Bring back Calories Left estimate on new Fitbit app

[Lindsey1981]

Please can we have the actual, numerical estimate of calories remaining back on the app please? I have been following a sedentary calorie deficit plan since mid August and have lost over half a stone. I was very dependent on this metric to plan my food. Now I'm too scared to have a yoghurt in-case it tips my little pointer into the pink zone!

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[mama2em]

Is it just a glitch that tonight I can’t even log on to my dashboard on the website version? It just shows me a banner at the top of the page that says I need to use the app. But the app doesn’t tell me (any more) how many calories I will use by midnight by just existing. It was less than ideal, before tonight, to no longer be able to use the app to decipher where I was in the day or if I needed to take an evening walk or whatever to achieve the in vs out to reach my goals, but it at least was a (cumbersome) workaround—is even that now gone altogether???

[coleking21]

It’s like this feed is being completely ignored by FitBit. Tons of people
have weighed in all asking for them to simply bring back a feature to the
already built into the system. And, they’ve basically gone ghost on us.
Very poor service on their part.

[Jenergized]

The app is pretty much useless to me when it comes to tracking calories now that this feature is gone.  I hung in there even after they took away groups and FitBit bingo, but this is the end for me.  The calories left is how I planned my evening meal.  It is an essential part of tracking my health and weight and food and activity,  

The website dashboard is the only place I can see it now and I wouldn’t be surprised if they take that from us eventually, too. If the data is still being tracked, as it obviously is on the web site, why can’t they just add it to the app?

I don’t even have the words to describe how much I hate this company now.

[lala.goodtimes]

I just want to see what my predicted goal date is???

[Jenergized]

I just found out they are removing the website dashboard in July.  That is the only place that has this number.  No other fitness tracker offers this number. They need to bring this back to the app before they delete the online dashboard.   They claim everything on the dashboard is on the app, but that is a total lie.  I use this number daily.  

[mama2em]

Oh no—that number won’t even be available online after June???? It’s already a pain but at least it’s a workaround. That truly makes Fitbit useless to me, then. I literally could cry. 

[SunsetRunner]

@LizzyFitbit Can you respond as to the website dashboard going away in July? If this is true, where will we be able to see the Calories Left Estimate on the app? It is really the only feature that has kept me with Fitbit, even after removing it from the app and the hassle of having to go to the website to get it. If the website dashboard is disabled, the last bit of brand loyalty I had is going with it. I'm really disappointed in the absolute silence on this matter for 8 months.

[SunsetRunner]

@LizzyFitbit - Never mind about verifying that the web based dashboard going away. But the question relative to the Calories Left Estimate remains. Where is it on the app? 

[Kristyi22]

This is so messed up!!!! Why aren’t they listening to the people?! Whoever is running this needs a reality check. 

does anyone know what other brand has the calories left? Because it looks like we’re alll going to have to jump ship. Disappointed is an understatement right now. 

[SunsetRunner]

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Fitbit-com-Dashboard/Fitbit-com-web-dashboard-is-transitioning-to-th...

[mama2em]

And it’s so stupid, because they obviously still have the capability to calculate this, as it used to exist in the app and it’s is still available in the dashboard. I can’t understand why they won’t just put it back. Without it, the tracker is completely useless to me. 

[wsnarb]

I have been a loyal FitBit user for years. I wrote about needing sleep detail data when this thread began. I just took a free premium trial to see if it has improved since I commented. It has not.

What is the difficulty with providing information that you have in the past provided?

I am on the edge of jumping ship to a Garmin. I already tried the rectangular Galaxy and returned it.

Cut us all a break and put back the old, good, useful sleep detail and for that matter, everything that loyal FitBit users are requesting.

C'mon, really!

[elizard22]

What I want to know is where are the moderators?!

We have lots of questions that we get no answers to.

[Mackynz]

Any update on this?

Given the web dashboard is being retired with the claim that, "The data and features of the Fitbit.com dashboard are available in the Fitbit app which you can download on Google Play Store and Apple App Store."

