How do I sync to My Fitness Pal?

[whitneyh6]

I haven't purchased a fitbit yet, I wanted to see how the app and website worked first. One of the things that I liked the best about fitbit is that you can sync it with My Fitness Pal because that is what I already use. But I can't figure out how to sync them, any help?

[SilviaFitbit · Accepted solution]

@whitneyh6 A warm welcome to the Community and Fitbit Family ! 

To link your two accounts, please go here and click “Get Started”. You will then be prompted to either log in or sign up with your MyFitnessPal account.

Once connected, you will be able to view the foods and activities that you log on your MyFitnessPal account on your Fitbit Dashboard. 

[melissagreene]

Hi,

the click here link is not opening,, do you happen to have the actual link that I can copy to get there?

thanks Melissa

[SunsetRunner]

Silvia's link does not appear to be working.

Here is the actual link: https://www.fitbit.com/apps/myfitnesspal

[SilviaFitbit]

Thanks for the link @SunsetRunner  I'm sorry that  the link I provided wasn't working 

[SunsetRunner]

No worries Silvia... 🙂

[dinnerbelle]

Hi.  Just got my Fitbit Flex yesterday, so maybe I'm not doing everything 100% yet. 

I have been using My Fitness Pal and Map my Walk since September 2014.  Yesterday I felt that I linked the Fitbit to My Fitness Pal.  At least it says I did.  I unlinked Map my Walk.  So far I can't see my meals on the Fitbit Dashboard, or the miles walked on My Fitness Pal.  Any suggestions?

[SilviaFitbit]

@dinnerbelle It's nice to have you here! I would like you to go to your Dashboard > click on settings > Applications and there you'll see MFP and MMW. If after checking that you're not seeing any apps linked please link the accounts again to Fitbit by checking this article.  

[DrewGator]

You had a space character in the link between "http://" and "www.fitbit.com/apps/myfitnesspal" It shows up in the URL as "%20".  Once I removed that it worked fine.

[SilviaFitbit]

@DrewGator It's great to have you here! thank you for sharing this, I clicked on the link and I was able to get the page, hmm weird 

[Smudgecat]

Thank you

[SilviaFitbit]

@Smudgecat Welcome to the Fitbit Family! I hope I can continue seeing you around, you may want to check the Discussions Board and meet new people. 

[dinnerbelle]

Have you received any good recommendations yet? I have found that the failure to sync happens sporadically, with no explanation. I did find that you can't have the app on multiple Android devices. So just install on a PC/laptop and your phone.

[Trevor21]

They are having issues. If you look in MFP under apps/devices there is an explanation.

[Smudgecat]

Hi it is only loaded on my Mac. It worked for months, then just stopped. Sent from my iPad

[vlwarner]

Sylvia, When I go to my settings and then to applications, all I see is Facebook.  There are no other apps to chose from.  (I'm trying to connect my Fitbit to My Fitness Pal). Please advise.

[SilviaFitbit]

@vlwarner Welcome to the Community! The procedure to link Fitbit and MyFitnessPal is a little bit different, please follow the linking procedure. When you go to settings > Applications > you're going to see the applications that you've linked. As an example as soon as you link Fitbit with MFP the third-party app should show there. 

Let me know how it goes . 

[Bobbinyc]

I have a flex and have been logging food on myfitnesspal.  How do I get the steps that show on my fitbit to show on myfitnesspal?  I clicked on the mfp app, clicked on the fitbit tracker app, clicked connect, and....nothing.  Please help

[SilviaFitbit]

@Bobbinyc A warm welcome to the Community! You may want to try to connect both apps using a computer, here's the procedure: 

1. Log into MyFitnessPal and click Apps.
2. In the App Gallery, find Fitbit and click Connect.
3. Click Allow to give MyFitnessPal access to your Fitbit data.
4. Follow the instructions provided.

Also, Fitbit steps and sleep data can be viewed in the "check-in" section of MFP. 

Hope this helps. 

[bfittness]

But can you sync what is logged into your Fitbit over to Myfittnesspal? I log all my food onto fit bit but it wont show it logged into my fittness pal