05-16-2020
05:53
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16:36
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RicardoFitbit
05-16-2020
05:53
- last edited on
05-18-2020
16:36
by
RicardoFitbit
I am a rural mail carrier and I drive on some very bumpy roads. I sit most of the day but my upper body moves. Between bumps/potholes and my arms moving my fitbit is logging thousands of steps I'm not taking which is of course throwing off my calories burned and movement numbers. I do get out for package delivery but no way I'm getting these daily numbers. What can I do?
Moderator edit: Subject for clarity
05-16-2020 09:20
05-16-2020 09:20
Hi @Terrill66 rural mail carriers have a unique job for sure! This is a copied post from a retired Moderator about replacing those steps with an activity. Here is the post:
"There are some cases where the movement patterns around you may show as steps, when your body is not moving. But don't worry! They can easily be negated from your daily log.
To negate steps from your activity log, you can do the following:
05-16-2020 15:05
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05-16-2020 15:08
05-16-2020 15:08
I'm not sure how many to delete. I've never really known my true steps count. Plus I'm having trouble figuring out how to do it.
05-16-2020 15:54
05-16-2020 15:54
What phone do you have?
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05-16-2020 16:08
Moved this to the iOS area so you can get better responses. I'm an Android user.
05-18-2020 16:30
05-18-2020 16:30
Hi @Terrill66, welcome to the Community Forums! Sorry for the delay in responding your post.
I appreciate the details that were shared in your post. Just as previously mentioned, if you would like to delete the steps that were erroneously counted during the time you were driving, you can log the Driving activity in your account to negate approximately the amount of steps that were recorded. To do that on your iPhone 10s Max, please follow the next steps:
@Odyssey13 Thanks for bringing this to our attention, your willingness to help here in the Community Forums is always appreciated.
Let me know if you have any additional questions.
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03-12-2021 09:16 - edited 03-12-2021 09:19
03-12-2021 09:16 - edited 03-12-2021 09:19
I did this and it ADDED 271 steps! After all these years, you'd think Fitbit would figure a way to fix this. I'm sort of mad I bought this. I'm a school bus driver and it's almost a waste of money. I love everything else about it EXCEPT this.