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Fitbit app has incorrect calorie calculations

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‎01-01-2018 18:16 - edited ‎01-01-2018 18:16

‎01-01-2018 18:16 - edited ‎01-01-2018 18:16

I have noticed my Fitbit app isn't calculating correctly on the calories in vs. out.

For example: I ate 1900 calories today and I burnt 1961. Yet my Fitbit app told me I went over by 187 calories. Shouldn't it say I was under by 61 calories. This isn't the first time its happened either. Its been consistent since I started using it in October. I find it very annoying as its saying i'm going over on my food but I am clearly not. It only seems to happen when my calories in is within 100 calories of my calories out. My food intake is set at 1900 a day.

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‎01-03-2018 07:50

‎01-03-2018 07:50

Hello @SovietVodka901, welcome aboard to the Fitbit Community! I see what you are referring. Perhaps this other conversation I sustained with another member of the Community, will provide you more details on how it works these tools. Please take a look to the following thread: How does calorie counter work? 

 

Let me know how it goes and if you have other questions.

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