Calorie count

[bike2bfit]

Hi everyone. I just noticed that my calorie burned count is 2,033 for 13,200 steps. I looked through past days and my step count was a bit lower but calories burned was noticeably higher. Example: Tuesday I have 12,346 steps with 47 active minutes and burned 2,834 calories. Today I'm at 13,200 steroids, 111 active minutes and 2,033 burned. That doesn't make much sense to me. So I went back a bit further and the calories I burned each day is higher than today yet my activities and step counts was lower. Any suggestions or ideas?

[SteveH]

I think the issue might be that there isn't a simple, single calorie burn per minute. If fitbit were to allocate a set number of calories per active minute and a lower set number of calories per other minutes then your numbers would not make sense.

However, fitbit continuously monitors effort and calculates calories accordingly. In general you should get more calories burned for active minutes but it may be the rest of the day that's key. If you were mildly active (but not enough to get active minutes) then you burn more calories than if you were at a desk all day.

In the end it has to come down to a degree of trust. Calculating calorie burn is a complex matter. We use fitbits to do it because of that but there is a degree of blind trust required that it's doing it correctly.

[bike2bfit]

thank you for taking the time to respond. It just doesn't make sense to burn less when you actually did more. But then again, this is simply a guide to begin with. Thank you again.