Fitbit

gailflack · January 2023

Hello
Does anyone use a Fitbit? Can you connect the Fitbit with myfitness pal?

melissaaridgeway · January 2023

Yes. I was able to link mine a couple days back. Should be able to go into your settings and click on devices and do it that way.

chris_in_cal · January 2023

It's possible. Good Luck. I used a Garmin with MFP for a long time. In 2022 I got a little fitbit and connected it to MFP.

I found it is a little tricky, and it doesn't do exactly what I think it should do, but for what it is it's a nice combo. Please reply back if you want to work through it together.

sissonj404 · January 2023

I've noticed linking fitbit and mfp can be a bit tricky (as chris stated already). From what I can tell, any exercise should be entered in fitbit (as normal) and a summary (i.e. calories burned) will get sync'd to MFP. Any food should be entered in MFP and a summary will get sync'd to FitBit (i.e. "summary of breakfast" with macros and such). Where people run in to trouble is they enter exercise in MFP, or food in Fitbit. Weight is the one that tripped me up, but if you enter your weight and measurements in MFP *only*, they seem to continually sync to FitBit (I think I entered my weight in FitBit at one point, which caused them to get out of sync, so I had to unlink/relink to fix it).

darlin930 · January 2023

I just upgraded from charge 3 to charge 5 and lost ALL of my friends, ALL of my challenges, ALL of my badges EVERYTHING! I am so upset!

Rockmama1111 · January 2023

My Fitbit is linked. I use the steps for my extra-calorie cushion. I don’t enter any other exercise in either app.

age_is_just_a_number · January 2023

Yes and yes.
Just read and follow the instructions, it’s not that hard.
One item to note — the Fitbit exercises don’t import directly into mfp. Rather, Fitbit send to mfp total calories burned for the day. Then mfp calculates a calorie exercise adjustment.