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Calories count

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‎08-06-2019 23:21

‎08-06-2019 23:21

I had my fitbit versa delivered yesterday and I couldn't wait to use it for gym session this morning. However. I'm really gutted and confused. So I worked out and burnt 477 calories, however my count says 1019??  Why is this?

Thanks

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‎08-06-2019 23:25

‎08-06-2019 23:25

Welcome to fitbit!

 

Are you taking into account your BMR calories?

 

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. There's more information on this here:

 

Help article: How does Fitbit estimate how many calories I've burned?

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‎08-07-2019 00:11

In response to SteveH

‎08-07-2019 00:11

Thank you so much for your reply, it's been very helpful

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