Steps —> Calorie Adjustment

They can potentially be used. It will depend on where your numbers are coming from: are you using a fitness tracker, step counter app, or how are you tracking your steps and exercise?

Ah well, I don't have an Apple watch myself, but syncing directly to MFP seems to work well for some and badly for others.

You can sync your device in your settings in the app, under Apps and Devices.

If syncing directly doesn't work well, some people recommend syncing your Apple watch to the Pacer app and then syncing the pacer App with MFP (so no direct link between Apple and MFP).

I guess I don't understand the question then. If you're synced, you should be getting extra calories for exercise and steps above your activity level selected in MFP.
Don't you get a calorie adjustment, in your diary?

Do you see steps listed in your diary on MFP?

Here is an example showing the bottom of my diary (Android app, Fitbit):



Here's another example when I didn't get enough steps to earn any exercise calories (day after second Covid vaccine):



What do you see on your diary? That might help you figure out if it's a link issue or an activity setting issue (both described above by other posters).

BTW, I set my activity to not very active aka sedentary.

heybales wrote: »

JMGraydee18 wrote: »

I’m synced, that’s not my question: I was hoping to “earn” extra allowed calories, based on the calories I burn with activities. Is that possible?

No.

That's the issue with what Apple sends - wrong info.

No you will not get credit for extra daily activity over sedentary.

Trackers are supposed to send a Total Daily Calorie burn, MFP corrects itself and you get extra calories.

Apple though sends a Sedentary burn figure, doesn't include extra daily steps or exercise calories.

Totally screws up the math with the way it's supposed to be - shown in the Fitbit info above.

This is good to know. I used a fitbit but I also have an Apple Watch. I have not used my Apple watch to connect to MFP so this is great information should I switch it up.

carriebeary8 wrote: »

heybales wrote: »

JMGraydee18 wrote: »

I’m synced, that’s not my question: I was hoping to “earn” extra allowed calories, based on the calories I burn with activities. Is that possible?

No.

That's the issue with what Apple sends - wrong info.

No you will not get credit for extra daily activity over sedentary.

Trackers are supposed to send a Total Daily Calorie burn, MFP corrects itself and you get extra calories.

Apple though sends a Sedentary burn figure, doesn't include extra daily steps or exercise calories.

Totally screws up the math with the way it's supposed to be - shown in the Fitbit info above.

My Apple watch sends my exercise calories to MFP...It also sends my steps. You should check your health App to make sure it's set up to send that information to MFP... (go to profile in health, then apps and make sure that info it checked off)

Let me show you why it's wrong info.
Pick yesterday in MFP Exercise diary - screen shot would be great.
Otherwise write down the Adjustment line and any workouts line.

Now tap and hold on the line that say Adjustment to see further details on the math behind that.
Again screen shot, or write down the small text as to time of sync and amount of daily burn then, and what the day ended up - should match.
Now write down the small text as to how many exercise calories were part of the figure, and the MFP estimated daily burn.

Now a screen shot or note all the figures from Apple's side as to your TOTAL daily burn, or provide the base, daily activity, and workouts might be more interesting.

I'll show you the math.

Maybe it's been corrected after all these years - but I doubt it.

JMGraydee18 wrote: »

I’m synced, that’s not my question: I was hoping to “earn” extra allowed calories, based on the calories I burn with activities. Is that possible?

If it's synced, it should do that automatically. When a device is synced, you get calorie adjustments...but not for a specific activity or exercise. You get an adjustment when your activity per your watch or device indicates your actual activity exceeds that which has been manually set on MFP. For example, you're set as sedentary for your activity level on MFP, but your actual exercise and other activity per your device is indicating that your are lightly active or moderately active, etc...in this case, you would get an adjustment to reconcile that difference.

This reconciliation process is beneficial and likely more accurate than manually adding in calories or having a device send over data for a specific exercise in that your activity level is already accounting for a certain amount of activity...even a sedentary setting is going to account for, I believe, around 5,000 steps in a day if memory serves me. This reconciliation as opposed to just sending over data for a specific exercise or activity helps prevent "double dipping" into calories that have already been accounted for in your activity level setting.

I don't have an apple watch, but I am aware of certain issues with the apple watch and MFP not synching properly...basically, Apple has a long history of not playing well with others that aren't aren't also Apple...though there also seems to be regular issues with FitBit and other devices.

Go to the Goals tab. Check the convert exercise to food box .