07-14-2014 09:49
07-14-2014 09:49
My Fitbit account is linked to My Fitness Pal. The problem that I have is that when I exercise early in the day, as I usually do, My Fitness Pal will then overestimate my calories for the rest of the day. As the day goes on, my allotted calories decrease. This presents a real problem because when I am entering food in My Fitness Pal, I see too many allotted calories and, asa result, tend to eat more than I should. Does anyone have any solutions?
07-18-2014 10:54
07-18-2014 10:54
@keengkong Welcome to the Community!
MyFitnessPal pulls your calorie burn directly from Fitbit total daily calorie. 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.
You can see the Fitbit adjustment by going to > Exercise > and you'll see "Fitbit calorie adjustment". calorie goal.
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