XxFunctionalStrengthxX
    XxFunctionalStrengthxX Posts: 2,466 Member
    Go into your settings and disable the the option to adjust calories deficits from exercises. Depending on your goals, you will also want to adjust your profile to match your activity levels. I have mine set at sedentary for a few different reasons.
  • timhoward42
    timhoward42 Posts: 4 Member
    Is that feature only on the premium? I am new to this so just checking. Thank you.
  • timhoward42
    timhoward42 Posts: 4 Member
    XxFunctionalStrengthxX wrote: »
    Go into your settings and disable the the option to adjust calories deficits from exercises. Depending on your goals, you will also want to adjust your profile to match your activity levels. I have mine set at sedentary for a few different reasons.

    I cant seem to make that adjustment that you mentioned.

    Yesterday's number was

    Samsung steps: 377 calories
    Circuit training: 171 calories


    It has now changed and remained at

    Samsung steps: 0 calories
    Circuit training: 171 calories


    No idea how to fix it but it now tells me I am over where I should be on the daily total.
  • XxFunctionalStrengthxX
    XxFunctionalStrengthxX Posts: 2,466 Member
    I'm a premium member, so it may only be available there. But, I also gave you directions from a web browser on a computer. If you're attempting to make changes on a phone, it might be: setting -> goals -> Activity level and settings -> goals -> Exercise Calories.

    This is on iOS. Android might be slightly different.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    It's a premium feature.

    It's also a setting to stop the normal increase to base eating goal so that you appropriately eat more when you do more.
    But some people use a non-MFP method so they disable.
    But an increase to base eating goal isn't your issue anyway.

    Your issue is different and likely part of the problem that Samsung Health isn't sending correct info to MFP to do math with. If you've synced accounts.

    Or the common issue of you've only setup MFP app to use your phone to count steps.
    Since it is very rough estimate how many calories goes with those steps, and it doesn't know what of those calories was increased daily activity, or instead from exercise, or bit of both.

    So on that Exercise Diary screen where you saw the Samsung Adjustment, and then your workout after you logged it.
    Press & hold on the adjustment until more details are shown.
    Can you get a screen shot and attach to a reply?

    If it says in parenthesis below the daily estimate (based on so-many calories burned at such a time) then that is what your Samsung Health account sent to MFP.

    Is that number reality - is that what it really shows you burned in absolute total at about that time, daily, extra, and exercise = Total Daily Burned (TDEE) - in Samsung account?

    I'll bet it doesn't know about the workout, so it doesn't know to increase the daily burn beyond what the steps may say.
    But curious what yours says.

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