Calories data on first day!

[Yuvi]

Hi!

Today it's my first day with Fitbit Blaze. I just finished the software update / setup process & profile info. I don't even have the watch on my wrist yet & I see this data of calories burned for the past year & for today, it's showing around 800 calories.

So, I think either this is a used watch I've received from Amazon or there is something I'm not able to understand or set up or whatever. Can someone please check the screenshot & advise accordingly?

Thanks!

[Odyssey13 · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the forums @Yuvi

When you first get your Fitbit, you will see burned calories. The devices begin the day at midnight, so no matter what time you set up, those burned calories will be there. This article on burned calories may help you. click to read

What you're seeing is normal and won't make any difference with your step statistics.

[Yuvi]

Thank you so much @Odyssey13  

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@Odyssey13 wrote:

Hello and welcome to the forums @Yuvi

When you first get your Fitbit, you will see burned calories. The devices begin the day at midnight, so no matter what time you set up, those burned calories will be there. This article on burned calories may help you. click to read

What you're seeing is normal and won't make any difference with your step statistics.

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[Rich_Laue · Accepted solution]

Congradulations @Yuvi on your purchase. 

This is simply something you don't understand. Do you remember when setting up your account you where asked for your gender, height, weight and age? Fitbit uses this to figure out your Basic Metabolism Rate or known as BMR. This is an estamate of what the body burns to keep it functioning while in a state of rest. Or to put it another way, the calories needed to keep a person with your stats (weight, gender, age) alive. Fitbit will then add to this measurement any additional calories from known steps taken. 

With this in mind let's look at your graph above, notice how every day shows the same calories burnt? This is because you requested Fitbit to display what it knows about these days. Well now, without a Fitbit on these days to record steps, Fitbit only knows about your BMR and therefore can only display this BMR. I guess Fitbit also assumes you where alive on these days. 

For an official explanation let's go to the Help site, link also found below, then type in "calories" we will find this article. 

Edit;: I see @Odyssey13 beat me to the answer. 

[Yuvi]

Thank you @Rich_Laue for the detailed explanation. Now, my head is much more clear with your reply. Thanks again! 

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@Rich_Laue wrote:

Congradulations @Yuvi on your purchase. 

This is simply something you don't understand. Do you remember when setting up your account you where asked for your gender, height, weight and age? Fitbit uses this to figure out your Basic Metabolism Rate or known as BMR. This is an eats mate of what the body burns to keep it functioning while in a state of rest. Or to put it another way, the calories needed to keep a person with your stats (weight, gender, age) alive. Fitbit will then add to this measurement any additional calories from know steps taken. 

With this in mind let's look at your graph above, notice how every day shows the same calories burnt? This is because you requested Fitbit to display what it knows about these days. Well now, without a Fitbit on these days to record steps, Fitbit only knows about your BMR and therefore can only display this BMR. I guess Fitbit also assumes you where alive on these days. 

For an official explanation let's go to the Help site, link also found below, then type in "calories" we will find this article. 

Edit;: I see @Odyssey13 beat me to the answer. 

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[Rich_Laue]

Your welcome @Yuvi, I know my explanation is a little on the silly side, but I thought this would be a fun way to explain what are seeing. 

[Yuvi]

@Rich_Laue Of course not! Probably, that was the best way I could have understood 

[Rich_Laue]

@Yuvi I appreciate that your properly using the "@" symbol, it really gets the attention of the person you want to address.