burned 22654 calories last month, gained 2 pounds

[tamahome]

What am I doing wrong?  According to fitbit and cronometer I burned an excess 22654 calories in the last month.  That means I should have lost 6.5 pounds.  But I gained 1.9 pounds and 0.20% bodyfat.  I have an Aria scale too.

date,burned,eaten,weight,fat
june 12,2870,2411,191.5,22.6
june 13,3059,2410,190.2,22.3
june 14,2983,2641,189.7,22.6
june 15,3252,2625,190.1,22.3
june 16,3551,2709,190.6,21.8
june 17,3644,2704,191.6,21.9
june 18,3358,2761,192.3,21.4
june 19,3086,2699,191.6,21.6
june 20,3118,2703,192.6,21.1
june 21,3469,2703,192.5,22.1
june 22,3280,2706,192.5,22.0
june 23,3564,2721,193.7,21,3
june 24,4146,2706,193,20.9
june 25,2666,2700,192.5,21.2
june 26,3489,2949,192.3,21.3
june 27,3451,2828,192.6,21
june 28,3985,2768,190.8,21.5
june 29,3592,2765,191.4,22
june 30,3917,2852,191.5,23.4
july 1 ,4028,2795,191.2,23.3
july 2 ,3792,2819,192.6,23.3
july 3 ,3352,2788,193.1,23
july 4 ,3441,2950,193.4,22.9
july 5 ,3886,2927,192.1,22.4
july 6 ,3459,2865,192.1,22.3
july 7 ,3872,2883,192.1,22.3
july 8 ,3180,2956,191.7,22.5
july 9 ,4282,2700,192.4,22.6
july 10,3263,2885,193.2,22.9
july 11,3564,2698,193.9,22.9
july 12,3366,2684,193.4,22.8

[Rich_Laue]

Hello @tamahome, since ypur quotation is not about the tracker, I've moved it to the manage weight forum. 

[Esya]

FitBit can only estimate the amount of calories burned. As we are humans we are all different and therefore the amount of calories burned is different for everyone. The devices and app use algorithms cleverly come up with by scientists, but they will never be exact. Therefore, the calories reported by FitBit is a good place to start, but in your case you seem to be burning slightly less. Try to increase your calories deficit a bit more.

[MagsOnTheBeach]

I think the burn estimation is off - I don't even bother using it.  If you are gaining doing what you are doing, then drop the estimation and find a number of calories you can eat and lose with.  Maybe drop them by 500 and see what happens.  

My burned was about the same as yours (about 2900) at the same weight.  I ignored it and stuck with 1600-1800 calories a day and lost between 1-2 pounds a week.  For some reason my flex 2 does not give me any bodyfat info.

[tamahome]

The Aria scale gives the body fat. 

[DavidSchneier]

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@MagsOnTheBeach wrote:

I think the burn estimation is off - I don't even bother using it.  If you are gaining doing what you are doing, then drop the estimation and find a number of calories you can eat and lose with.  Maybe drop them by 500 and see what happens.  

My burned was about the same as yours (about 2900) at the same weight.  I ignored it and stuck with 1600-1800 calories a day and lost between 1-2 pounds a week.  For some reason my flex 2 does not give me any bodyfat info.

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Same with me. I subtract 600 calories from the estimated burn, plus 10% of whatever calories I recorded as consumed to account for human error. That number gets me very close to the truth and one I relied on the entire time I was losing weight.