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Calorie Count

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‎03-29-2019 03:45

‎03-29-2019 03:45

How am I burning 1500 calories while walking only 6000 steps? Is there a setting that needs to be implemented? People tell me that they run 10 miles and don't burn 1500 calories.

 

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‎03-29-2019 05:10

‎03-29-2019 05:10

I think you may not be taking into account your BMR calories.

 

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. What you are seeing includes the total BMR calories burned since midnight.

 

For many people the BMR calories form the majority of their daily total. Fitbit's comments on this are at: Help article: How does Fitbit estimate how many calories I've burned?

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