No calories given for steps

I did over 17,000 steps yesterday with my Fitbit but MFP is showing 0 calories for exercise. I haven't changed anything and have disconnected and reconnected both apps. Is there anything else I can do please?

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  • durden
    durden Posts: 4,595 MFP Staff
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    I have an update on this- apparently we have in fact made some changes to adjustments, so I apologize for not getting that update before. The behavior you are all referencing is tied to that, and I can confirm is not the result of a bug or issue.

    In short: We resolved an issue that was causing the app to underestimate how many calories you might burn in a day. So we were over reporting the calories you were burning via steps and activity.

     For additional context: To better estimate your total energy needs, MyFitnessPal recently updated the Physical Activity Levels in accordance with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics findings. Estimating total energy needs involves multiplying the resting metabolic rate (RMR) by one of the following physical activity factors:

    • Sedentary / Not Very Active: 1.4  
    • Low / Lightly Active: 1.6  
    • Active: 1.8  
    • Very Active: 2

     Some recent user accounts, however, were using the outdated calculations when it came time to calculate how your steps and activity affected your daily goal.

     We pushed an update to our server side calculations so that your calculations are back inline with what’s expected. So you might see that you are being granted less calories to your Daily Goal based on your activity then you were before.

     If you have recently changed, or will change, your activity level or updated your current weight via the Goals section of the app, this would trigger an update to your calorie goals using the updated factors. You can read more about how we calculate calorie goals in this article.

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