NET Carbs instead of Carbs

[Kikai]

There is a difference! If you are following, Atkins, Keto, Paleo or any of the LCHF diets, you do not count standard carbs, you count net carbs (Carbs - Sugar alcohol - Fiber). There is currently no option on your site at all that allows the entry of net carbs or a field for sugar alcohol (Erythritol, Xlitol, etc) to be able to calculate this in your macros.

Diabetics use this, as well as dieters for weight loss or training. 

Moderator edit: Labels

[Jenniferpalais]

I'd love to see the net carb feature added! That is the main thing I am tracking.  I would rather not have to go to another tracking device because I love how convenient and well designed Fitbit is.

[MeMarty]

I would love to be able to manually enter the total number of net carbs I consume each day. I would love to be able to do this similarly to the way that I enter the total number of ounces of water that I drink each day.

[ElectricalApe]

Allowing for the calculation of net carbs on LCHF diets would be an excellent addition. I was using the app to track food/macros until I saw that it was not calculating carbs as a net value. I have now gone back to never using the app again unless I want to check my sleep (which I don't check much, maybe once a week). I would think a simple feature (at least it seems simple) like this would increase the usage of the app.

[OregonPoppy]

Me, too! Net carbs is a critical piece of data for people w/type 2 diabetes trying to get healthier, and it's hard to find an app with a good food database that counts net carbs. Fitbit, there's a market here.

[Alonawyn]

Yes PLEASE!! I would love to be able to see the tally of my carbs at every meal plus my daily total! Please Fitbit, we require an update! 

[FitForLife8]

Surprising that this hasn't been implemented since it is so easy to do - "Total Carbs - Fiber = Net Carbs". Takes a developer maybe 1 hr. to put together the user story, 1-2 hrs. to implement and about 5 hrs to go through testing and bug fixes. Easy win for Fitbit and adds lot more happy users who updates devices every year or two. I have friends who had jumped from Fitbit to other device (Apple watch and Samsung mainly) because of the app.

[FitForLife8]

There is several (this is the 3rd I thumb up on) request thread on this already. How many more will their need to be for Fitbit to implement this?

[AleksKeto11]

We are all waiting for Fitbit to respond to the demand of many reg NET carbs.  I used to have Fitbit extension with NET Carbs and it was great, but it suddenly started to freeze the app  and could no longer log anything.  So I am back square... 

Is there anyone out there in Fitbit

That is listening to us

What is wrong with you guys?

I am still hopeful that the Net Carbs issue will be solved son!

Moderator edit: all-caps

[Becky607]

So essentially, it can be done in a day. Fitbit needs to move on this.

[bazp]

+1 Vote.  This is really needed for those of us on LCHF.

[AleksKeto11]

Hello!!!??? anyone out there from Fitbit Customer Service actually cares??

We are all waiting.  NET CARBS please...

Can we at least have hear something from the moderator of this Forum? 

[Fozzy71]

As much as I hated to I went back to MFP for food/macro/carb tracking and did their premium subscription for more control over my dashboard/goals and to get rid of the annoying ads when mobile.  For desktop use (where I spend most of my time) there are nice keto net carb addons/extensions to show your net carbs (doesn't subtract sugar alcohols since MFP doesn't track that in nutrition).  so far so good, until the next time mfp and fitbit stop talking to each other.........

[DJayne]

Yes, please! With more people going to a ketogenic diet, net carbs are a big deal.

[LizFitbit]

Hi everyone, thanks for sharing this suggestion. In terms of an update, there aren't currently any plans to release this feature. Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us and we will let you know if anything changes.

[widogmom]

So we can have a FitBit that plays music but you can't change a program to calculate net carbs? Of course not...you can't figure out a way to charge $250 for calculating net carbs. SMDH.

[SunsetRunner]

Thank you LizFitbit for your message,

WOW! a let down by Fitbit. 😞 So much money spent on the devices and yet
left with feeling of being dismissed. Are the comments on this forum
actually being passed on to those in control of the app? Can we hear from
someone who is directly involved in upgrades/updates?
I feel that we do deserve an explanation to make us understand why it is
such a big problem to fix the NetCarbs issue?

Regards

[LizFitbit]

Hi everyone, I understand this is an important feature to you and that it's frustrating to not get a full explanation of why it's not on our current roadmap. This Feature Suggestions was discussed with the relevant team but it can be a challenge for us to share the specifics around every Feature Suggestion status as it usually involves proprietary information. I will be posting some FAQs soon (which will live in the 'important links' section above), with a little more insight about how Feature Suggestions work and what we can share about them. I will be closing this discussion to new comments for now but community members are welcome to continue voting so that we can track community demand over time. Thank you.

[Toad-Dude]

Agreed, net carbs is all I monitor so a calorie tracker is useless to me.  Please consider the option to track net carbs.  

Thank you

[Pooched64]

It would be nice not to have to track my carbs on another app.  😉

[nolikeysushi]

It is critical to improve ionic and add Net Carbs for those on ketogenic diets.  This would be a wonderful software upgrade!

[Pooched64]

I agree! With a ever growing amount of people living this lifestyle it
would be nice to have it easier to track.

Mary

[hypergerl]

Please add net carbs as a feature!  It seems as though it would be a simple fix, and there appears to be a large demand for it!

[Mthomas215]

Total carbs - dietary fibers-sugar alcohols. 

[mamamunson]

Please add the option to track net carbs!!

[kamaog]

Please add net carbs on the fitbit tracker.