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Do you actually have the accounts linked, or did you just say to get steps from the Garmin? (for some devices that just means grabbing the step data that's going to another app on the phone) If just steps - then MFP has to try to estimate distance from those steps, and then distance and pace is a great formula for…

Funny coincidence - I learned/remembered how to use FitNotes app better, and changed the default rest time on most of the exercises to be shorter in general, and usually try to stop trying to accomplish other chores during the rest that make it take longer. I've only trimmed 5-10 min off, and observed the same response of…

That's Apple sending that over - when you choose to make it a workout. Nothing says you have to. The activity will still fall into the daily count on Apple figures. But if you read the comments you'll see why that doesn't matter much when they send the wrong figures to MFP.

You'll need to explain a tad better. Adjusted calories in Connect? Do you mean the line in your status that says "Adjusted Goal" (online view, device may use different term)? With several trackers - when you link them to MFP - the Adjustment in MFP is merely the difference between what you told MFP you thought you'd burn…

I'm thinking you may have been given some 1 liners before that don't help the situation: "you probably aren't losing weight because you are gaining muscle" "muscle weighs more than fat so probably gaining that" "you are turning fat into muscle" probably some other similar ideas. All false. If only it was possible to gain…

Keep the muscle by strength training now - or there will only be more fat under the fat you lose! When you have excess fat and starting strength training is about the ONLY time you might possibly gain some muscle while losing body fat and weight. Don't just become a smaller version of current self - have some muscle to…

Your evening routine is going to determine how much you got left in the morning to power your workouts. Sleep is burning mainly fat, little bit of liver carbs for the brain. If you eat a small meal at say 5pm very light on the carbs (because you ate a big breakfast/lunch say), and then were busy all night say moving stuff…

Well - nothing like killing a good recovery from the 1st squat by doing that 2nd squat day after! Do your damage - it's the repair and recovery that makes you stronger and grows muscle. You appear to be trying to kill that. Stop it. If you can't do the routine as given - don't attempt the routine. Change it. Do what will…

The one that doesn't make you super hungry compared to the type of workout just done. Example - I can go for a 1 - 1.5 hr walk when injured - and get very very hungry even while walking, and I stay that way afterwards for a long time. And I haven't burned that many calories actually. Waaaaaay to easy to eat too much. But I…

Can't recall if I'd checked out his website on his prior visit - but it's looking very nice now. He got to do something he loves. He followed in your footsteps Niner!

MFP sends an exercise delete off to the synced 3rd party to decide how to deal with it. Samsung must be resending the workout data. For instance Fitbit will delete the workout on their side. (well, at least a year ago they did) Garmin does not delete the workout. Sounds like Samsung does not. And they resend it. If you…

The disconnecting and reconnecting is actually the worst idea. When there are sync issues between Fitbit and MFP - they say just wait don't disconnect/reconnect - because that creates orphan entries of data looking for your old account sync ID and new ones are now starting. If the sending side really hasn't received an Ack…

That just doesn't seem right! I haven't even been as active as prior years - and it sure seems like more than 4 years of great advice and inspiration - and perspiration.

My son's biology teacher gave the class something from that site - 1 pager about what problems it causes. They were to write 4-5 sentence comments about to ban or not. I thought for sure the beans had already been spilled and said nice way to look at water and the fact it's all about dosage in so many ways (the ground, the…

Oh bummer. I'd ask on a new thread you create, because not many notice adds made to the FAQ which isn't really for troubleshooting.

That is very true - the account sending the workout picks from the acceptable MFP text descriptions. And calories, and start/duration time. MFP isn't sent the pace or speed and it selects the correct one. I haven't checked the MFP API description list lately, but it did use to be a subset of the database descriptions that…

Steps are more accurate if the stride length has been adjusted to get decent accurate distance. Mean daily pace though, not exercise pace. Need stride length for what the majority of day will be, not just 30-60 min of exercise - so usually 1.8 mph for most people. The steps will be much better than HR for a lower level…

Dittos. @farendabell1 - keep using MFP and looking up items and you'll soon discover why the typing in of numbers and perhaps clicking the unit is nothing compared to finding the correct item to even use. I could see if you have gotten the vast majority of stuff you'll be weighing to be in your frequent list for easy…

I would examine your logging accuracy. Because frankly - you didn't gain weight eating 1000 cal or below. So eating more is not an issue. So you may be eating more than you are logging. Calories is per weight - grams, not cups, spoons, "about 1/3 package" ect. Perhaps you have wholesale changed what you eat, and while…

Here's a similar thing Garmin does on their own site, before even sending a daily burn figure to MFP. They now attempt to mimic the Apple method sorta. A base burn Resting calories which is actually mighty close to BMR x 1.2. And then Active Calories, anything above that. So before my daily tracker syncs I get my workout…

You can also create your own workout called that. If the amount of time spent on the machines vs the cardio is consistent, and you plan on keeping this up long enough to do a little leg work, you can estimate it. Use Ann's point about those 2 lifting options, pick the one that is correct and see how many calories for the…

Many of the trackers are HR-based, but they are smart enough to know you can't base daily activity burn on HR - that's really inflated. But some people's daily HR does bounce up into what a device would start counting as exercise, and therefore using HR-based calorie burn, and at the bottom of the exercise range that's…

So on busy day you got an 1195 calories from all those logged activities. So all that 309 min, over 5 hrs of activity now logged separately - should NOT have your normally accounted for MFP activity level of calorie burn counted - right? Let's say your BMR is 1400 and Sedentary (Not Very Active) level means 1750 daily…

It really depends if you have an activity tracker account that is being synced with. That account keeps track of the daily burn, and steps. It reports those as figures to MFP to work with. Steps is displayed - that's it's, no math. Daily burn is used in math. A workout sent to MFP from another source will have a time stamp…

If walking at an incline makes it more intense for you - the fuel source will shift towards carbs from fat actually. Still burning both - but anything more intense is more carbs - hence the reason anaerobic is above the aerobic range and very short lived in comparison to farther down the scale, because it's burning higher…

Huge misunderstanding on weight loss. Avoid the tik-tok idiots (sorry I just can't believe the stupidity I see passed on) with no experience or knowledge parroting things they've heard and think they understand. Exercise is for heart health and body changes - done right can help weight loss be fat and not muscle, done…

If Google Fit comes back as an account MFP can sync to - you can sync your device/app to Google Fit.

You could probably pick a weekend and just do the distance in training, take a rest day prior. It'll take longer without the support - but setup your stuff at home or in car exactly like it would be there on ground in transition area. (don't forget if doing it from car, bring bike lock or someone that is willing to hang…

The time to walk 3 miles and 2.1 miles is going to be very different if it felt like the pace was even close to similar. What was the timing difference between iphone 3 miles and iphone 2.1 miles? Should give a clue to accuracy. Sister's walk outside? Both devices probably using GPS. What was that pace?

When MFP is using a device as merely a step source and that's all (Apple is special in this case because it'll still send workouts over) - it has no idea if a workout has some, all, or none of the steps that cause you to go above your selected activity level calorie burn. So to prevent possible double-counting, it…