Calories burned

[Cammie88]

At one point today I was at over 1700 calories burned.  That was after 2 hours in the pool.  I used the swimming exercise tracker.  When I got to my phone again and it synced,  it said 600 calories burned for that day.  What the what?  Has this happened to anyone else?

[Marrrmaduke]

@Cammie88 Versa registers raw data that is later on synced via fitbit app to fitbit servers where all the calculations happen (in the cloud). The calculated data is then synced back to Fitbit app and then to your Versa what you can see as Stats. Usually, you need to sync several times but the exercise might get adjusted especially with swimming. Calorie estimation is based on heart rate tracking. Unfortunately under water is pretty much no go, very inaccurate. So, it is only to be expected that after calculations there might be correction. 1700 calories is way too much. Just in case, you can  reboot your tracker by pressing and holding the left and bottom right buttons until Fitbit logo appears (for Versa Lite - press the back button for 10 seconds), but I do not think there's any issue.

[Cammie88]

I'm not sure I completely explained myself.  This was already at 2pm.  The swimming tracker said I almost burned 400 calories and I had burned about 1200 from midnight until noon when I got in the pool.  At first, it said around 1700 calories, then said 600.  Now it is almost 6pm and I have only burned 900 calories.   I am normally near 3000 in a day.  Today I will be lucky to hit 1400 by midnight, but if I add back in the missing 1100 i am at about 2000 right now.  So yes, I'd say something went wrong.  This was my first day with my versa.  Clearly on a 2000 calorie diet you should burn more than 2000 in a day otherwise we would never lose weight.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[Marrrmaduke]

@Cammie88 what's the number you can see on your dashboard on Fitbit.com? What's the calorie number you see in the app? And what's the number on your Versa (swipe up to open Today app)?

[Cammie88]

Fitbit.com says 807App and versa both say 1040Also, I mis spoke before, typically in a day with just working I was around 2100, this was my first time tracking water since my previous Fitbit was not waterproof.Do I add those 2 together?Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[Marrrmaduke]

@Cammie88 No you do not add the calories. Fitbit.com represents the state of your data on the Fitbit servers - if it's lower than on your Versa and/or in your app that means the data hasn't fully synced yet. In your particular case Versa synced the data to Fitbit app but the app hasn't uploaded the full data to the servers for calculations yet. That would explain the lower than expected calorie value. I would keep an eye on the next workouts.

[Cammie88]

Thank you.  I think it was a combination of the servers and entering weight on the versa itself.  Instead of giving me 10 lbs to lose it is saying my weight minus 10 lbs to lose.  I was confused and played with that.  Saw it change my calories burned immediately.  Some times this is not worded very user friendly.  But thank you.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[Marrrmaduke]

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