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VERSA FITBIT ACTIVE CALORIE ACCURACY - PLEASE HELP! :(

‎09-24-2019 06:29

‎09-24-2019 06:29

I really hope someone can help or give me some advice. 

 

I recently purchased the Fitbit mainly to see my active calories burned while I do my 30 minute workout at "Bootcamp" which is high intensity interval workouts. So, all of last week I burned 319 calories for each workout when my avg heart rate was different each day (161,157,116,135). That alone has me concerned because I use this to track my calories since I am trying to lose weight and I feel there should be some difference in my calories burned each day. Yesterday I worked out my usual 30 minutes with an avg heart rate of 123 - 93% in the fat burn and some how I managed to burn 479 calories? Is this accurate? Should I trust this? Im not sure whats going on and why its reading the way it is.

Any advice is appreciated. 

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‎09-24-2019 07:46

‎09-24-2019 07:46

Are you manually logging the workouts, using the exercise app, i.e. selecting the exercise type before you begin, or relying on auto-detect?

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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‎09-24-2019 07:55

In response to JohnnyRow

‎09-24-2019 07:55

I will Log the exercise after I complete my workout. There was not a specific workout for what I do so I added a workout called "Bootcamp" and once I finish I will log that workout and put in my times but I do not touch the calories. Should I be doing something different? I have only had this Fitbit for a few weeks so I am not all that familiar with it. 

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‎09-24-2019 08:11 - edited ‎09-24-2019 08:12

In response to bgross11

‎09-24-2019 08:11 - edited ‎09-24-2019 08:12

Which Fitbit model?

Never mind.  I see your subject said Versa.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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‎09-24-2019 09:41

In response to JohnnyRow

‎09-24-2019 09:41

First, about logging exercise.  I never do it and discourage others from doing it.  It is meant for when you exercised but were not wearing your tracker.  Logging an activity overrides any data that was actually recorded.  It guesstimates calorie burn based on the parameters you input, explaining your getting exact same calorie count every time.  Somebody said that depends on where log the workout, the phone app or the web fitbit.com dashboard log but I have never bothered to try that to see if it is true.

 

So how to track workouts?  Use the exercise app, with all details here:

How do I track my workouts with my Fitbit device?

Quickie version of link above: scroll right to 'Exercise", tap it then scroll to select your exercise;  to select which  options you get there, see the 2nd topic in the above link.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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‎10-20-2019 08:54

In response to JohnnyRow

‎10-20-2019 08:54

I would use the workout mode then relable afterwords.

As for active minutes, these are the minutes when the calorie burn is at least 3 times the BMR. These will not have a direct relation with the average heart rate. 

Seeing a screen shot of the heart rate may help us to explain why you are seeing what you see. 

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