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Today I have been a couch potatoe all day and my fitbit synced only +21 of exercise calories it says that so far I have burned a total of 1174 calories. Im 5'4 and weigh 172lbs. Is burning a total of 2300 for a day of normal body functions and activity(10k steps +) sound about right?

Hmmmmm could be. However the 1000 calories was just yesterday. If you see all other days are not like that.

Thank you.

1000+ calories for that number of steps sounds kind of high to me. What's your current height/weight? ~Lyssa[/quote] When I only get 10k steps my burn will be of a little over 500. Yesterday was a very, very active day for me. I think I ended the night with over 15k steps and my heart rate was elevated for the time i was…

If you have negative calorie adjustments enabled, when you first log in to MFP, you'll see something like this (these are my numbers): 1500(GOAL)| 0(FOOD) + -81(EXERCISE) = 81 NET That 81 is a negative adjustment because I've barely moved so far. MFP estimates that I can eat 1500 calories to maintain my weight, but, even…

What is kcal? Do u mean calories. And for my height and weight 2300 is not alot. My body burns that in general more or less depending on how active I am. A body will burn about 1000 calories just by functioning.

Yeah your right. Eating out needs to be minimized. I usually can do anywhere from 10k steps to 15k (ive got 20k on some days when I've walked for lunch break and jogged in the evening). I dont log any exercise on mfp since fitbit tracks all my moves and syncs them. Fitbit has all my stats. But what do u mean by starting of…

Yeah I will try it. It's just confusing for me because I synced my fitbit to mfp and I see the exercise calories burned and I always question weather I eat them or ignore them.

Yeah makes sense. I will adjust my deficit to 1/2 lb and see how that works. What about the calories I burn. Do I just ignore them?

Thank you.

Oh ok. Well I do use the recipe builder alot, I do weigh solids in grams. I also log daily the only days I didn't log was last weekend due to me being out of town in a celebration.

Oh I see lol. Yeah I measure in grams all solids and use the recipe builder alot.

I put my deficit at 11/2 lb per week but I'm not even losing 1/2.

Yes you are right! I use the recipe builder often.

The chocolate chip pancakes are made by me and I entered the ingridients in the mfp recipe log and calculated 1 pancake as a serving. How is it not accurate?

True. Thanks.

It was 2 days of last weekend I was out of town at a celebration and it was difficult to log what I ate but I usually do.

Thank you :)

Thanks. Where is this thread?

Yes I do have a food scale and I negative calorie adjustments enabled and my activity level set at sedentary.

Thanks

I measure my food, I have a foid scale. I'm active but my MFP is set to Sedentary. I do move alot throughout the day and I walk for about 1/2 hr - 1 hr. Yesterday's burn was due to me dancing for quite some time at a party and doing some deep cleaning during the day at my house.

I log everything and I estimate based on what my fitbit tells me I burn. This is why Im so frustrated.

And yesterday's logging was eating at maintenance because I was at a party and drank.

I burn about 2300 and eat about 1600. Ive tried eating as low as as 1200 but it makes no difference.

According to my fitbit I burn about 2300 a day so I set my calories to 1350 but end up eating about 1600 because of what I burn. I log everyday, what u see on my diary is what I eat. And I weigh my food with a scale. Is 1350 -1600 too much to be eating?

Awesome thanks!