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Over estimating calories

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‎05-09-2020 00:38

‎05-09-2020 00:38

This is my second day using Inspire Hr . I haven’t even gotten out of bed it says I’ve 500 calories burned . Yesterday my total for the day was close to 3000 ! I’ve been logging with mfp for awhile now and Fitbit added an extra 500 calories ( that I didn’t eat!) I’ve checked my settings and I’ve entered all my details correct . I bought this to help me see how many calories I’m burning but i simply do not trust it . I’ve a really busy day today so will try it for one more day

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‎05-09-2020 00:46

‎05-09-2020 00:46

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 when you get out of bed includes the total BMR calories burned since midnight

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‎05-09-2020 00:46

‎05-09-2020 00:46

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 when you get out of bed includes the total BMR calories burned since midnight

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‎05-09-2020 00:57

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‎05-09-2020 00:57

And is that amount fairly average ? I’m 35 , 5’6 and 146lbs . I feel like it’s a lot 🙉 thanks for reply 

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‎05-09-2020 01:02

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‎05-09-2020 01:02

It sounds about right to me. Fitbit say:

 

"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"

 

taken from: https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1141

 

The idea of BMR calories does take some getting used to! There are BMR calculators available online (use Google to find them) if you'd like to double check what Fitbit is calculating.

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