Calories number is too high

[Gu__]

So this morning I’ve walked 3 km and it shows me 977 calories. This is the case every day. I’m only walking, not running and no other exercise. How come and how to fix?

[Julia_G]

Hi, @Gu__ Fitbit doesn’t only count extra calories that you earn from exercise.  It counts the calories your body burns all day just staying alive (those are called BMR calories).  It resets every night at midnight, so when you see 977 calories burned after your morning walk that will be all the calories your body has burned since midnight AND the extra calories you burned during your walk.

I hope that makes it clearer.  Welcome to the forums!

[Gu__]

How do I see only calories by burning?

[Julia_G]

Hi, @Gu__ it isn’t really possible to see calories burned by exercise separate from the calories keeping you alive, because it doesn’t make sense - how many calories would a dead person burn…

However, you can see the calories burned during your period of exercise.  Simply go to your app, click on the exercise tab, and for each exercise you will see how many calories burned in that time period.