My fitness pal calories off by 1000

[Fenian]

I've synced my fit bit with my fitness pal and am very confused. Every day they are a minimum of 3-400 calories different but at times 1000 or more.

Right now I'm showing almost 2000 calories left on my dashboard (phone) and only 785 on mfp.

It seems this may be because of fitbit calculating the calories burned while inactive/sleeping etc but every night I end up by fitbit calculations needing to eat a whole chocolate cake to keep my metabolism going!

Any help?

[SilviaFitbit]

@Fenian Welcome to the Community! I apologize for the delayed reply. 

MyFitnessPal pulls your calorie burn directly from the total daily calorie Fitbit. We then project forward to the end of the day based on your calorie burn so far. If this full-day number is different than MyFitnessPal’s estimate for your daily calorie burn, an adjustment will be made to your caloric intake goal. This adjustment can either be positive or negative. If the adjustment is positive, this indicates that your calorie burn for the day as reported by Fitbit is greater than MyFitnessPal’s estimate. If the adjustment is negative this indicates that Fitbit's reported calorie burn is lower than MyFitnessPal’s estimate.

To accurately reflect any extra calories you're burning, Fitbit uses this data to adjust your daily MyFitnessPal calorie goal. For example, if Fitbit shows 1723 and MFP shows 1628 the Fitbit Calorie Adjustment will be 95.

Let me know if you need further assistance