Calorie Count WAY OFF

[KaptainCirk]

I don't know what's going on but my calorie count for the day is going insane.  According to the food I inputted for the log, it was only 1840 calories.  The site is telling me that I ate 3614 calories though!  I don't know how that would work.  I'm new here.  First day actually since I thought I had this all figured out.  Any help would be appreciated. 

[MarreFitbit]

Welcome to the Fitbit Community @KaptainCirk, hope you're doing great! It seems that you have set a Food Plan, haven't you?

Well, I'd like to share some information about this situation my friend, see below:

1. Overbudget means that you're current deficit is too small compared to your target deficit. You need to eat less or, better, get more active.
2. Underbudget means that you're current deficit is too large compared to your target deficit. You need reduce your activity or, better, to eat a little more.
3. In zone means that you're current deficit is just about right compared to your target deficit. You are doing everything just about right. You haven't necessarily been more active than usual, but you are eating for your current activity level.
4. Calories left means that you can eat that many calories between now and midnight and end the calendar day in zone. You can have part or, if calories allow, all of that tempting chocolate bar before bed and not feel guilty.

Basically, use it as a guide to what changes you need to make to your life to move yourself into your zone and/or towards your goal.

If you are trying to lose weight, the important bit is that the colored bar is shorter than the grey bar. It doesn't really matter if it is green, orange or red. It only matters that you maintain a deficit and you are making lifestyle changes that will allow you to maintain your goal weight when you reach it. There is no wrong rate of loss, just statistics that say slow and steady has a greater probability of maintaining goal.

Hope this helps, I'll be around if you need me!

[KaptainCirk · Accepted solution]

I figured out what was wrong lol  Since I'm connected to My Fitness Pal as well, when I inputted my caloric intake in both MFP and FitBit, it added them together haha  Consider my problem solved 😉

[MarreFitbit]

Amazing news @KaptainCirk ! I'm so glad to hear you could figure out where the issue was coming from, thanks for sharing the outcome my friend.

Hope to see you participating in the Community more often since I think it would be awesome for you to explore our Community, so you can go ahead and log to any of the topics that might be of your interest in our Discussion boards. Feel free to comment and contribute with your knowledge and experience.

Have a nice weekend! 

[Beaujolais]

Hi there MarreFitbit

i have lost my tracker altogether but wanted to use the Food plan option to see how many calories i am eating each day. my calorie count seems to be set at 750 or thereabouts?? how do i set it to say 1200 instead? thank you for any help 

[MarreFitbit]

To change your calorie goal, please follow what my friend @MariamV shares in this post. 

However, if you're referring to a food plan, please check all the tips that @SebringDon posted in this thread.

Hope this helps @Beaujolais, have a great rest of the day!