Calories accuracy

[Arwa_sh]

Hello 🙂

 I’ve been using my Fitbit inspire HR for 1 week now, and I noticed that the calories calculation is must be wrong, because no way that my steps are 1500 and the the calories I burned are 1350!!

What’s the problem? And how I can fix it?

[JohnnyRow]

Fitbit includes your BMR (basic metabolic rate) calories that you are always burning by being alive.

Fitbit devices combine your basal metabolic rate (BMR)—the rate at which you burn calories at rest to maintain vital body functions (including breathing, blood circulation, and heartbeat)—and your activity data to estimate your calories burned. If your device tracks heart rate, your heart-rate data is also included, especially to estimate calories burned during exercise. The number you see on your Fitbit device is your total calories burned for the day.

Your BMR is based on the physical data you entered in to your Fitbit account (height, weight, sex, and age) and accounts for at least half the calories you burn in a day. Because your body burns calories even if you’re asleep or not moving, you see calories burned on your device when you wake up and will notice this number increase throughout the day.