And the actual deficit achieved comes from the balance of the two.

Just as the tracker is a source of error so is the intake tracking on MFP. Ow close the predicted burn matches to your tracker's final calculation. The final adjustment at the end of the day is the exact difference between your predicted burn based on your MFP setting (sedentary/lightly/active/very) and what your device calculated as your total caloric burn.Īny changes to your base MFP calories only serve to make this adjustment smaller or larger depending on h The question is: having specified that I am 'lightly active' on my goals, I would assume that the daily calories targeted already accounts for my daily calorie expenditure, so would the 'earned' calories from steps be a redundancy?Īssuming that tracker integration is working properly and with negative calories enabled there is NO DOUBLE COUNTING AT THE END OF THE DAY (MIDNIGHT). However, MFP does take into account the steps recorded in Google Fit and gives me 'earned' calories based on these. I see how MFP does not take into account any strength training from Google Fit, which makes sense, as the calories counting from that type of exercise is hard to measure without heart rate or VO2max. I use Google Fit to track my general day to day movements (steps) with no other physical tracker other than my phone.Īt the same time, Google Fit is synced to Strong 5x5, an app to record my strength training at the gym. I have realised how much I used to eat, and perhaps identified the reason why I reached a plateau in my body fat content.Īnyway, I have a question regarding the use of the app itself. I have been logging for only 5 days but found the app quite useful.

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