Calorie expenditure frustration!

[Dadoftwogirls]

Ok, my BMR for simply being alive is 2038. Today I've logged every activity from the time my eyes opened including cooking, driving, showering, office work, going to the gym, treadmill, etc... yet as of 3:30 p.m. my dashboard says I've only burned 2,275 calories. To this point in my day my BMR expenditure having done nothing would be 1,316. There is no way that everything I've done in addition only equates to an extra 958 calories thus far. Heck my gym time alone (1 hour vigorous weights, cardio Cross Fit style) is at least 650 calories being conservative. Very frustrated!

[gerrymcd]

Fitbit is really only good at measuring steps.  It doesn't have any way of sensing when you are lifting weights, how heavy they are, etc. For that I use a heart rate monitor (Wahoo bluetooth) and an app called digifit on my phone.  At the end of my workout the digifit app automatically sends the data to my fitbit dashboard -- workout time, calories expended, etc.   Since the digifit works out calories burned based on my heart rate, age, weight, and so on its really very accurate. 

[Dominique]

In addition to what @gerrymcd said, you may also want to log those non-step-based activities as explained here:

https://help.fitbit.com/customer/portal/articles/413311-how-do-i-log-or-record-an-activity-

[Mary]

I don't know what time of day it is there but 2275 would be huge for me, even at midnight.  Cooking, driving, office work and showering aren't big calorie burners.  There's not really any reason to log them.  

Are you trying to lose weight?  It takes a long time.  It's much faster to restrict 500 calories by eating less than trying to burn up 500 more a day.  Skipping dessert might be equivalent to walking 5 miles.