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‎08-19-2016 21:12 - edited ‎08-19-2016 21:15

‎08-19-2016 21:12 - edited ‎08-19-2016 21:15

Fitbit development/product team - please fix this.

 

I echo the Fitbit calorie consumption frustration.  I may ditch the food portion of my fitbit and use MyFitnessPal exclusively.    Screens are inconsistent,  inaccurate AND just plain confusing.  This is not helping me lose weight.  

 

Just to level-set, I do understand the burn and the projection for the day based on prior averages.  

 

My complaint is that it is just flat inaccurate and inconsistent.

1) Inaccurate - e.g. The math is wrong.  

2) Inconsistent and confusing screens - e.g. It is telling me I am both Red (over) and Green (under with calories left).   

 

It is telling me I am able to eat more calories when clearly I am already OVER for the day by a lot!  My deficit is supposed to be 250.  It is 9 PM.  Why does it think I can have 1268 calories?   If that is the case, it is expecting my burn to be 1268+250=1518.   Even if the 1268 does not include the 250, the math still doesn't work because 1268-250=1018 and I have already eaten over that, but it's saying I have 115 left.    I don't see how it can get that i would get from 1290 to 1518 in the next 3 hours.    Or, how I would burn an additional 228 calories for the rest of the day, but perhaps.  

 

Bottom line - it needs to be consistent.  Why is it is telling me I am both "Over" and "Red"  but can still have 115 calories and am "Green" for the day.    You guys need to pick one approach and stay with it. 

 

It says...

 

Screen Shot 2016-08-19 at 8.48.50 PM.png

 

 

It also says...

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‎08-20-2016 03:41

‎08-20-2016 03:41

Hi @pugetsoundgirl

 

The in vs out tile.

 

Under

 

More can be eaten (up to 'in range' / green zone) to stay within the food plan, when being under the deficit will be larger than the selected deficit and more weight will be lost instead.

 

In zone

 

Stay in this zone to keep on track to stay within the desired deficit, when watching the food plan, you are able to see how many calories can be eaten for the day.

 

The zone chart only looks at the total intake / calories burned since midnight 'till (now). When eating more calories (according to the food plan allowance) more can be eaten but the chart can display being over at the moment since the body didn't burned as many calories yet.

 

When staying within the food plan, even when being over at the moment (eating more at dinner), it will drop back to 'within range' during the day.

 

Over

 

More calories have been eaten than the food plan (desired deficit), there may still be a deficit, and still loosing weight, but not as much as the selected weight loss plan..

 

Deficit: 500

 

Eat over with 200, there's still a deficit of 300 and still being on track to loose weight however the weight loss will be a bit less.

 

It's allowed to be 50 calories under or above the food plan to stay on track.

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