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Past Calorie Burn Wrong

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‎01-16-2016 20:47

‎01-16-2016 20:47

Hi

Thank you for reading. I just set up my fitbit tonight and it said for the year of 2015 I burned 1500 calories everyday. I was wondering how do I delete that in order for me to start off fresh and accurate. Any help would be great, cheers!

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‎01-16-2016 20:56

‎01-16-2016 20:56

The calories you are seeing are your basal metabolic rate (BMR) calories. Based on the height, weight, age, and gender you enter into your account, Fitbit calculates the calories you burn during the day just by being alive. It sets this to a constant rate over the day by dividing the total by 15 minutes, the segments you would see if you look at a plot of your calories. Then, over the day, it adds these calories on. When you exercise, Fitbit adds those calories burned to your BMR calories. Based on the data from your first day, Fitbit back populates this BMR for about a year to give you a comparison point.

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‎01-16-2016 20:56

‎01-16-2016 20:56

The calories you are seeing are your basal metabolic rate (BMR) calories. Based on the height, weight, age, and gender you enter into your account, Fitbit calculates the calories you burn during the day just by being alive. It sets this to a constant rate over the day by dividing the total by 15 minutes, the segments you would see if you look at a plot of your calories. Then, over the day, it adds these calories on. When you exercise, Fitbit adds those calories burned to your BMR calories. Based on the data from your first day, Fitbit back populates this BMR for about a year to give you a comparison point.

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‎01-16-2016 20:58

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‎01-16-2016 20:58

Wow very scientific! Thank you so much for your quick and helpful response!!

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