That statement is false for this and a number of other reasons.

[coleking21]

It’s the craziest thing. It’s like they’ve stopped even monitoring this
thread. My understanding was that if enough users weighed in expressing
interest in bringing the feature back, they would consider it. But instead,
they seem to be completely ignoring the wishes of hundreds of users for
technology they already have, already gave to us, and then took away.

[ColDick]

Correct!!!
Sent from my iPhone

[Alison2222]

I've been using Cronometer, which is annoying because it's a separate app,
but it is able to sync with Fitbit. It requires tweaking but I now have it
perfectly set to calculate my calories left for the day. That being said, I
was so mad at Fitbit that I got an Apple Watch instead. So I wear the Apple
Watch all day (it also syncs with cronometer) and just wear the Fitbit at
night because it gives the best RHR score.

[Noelleabell]

Please bring this calories remaining estimate back!  Since it’s been removed from the app, I have been using the web based estimate, but now that is going away in July!

[SunsetRunner]

@Noelleabell Exactly. The Calories Remaining estimate is the cornerstone of my food plan, of my sustained weight loss. This feature helped me to lose about 40 lbs starting in July 2020. I relied on that estimate and getting it off the website was not convenient for me. So I quit logging my food. I did a lot of guessing. And I've gained some back. Just switched to another app that has this feature, and I feel like I'm leaning back into the good habits that allowed me to keep the weight off. I've had a Fitbit tracker of some kind since 2010, on my 4th device, and it will be my last. Makes me sad because it's that ONE DANG feature taken out of the app that makes it unusable for me now.

[Tbirdy28]

Same experience!! Which ap did you switch to?

[mama2em]

Yes, @Noelleabell , I’d love to know which app you switched to as well; I’m in the EXACT same boat as you! I’d achieved my goal too, but my weight is creeping back up as well because it’s become so difficult having to “predict…”

[SunsetRunner]

Lifesum. But I'm having an issue with the connection to Apple Health for calories burned. For some reason, that figure is only passed half of the time. I'm trying to isolate the problem so I can ask them what I'm doing wrong. Fitbit doesn't send steps to AH or Lifesum, so I have been manually adding steps to Apple Health and then it feeds Lifesum. I went ahead and subscribed for a year so I have time to decide which tracker/watch to switch to that will feed Apple Health and that might lead me to another dietary app. No idea yet, but I know I have to have something workable. There is a free version that may work for others.

The food diary is good. I haven't used the create food, create meal, create recipe features yet, but logging itself is easy. I used the Fitbit app for that almost exclusively before, so this isn't a big change. It has the 'read barcode' feature as well to quickly locate a food, does the nutritional roll up. 

[romancereader]

I've been testing out MyFitnessPal and it shows the calories remaining I have left to eat. I synced my FitBit with it so the exercise calories move over and show up there. I am using the the free version, not the premium version so there are ads but at this point, I don't care. I just want the number. That app lets me use it on my phone AND the computer, which is huge for me. I am having to learn a new environment but after a few days I figured it out. Most everything I eat is in the database and there's an option to add more if I can't find what I'm looking for. You can even calculate calories for homemade recipes and add them to your day. It's not perfect but it's the solution I'm going to have to go with. Hope this helps!

[SunsetRunner]

I hope I can get the activity sync for Lifesum worked out. I just added a widget to my iPhone homescreen that has the calories remaining circle, water and nutritional breakdown (c/f/p) of calories consumed, so super simple to keep tabs w/o opening the app. Tap on the widget and it takes me straight to the app diary. Synced my Wyze scale to AH and that fed Lifesum straight away. The iPad app is not just a blown up rendition of the phone app. It makes use of the larger display area. It was easy to add a recipe and the calories match my own calculations.

All in all, if the AH syncing works out, I'm in. I know it's not the answer for those who need and want a desktop version but for those that are looking for an app, Lifesum is worth a look.

[depepsi]

This is an essential feature, users need the remaining calories for meal planning, or for adding more exercise to their day to compensate.