Steps vs tracking exercise

[MJean15]

I want to track my exercise/mileage but I don't use the GPS because it's always wrong. Instead I only wear my flex when I when. The problem is, when I come home and add my exercise manually it greatly increases my number of steps. The number before doesn't seem right either compared to how far I've run. Ate the average steps in a mile run different than those in a walking mile? Am I just doing something wrong when adding my exercise manually? Am I even making sense?

[MarreFitbit]

Welcome to the Fitbit Community @MJean15 ! Typically, your data will be recalculated if you manually log an activity as the manually logged activity takes precedence over the data tracked while wearing your tracker at that point in time. For example, if I am wearing my Flex and walking and I reach 10,000 steps, then I go to the computer and manually log an activity that starts and ends at that point in time for say 1 hour, Fitbit will calculate how many steps you took and it may bring my step count to something below 10,000 steps. To clarify, activities should only be manually logged when you forget to wear your Flex.

Hope this helps!