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What is with this? TDEE numbers way off

‎07-01-2017 17:25

‎07-01-2017 17:25

Good evening everyone,

 

I am 5"11 170 lb around 12% bf (assuming). I eat 2100-2400 calories a day clean, no sugar under 170 grams carbs and around 200 grams protein. I do cardio 3 times a week and weight lift 4 times a week. I cut down from 190 lbs recently and am stuck at 170. 

 

The fitbit informs me on average i have 25k to 30 steps a day with an average of 4k cals burnt. I do not stem farm from my diet and religiously count calories. I am close to a 2k deficit a day however im still at 170 for a month now...

 

How over estimated can fitbit calorie counters be?

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‎07-01-2017 23:24

‎07-01-2017 23:24

What's wrong with 170 pounds at 5 ft 11 inches? It even seems a little underweight.

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‎07-02-2017 16:54

In response to Bill_k

‎07-02-2017 16:54

I am an amatuer bodybuilder and personal trainer. I am doing a pre summer cut. I wanted full abs showing with vascularity on my adonis belt. I have all that but my lower abs are still somewhat hidden. I am also creating a portfolio of my ventures. 

I could easily drop my calories by a few hundred but I am not interested in being hasty and losing strength. Your statement doesnt really make sense to me because in response I could go eat taco bell and kit kats to put on 10 pounds and then ill be a proper weight? You could be 170 fat or 170 lean and muscular. Weight is reletive.... Body fat is not...

You didnt even adress my concern which is the 200 dollar tool I bought is almost 50% off accuracy

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‎07-03-2017 04:43

In response to TommyGunz40oc

‎07-03-2017 04:43

I would suggest checking your fitbit settings to see if you have it set for dominant or nondominant wrist. If you are wearing it on your dominant wrist but your settings are nondominant you will end up with a bunch of extra steps that weren't actually steps. If I think of anything else I'll step back in..  🙂

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‎07-05-2017 03:43

In response to TommyGunz40oc

‎07-05-2017 03:43

You might need to increase your lower abdominal exercises then. Also make sure the fitbit is on the Non-Dominant wrist and the watch is set to non-dominant. The dominant wrist (your writing hand) messes up the caloric burns and develops false information. I went from 5000 calories burned to 3900 calories burned when I put it on my non-dominant wrist settings.

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