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Fitbit and Lose It Calorie Discrepancy

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‎11-09-2015 16:59

‎11-09-2015 16:59

I have tried support but get no where.

 

I use Fitbit and Lose It for Android and find the calorie count is way out. Today Fitbit says 704 calories left and Lose It says 271 with a Fitbit Calorie bonus of 605 . I must point out that the calorie totals for breakfast, lunch and dinner are the same on both apps which is good.

 

However there is a difference as mentioned in totals calories left. Which calorie count to believe and why?

 

Anybody help with this?

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‎11-10-2015 07:30 - last edited on ‎11-18-2025 05:44 by Fitbit Moderator

‎11-10-2015 07:30 - last edited on ‎11-18-2025 05:44 by Fitbit Moderator

@ozphoto I hope you're doing well! The information should be synced accordingly with Lose It! If it's not accurate I will recommend you to revoke the access from Lose It and link it again.  You can also take a look at the FAQ's about Fitbit on Lose It website.

Try that and let me know how it goes! 

Santi | Community Moderator, Fitbit

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‎11-10-2015 08:06

In response to SantiR

‎11-10-2015 08:06

@ozphoto you would want to go here to revoke access. 

I also moved the post to the 3rd part forum, since this past could be of interest to more than users of one type of tracker.

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‎11-10-2015 08:13 - edited ‎11-10-2015 08:16

In response to SantiR

‎11-10-2015 08:13 - edited ‎11-10-2015 08:16

I have revoked access and re-linked with the totals still several hundred calories apart?

 

Since the totals for meals are the same there must be some kind of bug here? I would use Fitbit own calorie tracker but it is very poor.

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‎12-29-2015 18:26

‎12-29-2015 18:26

I am having the same problem with Lose It! and Fitbit on my iPhone 5.  Lose it! says I have 200 calories left to eat; Fitbit says I'm 400 calories OVER.  I will try the suggestion from the moderator and see if it works.  Thanks. 

 

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‎02-22-2016 08:53

‎02-22-2016 08:53

I have given up trying to figure out all the different calorie counts on FitBit.   I have decided to focus on calories in vs calories out.    Hope you get the answers you need.      

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‎02-22-2016 08:56

‎02-22-2016 08:56

Personally if i connected my Firbit to lose it, i wpuld use lose it to calculate the calories to eat.
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‎07-03-2017 19:11

‎07-03-2017 19:11

Probably a bit late to the show, but My Fitbit vs. Lose It calorie allowance was showing the same discrepancy you've described.  My issue was that my Lose It had my goal set to lose 1.5 lbs per week whereas Fitbit was set to lose only 1 lb per week.

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