Blaze isn't tracking my calories accurately

[LukeSJ]

Hi, 

I've tried so many troubleshooting methods but the calories showing up on my blaze everyday is incorrect! How do I delete these and reset this? I’ve tried shutdown, deleted the device / reinstalled, deleted data and various others way mentioned online and still showing up. Thanks in advance

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[SteveH]

You can't delete calories tracked by fitbit. In what way are they wrong? 

[LukeSJ]

Having researched I believe it’s to do with my BMR but needed to adjust my weight from when I first set it up. How accurate is the reading of calories from BMR even when watch is not physically on the wrist?

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[SteveH]

Calculation of your BMR calories is made purely using your profile settings for age, gender, height, weight. The calculation is the same whether you are wearing it or not.

The calculations use a standard algorithm known as mifflin st jeor and there are BMR calculators on the web that work out your BMR calories to compare with Fitbit's.

Basically, as long as your profile settings are correct, your BMR calories are pretty accurate. 

[LukeSJ]

Thanks for clarifying.

Can the BMR calories showing each day as I awake be included in the total number of genuine calories the body has burned for that day?

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[SteveH]

Your BMR calories are genuine! But, I know what you mean. 

Wherever you see calories burned on your tracker or in the app, it is showing the total BMR calories plus the total active calories burned since the count was reset at midnight. In fact, it's not possible to show either BMR or active calories separately.

[LukeSJ]

Ok, so as a male I would be ok to consume my full 2500 calories allowance per day knowing that I’m guaranteed to burn around 1600 BMR calories from that without even being active? Furthermore if I was to burn the remaining 900 calories I would actually come in at zero calories?

This is all hypothetical as I’m very active but just trying to understand it.

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[SteveH]

Yes, even if you don't get out of bed then you'll still burn your BMR calories (1600 in your case).

When using Fitbit to manage your weight you need to balance the calories you eat with the total calories you burn (your BMR calories plus your active calories). If they are about the same then your weight should stay about the same. For every 500 calories you eat more than you burn you'll put on about 1 pound per week. Similarly, for every 500 calories you burn more than you eat you'll lose around 1 pound per week (1 pound is about 3500 calories)

If you are prepared to log the food you eat then fitbit can manage all this for you. See: https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1375.htm