Too many calories burned

[annajmck65]

Hi everyone. I’ve had problems with my Charge 3’s calorie burning function. When I put my watch on this morning it said that I had already burned 776 calories! There is no way I could have burned that many calories is my sleep. Has anyone else had this problem or know how I could fix it? 

thanks😊 

[SteveH]

That doesn't sound that unusual to me but it depends on how heavy you are and when you get up in the morning.

As well as tracking calories burned through activity your fitbit also tracks your BMR calories. These are the calories you burn just keeping your body alive (even when asleep). They are calculated from your profile settings for age, height, weight etc so you needn't be wearing your fitbit to get them. What you are seeing includes the total BMR calories burned since midnight. For most people their BMR calories are over half their total and waking up with several hundred calories is normal.

Is it showing this level of calorie burn each morning or has something changed? If something has changed then it's worth checking those settings mentioned above.

[annajmck65]

Thanks Steve for you help. Normally when I put my Fitbit on it the morning it says that I’ve burned around 300-500 calories and 776 just seemed to be too much. Maybe I put the watch on a bit later and that’s why I had burned more calories.