Steps exercise is logged as calories consumed!

[Laursfit]

Up until now my Fitbit has logged my steps/exercise and synced in to Myfitnesspal as calories burned. So my daily calorie intake is affected by the amount of steps/exercise I do. If I burn say 300 calories through my Fitbit, it usually will take 300 off the daily calories consumed. 

Since yesterday, my Fitbit steps/exercise is recorded and instead of taking off calories consumed, it is adding on as if the calories burned are the calories I have consumed. So if I had burned 300 calories, then 300 calories will be added to my calorie intake! 

I massively rely on my on my calorie intake as a form of weight loss and up until now it has worked with no problems! 

I hope somebody can help! 

[JohnnyRow]

I'm not clear on which part you are talking about on Fitbit or on Myfitnesspal.  When you say calories burned are counted as consumed, do you mean Fitbit is not recording them correctly, or is this totally an issue with how Myfitnesspal is interpreting the data from Fitbit?

[MarreFitbit]

Welcome on board @Laursfit, it's nice to have a new member around! Note that only steps from your Fitbit will sync to your MyFitnessPal account. 

Based on your profile settings (which should be the same in both Fitbit and MFP) the system expects you to burn a certain amount of calories per day. If your activity is lower than expected then you will burn less than that.

If the negative adjustment is on then Fitbit will tell MFP that you have been less active and will reduce the calories you can eat. If it is not set on then it won't adjust the calories down in this case. Whatever it is set to, if you are more active than expected then Fitbit will tell MFP and it will raise the calories you can eat.

Said that, MyFitnessPal pulls your calorie burn directly from Fitbit's 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 the partner's reported calorie burn is lower than MyFitnessPal’s estimate.

Since the adjustments are made on MyFitnessPal you should activate the negative adjustment in Fitbit by doing the following: 

Log in to the full MyFitnessPal site at www.MyFitnessPal.com and click the main "Settings" tab, then "Diary Settings." Check the box for "Enable Negative Adjustments" then click "Save Changes.” If you are typically unable to sync your device until late in the day, you may wish to leave negative adjustments "off." You can learn more about the adjustment here.

In case that your both apps are not syncing correctly, I recommend to unlink the accounts and them link them again. Doing this should be able to resolve any issues between the account.

To do that, follow these steps:

1. Sign into your Fitbit dashboard.
2. Go to the Applications settings on your account.
4. Under MyFitnessPal, click "Revoke Access."
5. You can then re-link the two accounts.

PS:  I moved your post to the Third-Party Integrations as there are more chances to get app related replies here.

Also, if you  haven't already read our information and tips about improving accuracy on your Charge 2 can be found by clicking here. 

Thanks for helping out my friend @JohnnyRow! 

Hope this clarifies your question, let me know if you need further assistance!