Context: I have a 750-calorie deficit target.
On my home screen, I have the "manage weight" screen, which shows energy burned and food calories.
Food data (specific meals) is sent to fitbit from the LoseIt app, which I prefer for tracking meals.
Current day: Everything seems to work fine. The meter on the food calories stays in the under category and accounts for my calories burned. So, for instance, my food meter will show a deficit on the meter if I eat 2,000 calories on a day that I burn 3,000 calories (under my 750 goal). See photo.
Past days: I have noticed that while I am well under my calorie allowance for a day (say, 1,000 calorie deficit), if I click the previous day, it ALWAYS shows that I am OVER my food budget. Every single day. One day, for instance, fitbit showed that I ate only 1,500 calories but I burned nearly 3,500. The meter still showed that I ate more than I should have. See below.
In food view: However, when I click on the food button to see my meals and past food intake, all of the meters show correctly, according to my calculations, that I have largely stuck to my plan and had the appropriate deficit most days. That means that there is a BUG in the app in how it counts calories when you go back to see your past days.
I know this may not seem like a big deal, but it is very disheartening to have a computer widget tell me that I ate too much when I'm trying very, very hard to stick to a plan.
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