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Food plan does not support weight gain.

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‎03-18-2019 21:09

‎03-18-2019 21:09

Fitbit food plan does not currently support weight gain, in this case must be logged using third party MyFitnessPal.

 

Could you please give insight into why Fitbit does not support healthy weight gain?

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‎03-19-2019 01:28

‎03-19-2019 01:28

Are you sure? It's been a few years since I set up a weight plan and in those days you could not set up a weight gain plan but my understanding is that you can now and it suggests so in this help file:

https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1784/

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‎03-19-2019 04:00

In response to SteveH

‎03-19-2019 04:00

No, I had the same issue when setting mine up - you can set a weight goal for an increase in weight, which is what those instructions are talking about, but you can't set your food plan calories to aim for an increase in weight, only to lose weight or maintain it - it still states this in the food plan section of the app.  Seems odd given the ability to set the weight increase goal in the first place!

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‎03-21-2019 21:39

In response to Victoria7500

‎03-21-2019 21:39

Agreed! I am forced to consider red text and "Whoops!" as motivation that I am actually meeting my goals. Pretty awkward!

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‎04-13-2019 20:39

‎04-13-2019 20:39

This has been an issue for over five years. I get that it wasn't possible immediately, but I've been waiting a long, long time....

Like on this feature suggestion that never went anywhere.

 

I think they see the interest in weight gain as such a minimal part of their userbase that they don't think it's cost-effective to even consider it. As a software dev, what I want to know is why it's such a big deal to implement. What in the world did Fitbit do to its algorithms that adding instead of subtracting is such an enormous undertaking? I've started searching for other technology that will support my goals. Five years is way too long to wait on this when it's the entire reason I wear this thing.

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