Fitbit Users...

Re: Fitbit Users...

• entropicbeauty member

  

  July 2012

  The calories burned starts getting counted at midnight when the day switches over. Those calories burned you burn while you're asleep (the calories burned just to keep your body functional)

  
  

  I specifically set my fitbit to assume I'm going to be sedentary all day and then give me bonus calories when I do activities, so even just walking in and out of work and doing normal daily activity I'm "earning" more calories burned.

  
  

  I can't say just how accurate it is, but it is based on your overall movements combined with the info you input into the FitBit site. I have found that it isn't accurate for stationary bike or stairmaster work, so I just do the timer things for those activities and calculate the burn another way and input it.

  

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• jpines22

  

  July 2012

  whats a fitbit?

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• Scheff725

  

  July 2012

  Thanks Entropic, I was super confused how that was possible! I haven't been going by that count so far, I think I"ll stick with myfitnesspal to see what I"m burning because I feel like its a little more accurate.
  
  Jpines- Its a pedometer that has multiple functions. Check it out, www.fitbit.com. Its a little pricey but I've noticed its worth it between the elevation tracking and it tracks your sleep which for me is amazing because I sleep horribly!

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• entropicbeauty member

  

  July 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_getting-shape_fitbit-users-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:238Discussion:a446dae5-e40d-4f86-941e-7fc5a473085ePost:dc127b14-cb38-4ce3-96ed-bda84b12ceb6">Re: Fitbit Users...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Thanks Entropic, I was super confused how that was possible! I haven't been going by that count so far, I think I"ll stick with myfitnesspal to see what I"m burning because I feel like its a little more accurate. Jpines- Its a pedometer that has multiple functions. Check it out, <a href="http://www.fitbit.com." rel="nofollow">www.fitbit.com.</a> Its a little pricey but I've noticed its worth it between the elevation tracking and it tracks your sleep which for me is amazing because I sleep horribly!
  Posted by Scheff725[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>Scheff - I would NOT go by the burn that MFP tells you for activites. MFP is notorious for overestimating calorie burn! The FitBit in my opinion is more accurate.</div>

  

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• Scheff725

  

  July 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_getting-shape_fitbit-users-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:238Discussion:a446dae5-e40d-4f86-941e-7fc5a473085ePost:54f71375-55ca-4a92-9365-69e8a31fb3c4">Re: Fitbit Users...</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Fitbit Users... : Scheff - I would NOT go by the burn that MFP tells you for activites. MFP is notorious for overestimating calorie burn! The FitBit in my opinion is more accurate.
  Posted by entropicbeauty[/QUOTE]
  
  Really? Ok for example. when I swim, if I do 20 minutes of breastroke it says I burned 189 calories, which sounds about right to me. Where-as the fitbit will say I burned 1800 calories in a day... Just seems like a crazy amount to me haha!

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• J&K10910 member

  

  July 2012 edited July 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_getting-shape_fitbit-users-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:238Discussion:a446dae5-e40d-4f86-941e-7fc5a473085ePost:822d9654-9302-414e-be10-346a371a3f4d">Re: Fitbit Users...</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Fitbit Users... : Really? Ok for example. when I swim, if I do 20 minutes of breastroke it says I burned 189 calories, which sounds about right to me. Where-as the fitbit will say I burned 1800 calories in a day... Just seems like a crazy amount to me haha!
  Posted by Scheff725[/QUOTE]
  
  I think that what you're not understanding is that you burn calories all day long.  Even when you're sleeping.  All a calorie is is a unit of measure to measure energy.  Your body burns energy (aka calories) to perform basic life functions such as breathing and making your heart beat.  Have you ever heard of BMR?  That stands for Basal Metabolic Rate--the amount of calories your body burns over the course of the day if you were laying in bed, sedentary, all day.   That is what you would need to consume to maintain your current weight.  So if your fitbit says you're burning 1800 calories in a day, you would need to eat 1800 to maintain your current weight because that is how many calories you use to make your body work.  If you ate 1300 day, you'd lose about a pound in a week (500 calories times 7 days in a week = 3500 calories a week which is a pound). 
  
  Does that make more sense?

  
  
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• Katred08

  

  July 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_getting-shape_fitbit-users-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:238Discussion:a446dae5-e40d-4f86-941e-7fc5a473085ePost:dc9a04a0-65ab-4f4b-b1ab-b18e051c493d">Re: Fitbit Users...</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Fitbit Users... : I think that what you're not understanding is that you burn calories all day long.  Even when you're sleeping.  All calories are a unit of measure to measure energy.  Your body burns energy (aka calories) to perform basic life functions such as breathing and making your heart beat.  Have you ever heard of BMR?  That stands for Basal Metabolic Rate--the amount of calories your body burns over the course of the day if you were laying in bed, sedentary, all day.   That is what you would need to consume to maintain your current weight.  So if your fitbit says you're burning 1800 calories in a day, you would need to eat 1800 to maintain your current weight because that is how many calories you use to make your body work.  If you ate 1300 day, you'd lose about a pound in a week (500 calories times 7 days in a week = 3500 calories a week which is a pound).  Does that make more sense?
  Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]<div>
  </div><div>Yes, this.  The fitbit isn't just measuring the "extra" calories you're burning through exercise, it's telling you all of the calories that you're burning in a single day, even if you just sat and breathed all day and did nothing else whatsoever.  Your body burns a set amount just keeping your organs functioning, digesting, stuff like that.  
  
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• Scheff725

  

  July 2012

  Ahhh, ok yes that all makes sense. Its funny because I did know all of this, it just has never been a number in front of me the way the fitbit presents it. I haven't seen the calories burned other than the EXTRA calories burned and had honestly not thought of it that way. Ok that all makes sense again, thanks everyone!!

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• jpines22

  

  July 2012

  wowwwwww i just went to the fitbit website. that's crazy that's there's something that can do all that!

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