Manually adding activity screws up my numbers

[Eclecticverve]

Hi, There -- last night I had my Fitbit on while I did a treadmill walk for 30 minutes (which only showed at 29 "Active Minutes" on my dashboard). I also wanted to add the activity to the "Track Excercise" option on the dashboard so I could reach my four days per week goal. However,  I noticed when I added in the 30-minute walk it increased my steps for the day and took me over my goal (it added like 2k in steps). I feel this is cheating, so I deleted the exercise and it went back to my initial number.

Is there a way for the dashboard to recognize that I did my time, but not mess with the steps I got by wearing it? If the Fitbit recognized my "Active Minutes" over 30 will it automatically count a successful "Track Exercise" day so I don't have to manually enter it?

Thanks for any insight.

[JenniferAnne]

I have just had exactly that experience and would also welcome advice. 

[JimP19]

I have this same issue and would like to know how to resolve it. I am using a Galaxy S5.

[JenniferAnne]

I have found now a way to do this so that I can get the daily excercise credit. (You have to do this on the web not the app). I made a custom excercise called walking. It doesn't require me to enter distance so doesn't generate additional steps.  It does ask for calories but I just add a low number. I use this whenever my daily activity is more than half an hour.