Calorie overcounter

[preston4220]

I took my fitbit blaze off last night and left it on the bathroom counter. When i woke up 7 hours later, it said i had burned over 2000 calories. Why? If that were really the case, everyone would be skinny

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[SteveH]

As well as tracking calories you burn 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 (age, weight etc) so you needn't be wearing your fitbit to get them. What you will be seeing is the total BMR calories burned since midnight. 

http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-does-Fitbit-know-how-many-calories-I-ve-burne...

2000 is a lot for overnight BMR calories but it does vary depending on your profile settings. For example, the heavier you are the more they will be. It might be worth checking your profile settings just in case: https://www.fitbit.com/user/profile/edit

[preston4220]

I am a very healthy 160lb man. my typical readings are about 500 for the
night