Calorie count too high

[yutasa]

I just got a versa and I’m so confused at why it’s saying I’m burning 75 calories an hour when IM ASLEEP. I’m not sure if this is gonna interfere with my sleep tracking but it sure as hell interferes with my calorie tracking. How can I fix or turn calorie tracking off? I’m happy to add my exercise manually.

Just an FYI- I have a heart condition that means my heart rate is often higher but not so much to warrant a 75 calorie burn.

Thanks!

[LZeeW]

Hi @yutasa.  Those are your BMR calories, the calories you burn staying alive.  Fitbit uses the Mifflin St Jeor equation to estimate BMR.  It uses your sex, age, and weight.  For example, a 65 year old male, who is 6 ft tall and weighs 200 lbs, burns 72 calories per hour.

[sagaruto2]

I just got a versa and I’m so confused at why it’s saying I’m burning 75 calories an hour when IM ASLEEP. I’m not sure if this is gonna interfere with my sleep tracking but it sure as hell interferes with my calorie tracking. How can I fix or turn calorie tracking off? I’m happy to add my exercise manually.

Just an FYI- I have a heart condition that means my heart rate is often higher but not so much to warrant a 75 calorie burn.

Thanks!

[JohnnyRow]

That is certainly possible.  Those are your BMR (Basal Metable Rate) calories as described below.  If you were to just add your exercises manually, you would be missing at least half your daily calorie burn.

[alexthecat]

@sagaruto2 I've moved your post to the Mind & Body board because that is a better fit for this topic. In addition to calories burned through exercise, the Fitbit app also calculates your Basal Metabolic Rate or BMR, based on your gender, age, height, and weight. These are the calories that your body uses just to stay alive. A BMR of 75 calories per hour is equivalent to 1800 calories per day and that is a reasonable amount. 

[amymurray122]

BMR is another one of those stats we should be able to modify depending on what our dr says. Mine is supposedly 1,659 according to what Fitbit uses, putting my "sedentary" calorie needs at approximately 1,950 calories/day just to sustain my weight. My actual BMR is quite a bit lower, though (I have to consume less than 1,300/day to lose weight, 1,400 - 1,500/day average to maintain). If there is a way to input our actual doctor-determined BMR, I would love to hear it, because I get a message every day that I'm not eating enough for my body's basic needs.