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Calorie and step count??

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‎02-10-2020 00:11

‎02-10-2020 00:11

I’ve barely walked this morning and my Fitbit hr is telling me I’ve burned over 500cals and made over 1000 steps.  Why is this?

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‎02-10-2020 00:33

‎02-10-2020 00:33

I can't explain the steps but it's normal to have several hundred calories burned 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.

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‎02-10-2020 00:33

‎02-10-2020 00:33

I can't explain the steps but it's normal to have several hundred calories burned 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.

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‎02-10-2020 08:44

In response to SteveH

‎02-10-2020 08:44

Thanks very much Steve

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