All day trackers - discrepancy

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Hi, due to technical issues (with the app) I had to switch from my Withings Pulse tracker to the iPhone but since doing this my daily calories are skewed from what I am used to and not sure what to do as I was happy with what I was doing before.

I'm not sure what is going on - can someone help explain?



I have been maintaining weight for a few months, but now with the switch to iPhone traking it is saying I can eat another 200-300 kcals a day ... this can't be correct, I'll end up putting all the weight back on surely as I am not doing more excercise or changed my weight??

My daily routine is pretty stable, walking to work and back and walking to get lunch - amounts to about 8Km per day on average according to the all day tracker.

Under the 'old' system, 1750 kcal daily food allowance .. Withings pulse adjustment in my diary, generally negative adjustment of about -150Kcal until around lunch time when had walked 4 Kilometers, then it goes above 0 giving me a positive adjustment of about +100 by the end of the day.

Under the 'new' system, 1750 kcal daily food allowance .. MFP adjustment starts as soon as I begin walking, so this morning I walked to work and am already +50Kcal, and +200Kcal adjustment by the end of the day.

So the question is, when MFP asks for the level of activity, I put sedentary, and it seems to have already added in assumed calories for the day - therefore is it double counting when it also gets the real caolries as it is adding them on top.

My basal rate is calculated at 1360kcal - so I would have expected to see any walking I do during the day to be on top of 1360, not on top of 1750 ?

I've never had to get that deep into the math or theory before, just following the app - but now I am questioning it.

Unknown

Still a little confused:
If I put "Sedentary" then it gives me:
1470 goal
-828 food
+258 exercise
900 remaining

If I put "lightly active" then it gives me:
1680 goal
-828 food
+258 exercise
1110 remaining

I said I'm "sedentary" and the iPhone is tracking my steps and saw how much my "real" activity is - so it decided to adjust by +258 for my exercise,

but, what I don't get, is that when I said I'm "lighty active" MFP still decides to adjust by +258 and has given me a bigger goal, and more calories.

If I switch back to counting activity using Withings steps tracker which I keep on me all the time, then it gives the following:

1470 goal
-828 food
+18 exercise
660 remaining

Quite a big gap between 900 remaining using iPhone steps, and 660 remaining using Withings - difference of 240 calories.

And even worse if I set to "lightly active" there is a difference of 450 calories (1110-660.)

To put it into context, I was working to a deficit of 250-500 calories a day when I wanted to lose weight, and keeping to these new values for a couple of weeks has made put on a couple of pounds - not the end of the world, but also I don't want this to continue.

A 5Km run would burn 240 calories (given my weight) and a 5Km bike ride 100 calories.

The sync issue has been resolved, so I have gone back to using Withings for step tracking.

Another issue I am having is that I have for the past two days decided to cycle 10Km a day to work - but when I log this in MFP the calories are not calculated correctly, it is giving me a deficit of -500 (approx) ?

Does anyone know what is going on and how to get the best out of these tools?

Thanks!

Unknown

I guess I just need a few recommendations on how to figure out how many calories I can eat back ... previously I found it was giving me too much, so I told it I wanted to lose 1lb even though I want to maintain the weight and those figures were working for me.

Unknown

sounds like something is not counting right. support issue?

Don't seem to have the same issue on fitbit adjustments. Adjustment from sedentary is much greater than from active, for example.

Unknown

If I drive with car, bus, or ride a bike, I always have to turn off the iPhone step tracker, because it doesnt stop tracking, it thinks that I walk. And later I see this plus calories in myfitnesspall. You can disable it in Setup/Privacy menu.

Unknown

My sister got a huge number of steps because she drove up a mountain and it thought she was climbing steps.

Also, is it synced? For example, with fitbit (which is what I use), you need to set to sedentary and it adds your steps to MFP and adds calories. If you do additional exercise - like I mucked out my chickens for two hours Sunday and did yoga, I logged those exercises - which don't count well as steps - into MFP. You put in the time and MFP tells fitbit to discount all your steps during the time you said you were exercising. Otherwise it would double count.

This is why I stopped using Track My Run. Unless I was very careful with how I set it up, it would put in double steps. The instructions for syncing are good, but you have to read them very carefully and follow their rules.