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Calories burned prior to ownership.

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‎05-13-2018 23:34

‎05-13-2018 23:34

Fit it app shows 1714 Calories burned for every day prior to owning the unit. How can I get rid of this data?

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‎05-13-2018 23:38

‎05-13-2018 23:38

I'm afraid you can't.

 

As well as tracking calories burned through activity your fitbit also tracks your BMR calories. These are the calories you burn just keeping your body alive (even when asleep). They are calculated from your profile settings for age, height, weight etc so you needn't be wearing your fitbit to get them. When you look at a day in the past it is able to calculate and show the total BMR calories for that day based on your current profile settings.

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‎05-14-2018 22:11

In response to SteveH

‎05-14-2018 22:11

Seems like meaningless data to me. Why would anyone care about an artificial calorie count for any date prior to ever having worn the fitbit? 
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‎05-14-2018 23:24

In response to SunsetRunner

‎05-14-2018 23:24

Yes, it is meaningless and best ignored

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