Mobile and web dashboards inconsistent

[Ursula_grace]

I use MyFitnessPal (mobile app) to track my calories and this is synched with FitBit. On the online dashboard I am able to see a meter showing calories burned versus taken in - however, the mobile dashboard still says "Start a food plan". I was wondering if there was a way to get the two to match.

Similarly, using the online dashboard I set a body fat percentage goal (I also have the Aria scale) as I am not interested in a "weight" goal per se. Again, on the online dashboard this has registered, but the mobile dashboard keeps prompting me to "set a goal" but only allows me to set a weight goal. Is there a way to get the two dashboards to match?

[HelenaFitbit · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the forums @Ursula_grace! I'm also a MyFitnessPal user and I'll be glad to help on this. 

Before anything else, if you have a current Food Plan on MFP and not on Fitbit, this is why you see the in vs out gauge in the Online dashboard but not on the Mobile version. Same for body fat goal.

I have seen this situation happen whenever both accounts don't have the same caloric budget to work with; so my best suggestion is to disable Fitbit's Food Plan and add your MFP caloric budget as a main calorie goal. 

I'll show you how to do it from my profile information. 

First, you'll need to go to your Food log page and click on the arrows on Food Plan until you see the option "Edit Plan".

After you've done this, click on "Set a new Goal" 

Add your starting weight and your desired weight and click next.

Instead of choosing the food plan options provided by Fitbit, click on "Set my own Calorie Target".

Now on MyFitnessPal, click on Goals and (unless you have an specific nutrition goal) click on "View Guided Setup"

Now on your Diet profile, add all the information required.

Now, you will get a Net calorie target for the day. Please bear in mind that mine is low because of my settings, but yours will be different. 

Now, go back to your Fitbit Screen and add the Net Calorie target you were given for the day and click on Done. 

Now you're set! The food you log in from MFP will automatically edit your Fitbit caloric values for the day and it will reflect on your MFP calorie budget for the day. 

A couple things to consider about this: 

1. The accuracy of your Fitbit Log will depend on the accuracy of your MFP food logs.
2. All exercises and non-step based activities must be logged through Fitbit, otherwise MFP will count them as double.
3. Basing your food plan on MFP's settings, your In vs Out gauge will be disabled on Fitbit's mobile and Online dashboards. This is because your caloric information will be displayed on MFP's screen.

 Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions

[Ursula_grace]

Awesome! Thanks for your help!!