I have a question about calories..

stacymay13
stacymay13 Posts: 95 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
So MFP told me that I am over my daily calorie limit today by 17 calories. However, my fitbit account says that I'm within my daily calorie range. I know 17 calories isn't a big deal.. I was just wondering which one I should pay more attention to if this happens again. If anyone has any insight, I'd be glad to hear it. Especially from any other fitbit users. Thanks!

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  • mikehorn91
    mikehorn91 Posts: 6 Member
    I'm unfamiliar with fitbit, but I'm sure either is fine, as long as your are sticking to it. I wouldn't worry about it obviously. If you consider the traditional 3500 calories = 1 pound, 17 calories is less than 1 hundreth of a pound. You could probably burn that chewing gum haha.
  • stacymay13
    stacymay13 Posts: 95 Member
    lol thank you!
  • gtfcnat
    gtfcnat Posts: 199
    Do 5 star jumps :tongue:
  • bluemorpho1247
    bluemorpho1247 Posts: 300 Member
    Fitbit Ultra tracks your everyday steps, stairs climbed, calories burned, and more, and has an app etc. MFP has never been bad for me so keep to both :)
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    The truth is there is no way to get a perfect calorie count for food, or for exercise. (You can get metabolic testing - but who needs that?) Just pick one, and make that work. I use MFP for food, and my HRM for exercise. Then I enter in the equivalent for the exercise based on my HRM.
  • Becky_Boodle
    Becky_Boodle Posts: 253 Member
    Your daily goal set by MFP is already a caloric deficit to your daily needs
    so if your daily needs are 2000 and you want to lose a pound a week
    it tells you your daily goal is 1500
    it take 3500 calories burned to lose a pound (3500/7 days = 500 daily)
    so in my opinion...going over by a few calories is fine...
    assuming the foods you're consuming are good whole foods...
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 634 Member
    It doesnt really matter which one you chose just stick with that one all of the time.
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