Calories in vs out explanation

[janiehray]

the calories left on the dashboard of the app says 804 calories in and 813 calories left, but when i go to the food log in page, it says 804 calories in and 567 calories left - WHAT GIVES? 

Moderator edit: updated subject for clarity

[MarreFitbit · Accepted solution]

Hi there @janiehray, welcome to the Community Forums. Thanks for the details provided.

Keep in mind that the allowance and the gauge that compared calories in vs out have different functions. The allowance will give you an amount of calories that you can consume, based on the number you entered or on your average activity and consumption levels to that point. The gauge's work is merely to show you how much you have eates vs what you have consumed. 

Using them both in conjunction gives you a better overall idea of where you are. Remember that, if it hasn't been manually set, the allowance will change during the day to accommodate for how many calories you have burnt so far.

Below you'll find a better explanation of your calories. 😉

Under

More can be eaten (up to 'in range' / green zone) to stay within the food plan, when being under the deficit will be larger than the selected deficit and more weight will be lost instead.

In zone

Stay in this zone to keep on track to stay within the desired deficit, when watching the food plan, you are able to see how many calories can be eaten for the day.

The zone chart only looks at the total intake / calories burned since midnight until (now). When eating more calories (according to the food plan allowance) more can be eaten but the chart can display being over at the moment since the body didn't burned as many calories yet.

When staying within the food plan, even when being over at the moment (eating more at dinner), it will drop back to 'within range' during the day.

Over

More calories have been eaten than the food plan (desired deficit), there may still be a deficit, and still loosing weight, but not as much as the selected weight loss plan..

Deficit: 500

Eat over with 200, there's still a deficit of 300 and still being on track to loose weight however the weight loss will be a bit less.

It's allowed to be 50 calories under or above the food plan to stay on track.

I've moved your post to the Android App to get more related replies. 

Let me know if you need further assistance, I'll be around.