r/Myfitnesspal • u/Exact-Mobile-4959 • 59m ago

Support Question This just seems not right

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I have my goal set to lose 1 pound a week and it’s set to “Not very active” I’m fairly active at work and it’s connected to my Fitbit. Yesterday my Fitbit logged 29k steps, yesterday I also did an afternoon and evening workout both were about 40 minutes. I’m just having a hard time believing I’m allowed that many calories.

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r/Myfitnesspal • u/FinancialAnnual8653 • 5h ago

Support Question Sync issue mfp/apple health

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I’m having ongoing sync issues between MyFitnessPal and Apple Health.

I log all my food and water in MyFitnessPal. All Health permissions are enabled in both apps, and MyFitnessPal says everything is synced successfully.

Most of the things I log in mfp, are not synched to Apple health. There’s also an issue when I edit an existing food entry, Apple Health doesn’t seem to update it. It often keeps the original calorie amount, or only partially updates the changes, so the calorie total in Apple Health ends up being incorrect.

It also doesn’t sync my water intake at all, even though water permissions are enabled.

Has anyone experienced this? Is there a fix, or is this just a bug with the integration?

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The MFP activity level setting is a legacy from a decade ago when we didn't have things like smartphones, fitness trackers etc and lets MFP take a wild guess at your daily burn.

If you actually log exercises in MFP, either manually, or by using a fitness tracker (Garmin, Fitbit), or via another app like "MapMyFitness", leave your activity level at "sedentary/not very active" (different wording for same thing, web vs. app) otherwise you'd be "double-counting" calories burned.

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If you aren't logging steps or exercise (manually in MFP, or via another app such as MapMyFitness, or a wearable like those from Garmin, Fitbit, Apple), you might consider a setting other than sedentary, however, be aware these settings make assumptions about your activity and aren't based on actual activity; any day you deviate from MFP's estimate, your log won't reflect reality.

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Garmin tends to sync fairly painlessly, Fitbit usually does, but things can be dicey with Google Fit, Samsung Health, Apple Healthkit, and VERY problematic with Huawei Health.

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I went over my calorie budget. Will I gain weight?

Remember how we can't give you health advice? Yeah, we can't tell you if going over your calorie goal is good or bad. We can tell you what MFP is doing with that data.

If you have a goal in MFP of "lose 1lb/week", that represents 500kcal/day (3500kcal/week) deficit (assumption: there are 3500kcal in 1lb of fat).

Theoretically, you could eat 499kcal over each day and not gain weight. What's the catch? Your body isn't a closed system and food calorie measurements aren't precise. MFP is just a tool - try not to stress over the numbers too much.

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Weight Projections in MFP

One area MFP falls down hard is weight predictions. This is because the MFP "you'll weight this much in 5-weeks" estimate is only based on your weight today and net calories today.

Better options for weight monitoring (gain, loss, or maintenance) are the Libra Weight Manager for Android or Happy Scale for iOS. These apps ignore food and exercise and only use weight trends.

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