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Versa displays calories I’ve burned

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‎11-12-2019 22:28 - last edited on ‎11-14-2019 06:47 by Fitbit Moderator

‎11-12-2019 22:28 - last edited on ‎11-14-2019 06:47 by Fitbit Moderator

Hi! 

I just received a Fitbit Versa 2 for my birthday and went through the setup process. As soon as I got to the display screen, it said I burned 1,098 calories  today. Then I looked at the Fitbit calorie tracker and it shows I have burned exactly 1,194 calories for the past several days. I just opened the box so I am very confused why this is showing I have burned calories when I haven’t worn the watch. Can anyone please help? Thank you in advance!

 

 

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‎11-13-2019 01:00

‎11-13-2019 01:00

Welcome to fitbit!

 

Don't worry, it's working just fine.

 

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 look at earlier days is the total BMR calories burned for that day and what you see for today includes the BMR calories burned since midnight.

 

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‎11-13-2019 01:00

‎11-13-2019 01:00

Welcome to fitbit!

 

Don't worry, it's working just fine.

 

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 look at earlier days is the total BMR calories burned for that day and what you see for today includes the BMR calories burned since midnight.

 

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‎11-14-2019 06:39

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‎11-14-2019 06:39

@Olive880, welcome to our Fitbit Community. The information that @SteveH shared, is totally correct. That is the reason why your Versa showed calories burned.

 

As a side note, I'd like to share this help article which explains more information about how Fitbit devices track your daily activity.

 

Let @SteveH and me know if you have more questions.

JuanJo | Community Moderator

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