Should I log exercises in MFP?

[weaverjled]

I have linked MFP with my Fitbit app. I have been consistently logging my calorie intake into MFP. The apps seem to be "talking" to each other correctly - my calorie intake and water intake show up correctly in my Fitbit App and my step count shows up in MFP (a calorie adjustment is made based on my step count).

My question: Should I be adding my exercises to MFP, even if my Fitbit is tracking those exercises? MFP is making calorie adjustments for my steps, but my exercises don't seem to be transferring from my Fitbit App to MFP.

Thanks in advance for the help!

[RobertoME · Accepted solution]

Hi there @weaverjled, awesome to see you have joined the Fitbit Community. I'm sorry for the late response, but let me give you some suggestions for your concern to log exercise in MyFitnessPal.

In this case you are using perfectly the integrations with MFP and Fitbit. However, I do not recommend to log your exercises in MFP, since this calories has been taken in account with your calorie adjustment. So if you logged the exercise you might be doubling your numbers.

Your MFP account is capable to share your exercise in your Fitbit Dashboard as a manual activities. So this is the reason why is not recommendable to do this. 

Keep in mind, your Fitbit Dashboard will only send a calorie adjustment based on your exercise, but it will not send your exercise as it is. To have an idea what MFP and Fitbit syncs, review the following post: MyFitnessPal.

Hope this helps and let me know if you have other questions.