Negative calories on MyFitnessPal

[BarbInMemphis]

I know there's been discussion about this but surely there's a way to remedy it.

"If you're getting a negative calorie from Fitbit to MyFitnessPal, that means that the calorie burn on your Fitbit is lower than in your MyFitnessPal account".

I wear my Zip all of the time so I'd like it to sync with a positive rather than a negative. Is it possible to reset the Zip's calorie burn higher so I can keep up with the calories more efficiently as I was able to do with the Pacer app? (I had to carry my phone at all times for it to work though.) I love the ability to keep up with the calories "earned" with the Zip but want it to keep up with it on MFP.

I have Pulmonary Hypertension so my setting is set on "sedentary". Thanks for any assistance/suggestions.

[SteveH]

I'm not sure that there's anything to remedy.

Both fitbit and MyFitnessPal expect you to do a certain amount of activity during the day and they calculate an expected level of calorie burn. If your settings are the same in each account then these will be around the same value.

If, however, fitbit tracks your activity and it's lower than it expected then it will have to revise down it's expected calorie burn and it sends a negative calorie adjustment to MyFitnessPal so that it can make the same adjustment.

If fitbit detects that you were working harder than expected then your calorie burn will be higher and it sends a positive calorie adjustment to MyFitnessPal.

[BarbInMemphis]

Is there a way to manually add the "exercise"? I see the number of steps/paces on the Fitbit. If I knew how to convert the steps/paces to calories burned, I could add them to my "exercise" tab on MFP. Fitbit shows that I've taken 446 steps & shows 1619 calories burned but I don't think that correct. I've been ill so sedentary since New Year's Eve along with the disease Pulmonary Hypertension that limits my ability to exercise.

Thanks