@elobrems wrote:
Hello!
At the risk of TMI right off the bat I feel like In order to get the most out of my flex I need to divulge a little bit of history. I have an anorexic past, and am hoping to use my fitbit to keep me from misjudging my calorie deficit's. Only trouble is, so far i've been a few hundred off (low) each day and was just wondering if anyone could give me advice on what to do in this situation. I don't want to gain a lot of weight, no big deal if I pack on 5 or so, but want to be able to maintain on more than i'm eating. I exercise regularly (brisk walking/hiking, horseback riding, boxing) but am really confused on how much I should be intaking on a daily basis. Has anybody else been through this?
Thanks!
Erin
There are two calorie estimation settings on your dashboard that you may want to look at. One is in your Food Plan, where you can select between Sedentary or Personalized; and by hovering your mouse over each option, you'll see what each option entails. Personally, I prefer sedentary, thus eliminating all the guess work that fitbit.com would instill in my daily stats. The second settings is under Preferences in Settings (gear wheel icon, top right of your screen.) I have that one turned off as well.
There are pros and cons on this. Personally, I much prefer to see exactly where I stand when I look at my Calories In and Calories Out tile; than to have fitbit guess what I'm going to burn for the day based on my profile and historical data. If I were the type who does the same level of activity day after day, perhaps that would be useful. But since I am not, I want to get the right score.
If you want to maintaqin your weight or gain a little, and if you're logging your food and exercise daily as you go along thoughout the day, all you have to do is keep your calories in and out in check. But you have to be careful with it, because that tile does take into account your planned deficit. When you set up your account and profile, you selected a Food Plan, and keyed in a weigh objective and how aggressive you wanted to be to achieve it; and from that data, fitbit calculated your planned deficit. If you don't want to gain or loose weight, then you need to edit your Food Plan and to make your "I want to weight" number the same as your current weight.
Hope this helps. Have a great day.
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