Too many active minutes?

[Ann89]

I have a fitbit one for a week now and I have a question about the active minutes. I had a very busy day yesterday (18.000 steps) and 114 active minutes. Just now i synced and i had 39 active minutes already. When i looked at the specifics, it was just 10 minutes.. so that doesn't really add up.. is my fitbit giving me a break for today?

[MarreFitbit]

It's nice to see you on board @Ann89, welcome my friend ! All Fitbit trackers calculate active minutes using metabolic equivalents (METs). METs help measure the energy expenditure of various activities. Because they do so in a comparable way among persons of different weights, METs are widely used as indicators for exercise intensity. For example, a MET of 1 indicates a body at rest. Fitbit trackers estimate your MET value in any given minute by calculating the intensity of your activity.

You earn active minutes for activities at or above about 3 METs.  To stay in line with the Center for Disease Control's (CDC’s) “10 minutes at a time is fine” concept, minutes are only awarded after 10 minutes of continuous moderate-to-intense activity. You can view the CDC’s recommendations on the CDC website.

If an activity gives you active minutes one day and fewer active minutes the next day, remember that the intensity of exercise is key. Often what seems like the exact same amount of effort over the same distance in fact differs slightly enough to change your active minutes total.

The more calories you burn the higher your MET value, so therefore the more calories you burn the higher your total active minutes. Assuming you're active for at least 10 minutes at a time, green spikes on your calorie graph typically indicate that you’re earning active minutes.

Have you tried restarting your One?

[Ann89]

Thank you for your reply! I understand the calculation of the active minutes during activity. Today was the same thing. When i just woke up I already had 9 active minutes. I didn't recall having a nightmare.. 😛
I'll try restart my fitbit and see what that does.

[MarreFitbit]

Totally sweetie @Ann89 , let me know how it's doing after the restart!

[Ann89]

Hi @MarreFitbit, I restarted my fitbit yesterday and i woke up with 0 active minutes, so that's good.
Now after a day my fitbit shows i have 32 active minutes and the specification shows just 12 in moderate intensity. Not sure which one to believe..

[MarreFitbit]

Where are you taking a look at @Ann89? Would you mind to send me a screen shot?

[Ann89]

Hi @MarreFitbit, here is a screenshot of what i ment earlier (i hope i did added it correctly). The fitbit app says i've been active, but there are no actual measurement of the activity. So where do they come from? 

I've restarted my fitbit once now and it happened once again.

[MarreFitbit]

Strange let me say ! Have you checked if your Fitbit app is up-to-date already? Once you've checked this, try logging out and logging back in to see if this does the trick!

Have a nice day!

[Ann89 · Accepted solution]

Hi @MarreFitbit, i've restarted my one again and reinstalled the app. Still giving me weird data. Now i've logged in on the computer and the data online does give me more measurements! The numbers do add up on the computer! So I can trust the numbers I guess, but with no full details in the app.
Bug in the app maybe?
I'm happy it all works okay! Thank you for all your help!
Love from the Netherlands 😉

[MarreFitbit]

I'm glad to hear that your Dashboard gave you the details you were looking for @Ann89! Thanks for the heads up with that, I'll be reporting this so we can see if there's a bug with the active minutes.

Hope to see you participating in the Community more often since I think it would be awesome for you to explore our Community, so you can go ahead and log to any of the topics that might be of your interest in our Discussion boards. Feel free to comment and contribute with your knowledge and experience.

Happy stepping!