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Different calorie count with Fitbit and MyFitnessPal

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‎08-14-2014 16:38 - last edited on ‎12-05-2015 13:05 by Moderator Alum

‎08-14-2014 16:38 - last edited on ‎12-05-2015 13:05 by Moderator Alum

 

I am linked to my fitness pal  sof ar today I have walked 12646 steps after an hour on the treadmill and its only 430 fb says Ive burned 1447 calories today ( seems low ) and that the 1200 calories Ive eaten puts me 178 calories over while my fitness pal gave me extra calories for the excersise and says I can eat another 200 calories.

 

Moderator edit: updated subject for clarity

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‎08-22-2014 17:14

‎08-22-2014 17:14

MFP, gives you negative calories. so after you sync is sees what you have done and says you have X amount of calories left . I tend to ignore that and just stick with my original amount of planned caloric goal

MD-USA,One all the way!
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