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calorie counter not working properly

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‎04-06-2016 12:24

‎04-06-2016 12:24

Hi, 

I am new to fitbit. I just purchased it and got everythign set up. It is telling me that I have walked .11 miles and burned 1,094 calories. I have recently used other "step" counting applications on my Iphone, so I am familiar with how many steps walked equals around a certain amount of calories burned.... why is fit bit giving me incorrect calories burned?

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‎04-06-2016 13:29

‎04-06-2016 13:29

Did your other applications take into account your BMR calories in the same way as fitbit? These are the calories you burn just keeping your body alive. Your Surge calories will include BMR calories burned since midnight.

 

http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-does-Fitbit-know-how-many-calories-I-ve-burne...

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