Tracking my calories while I sleep?

[cfultz]

Hello everyone! Newbie FitBit user here. I just bought mine last night and used it until bed. I put the little bugger in the wrist band and went to sleep. When I woke up this morning, it showed that I had burned about 300 more calories than I had before I went to sleep. I didn't notice where my steps had gone up (maybe ten tops which I considered being my rolling around), and wasn't sure if this is normal. I have it set to the 'normal' setting for sleeping statistics. Any help is apperciated!

[magiic]

Fitbit takes into account your basal metabolic rate (BMR) which is the calories your body burns just by being alive.

[cfultz]

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@magiic wrote:

Fitbit takes into account your basal metabolic rate (BMR) which is the calories your body burns just by being alive.

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Thank you for the information magiic. I was unaware this thing was so intelligent that it would assume things. I'm assuming the BMR is based upon the settings you placed at the time of setup? I know that not all of us have the same BMR, and just want to know how it's actually taking my metabolic rate into account.

[SteveH · Accepted solution]

That's correct, it uses your profile data such as age, gender, weight etc. There's more info on this here:

https://help.fitbit.com/customer/portal/articles/898903