MFP based on your selected activity level is planning that you would burn 2129 calories daily. Or 1.4784 cal/min.

Eating goal should be 1879 with 250 deficit then.

Did you put in a 1630 goal?
Because that's actually a 500 cal deficit, for 1 lb weekly. Your setting probably not what you think it is.

Anyway, Fitbit reported you burned 2114 calories with 5 min of day left.
1.4784 x 5 min = 7.4 cal left at MFP rate of burn.

2120 (2121 actually but rounding) for the TDEE then.

You didn't burn more than MFP already expected you to.

So yes a negative calorie adjustment - MFP is correcting itself for your daily burn to what Fitbit said it really was.

And whatever that result is, is added or subtracted from your eating goal.

So your eating should have been 1621, right?

Oh, in your description you seem to be combining deficit and eating goal way too early in the math.
Fitbit reported (2120) - MFP estimated (2129) - MFP known workouts (0) = adjustment neg 9

base eating goal 1630 + workouts 0 + adjustment - 9 = new eating goal 1621

Of course the 1630 already was set from 2129 - 500 deficit, that isn't done daily.

It's doing the adjustment perfectly in regards to Fitbit and MFP. Your screen shot proves that.

With negative enabled you'd get negative if Fitbit shows you were less active than MFP thought you'd be. You've seen that happen. And if you are more active - you get credit for that.


What's not right is the starting base eating goal, that's the only problem - it's not 250 off your MFP estimated daily calorie burn.

I'd suggest Sign off the MFP app if you use it. Close it from running.
Sign on to only the MFP web account.
Go to settings for your profile.
Set to 1 lb weekly to match what it's using. Save out. Should show current eating level.
Now go back in and set to 1/2 lb weekly for the 250 deficit you want. Save out.

Check on Home - Goals page if the base eating goal is correct now.
Check tomorrows Food Diary for base eating goal.

If all correct, now can log back into MFP app. Should update and be correct there, because that app server should be checking into the account server for updates.

Did you follow my steps before you were changing activity level?
The reason I gave them is because that works with many systems that display one thing but are by results using a different value.

And while the app is supposed to update according to your account settings - if it appears the app had the last change when it connects - it'll update the account settings.

ExistingFish wrote: »

heybales wrote: »

Did you follow my steps before you were changing activity level?
The reason I gave them is because that works with many systems that display one thing but are by results using a different value.

And while the app is supposed to update according to your account settings - if it appears the app had the last change when it connects - it'll update the account settings.

Closed out the app. Forced stopped it.

Changed to 1lb/week - does not show current level -



Changed it back to 0.5lb/week - still says 1630.

I think my problem is my activity level. I think I figured it out. I'd say I'm "active" or "moderately active" - I work out 3x a week, otherwise, I have a desk job - at home though so I don't sit down all day. That said I also breastfeed every day, which would count as a light workout. When I change it to "very active" everything works. I think that is it.

Once I change it to "very active" it mostly works. It starts at 1870, which is fine. I just need to pay attention to the negative adjustments on non-workout days. I didn't want to do that. I wanted it to start lower just add when my activity is higher. I appreciate your help guys, even though it is a MFP problem not a fitbit problem!

That picture shows that when you changed it to 500 cal deficit, eating goal was 1380 base calories. That's the current eating level.

That would assume it's calculating your daily burn at 1880.

So then you change to 250 cal deficit. That means eating goal 1630 on the head.

That 1880 it calculated is pretty simple too.

BMR x 1.25 sedentary, or 1.4 lightly-active, or 1.6 active, or 1.75 moderately active.

Does that math work out for what you picked with your BMR? (MFP has BMR shown under Apps)

So the eating goal is correct for the figures that show up right now.

But what activity level did you pick that got the 1880?
What activity level did you pick that got the 2130 in your OP?

Because there is no combo of BMR that leads to both numbers for the various activity levels.
I think your MFP app with incorrect info was causing the 2130 - that number needs to be thrown out.
Your OP issue needs to be skipped due to known incorrect info.

So I'm concerned that 1880 is figured to be your daily burn with NO exercise (you are doing it wrong if exercise even comes into your head for picking a daily activity estimate, MFP is NO exercise up front - you are a mother, so Lightly Active would be right).

1880 seems to be your daily burn number with whatever activity level you picked this time.

The Fitbit burns up around 2100 would cause an adjustment of around 200 calories.
Your eating goal would go up from 1630 base to around 1830.

With 250 cal deficit.

2100 - 250 = 1850.

Also - changing stuff in the middle of the day is just asking for delayed responses to the app which is hopefully still logged out of. And of course any adjustments calculated from Fitbit daily burn will be likely unadjusted at all.
So forget mid-day messing around being reliable figures.

If you always want a positive adjustment, get off the higher activity levels which are already accounting on you burning more - so smaller adjustment and possible negative adjustments.
Set to lightly Active. Base eating goal will go down - you'll get bigger adjustments.