Subtracting or Adding on Ionic Burned Calories

[alexian]

How much do you add or subtract from the daily amount of calories the ionic says you burned? I'm trying to get other people's opinions.

[Colinm39]

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@alexianwrote:

How much do you add or subtract from the daily amount of calories the ionic says you burned? I'm trying to get other people's opinions.

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@alexianI suggest that you establish what your effort level should be and we do this by using our BMR and an effort factor..

Multiply your BMR x the Factor gives you your Suggested Calories Burned Goal.

Use this link for your BMR because it uses the same equations that Fitbit use, and then apply the table below.. I find it reasonable because my last 12 months I have averaged a factor of 1.61 (dividing calories burned/BMR).

My difficulty is I'm genetically programmed with a RHR of 52 and the Fitbit Cardio score is 43-47... and I feel the HR zones don't do me justice because I can go all day at a constant level and just get into the Fat burning zone. At night while asleep my HR gets down 43-44...

Sedentary.  Little to no regular exercise. (factor 1.2)
Mild activity level: Intensive exercise for at least 20 minutes 1 to 3 times per week. This may include such things as bicycling, jogging, basketball, swimming, skating, etc.  If you do not exercise regularly, but you maintain a busy life style that requires you to walk frequently for long periods, you meet the requirements of this level.  (factor 1.375)
Moderate activity level: Intensive exercise for at least 30 to 60 minutes 3 to 4 times per week. Any of the activities listed above will qualify.    (factor 1.55)
Heavy or (Labor-intensive) activity level: Intensive exercise for 60 minutes or greater 5 to 7 days per week (see sample activities above).  Labor-intensive occupations also qualify for this level.  Labor-intensive occupations include construction work (brick laying, carpentry, general labor, etc.). Also farming, landscape worker or similar occupations.     (factor 1.7)
Extreme level: Exceedingly active and/or very demanding activities:  Examples include:  (1) athlete with an almost unstoppable training schedule with multiple training sessions throughout the day  (2) very demanding job, such as shoveling coal or working long hours on an assembly line. Generally, this level of activity is very difficult to achieve.  (factor 1.9)

[alexian]

This is a lot of information but it doesn't answer my question.

[Colinm39]

@alexian  To my knowledge you can only add or subtract calories burned by adjusting the periods with manual activities.. Then the resulting effort is not included in your step totals etc for the challenges.

For example when users get an inflated floor count or excessive steps caused by driving they use the driving manual record which nullifies those and lowers the calories..

Otherwise, it's more aggressive activity to add calories or the reverse to lower the calories..

Of course behind all of this you need you physical settings to be correct.

Is there an issue with your Fitbit like the HR calculating extra calories because you have a high RHR etc ? .... as some others are posting at the moment in the Ionic forum....

[alexian]

Oh no my question meant to ask how many calories one adjusts from the Ionic mentally, without use of the hardware. Some people have claimed that their fitbit always overestimates calories burned by 250 daily, so they use that number for their calculations in their diet.

[Colinm39]

@alexianThanks for explaining that... I can see where you are coming from now..

I don't worry about that because all of the Fitbit calculations are near estimates based on historical data.. To me 250 calories is 2 x Coffee Latte's with Soy.. Over the last 2 years my weight hasn't fluctuated with the 1.60 effort average.. When I spot check my food intake, that has typically followed the Calories Burned profile. In my case the Ins = Outs.. When I eat 10% less I can reduce my weight slightly which is my 2 x Coffees......

So with all of that in my profile, I feel the Calories Burned are accurate.. But......tempered by a low RHR 52 and Cardio score of 45, so my heart doesn't generate what could be false calories like many others are now experiencing with their wrist trackers..  While I'm asleep I'm lucky to get 1 minute of Fat Burning HR over 8-10 hours...which is normally a bathroom break.. HR gets down to 43 while asleep.  It's 57 bpm while I'm typing this...

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@alexianwrote:

Oh no my question meant to ask how many calories one adjusts from the Ionic mentally, without use of the hardware. Some people have claimed that their fitbit always overestimates calories burned by 250 daily, so they use that number for their calculations in their diet.

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