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Need Experienced Fitbit users - realistic Calories
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LaurieFairyCake · 23/04/2018 06:23
Obviously as I’m not lithe yet my Fitbit is overestimating my output 
Could I have some opinions from experienced users what they think they’re actual calories burned are. I am aiming for a deficit (my TDEE is 1678) of a 1lb a week - so that’s 500 calories a day.
I’m also only really eating in an 8 hour period - I avoid indigestion that way and I eat all my food by 6pm. For context I am at least 4 stone overweight. I would describe myself as moderately active now, 2 hours yoga/60 minutes HIIT/around 8-10000 steps a day.
LaurieFairyCake · 23/04/2018 07:53
Bump
LaurieFairyCake · 23/04/2018 09:09
And also why does it think I’m in the ‘fat burn’ zone when I’m just pottering up and down the stairs and my heart rate is at 93?
Is it just because I’m so overweight it assumes I’m fat burning ?
FrangipaniBlue · 23/04/2018 09:24
Fat burn heart rate is 60-70% of your max heart rate (which is 220 minus your age)
In the fat burn zone you burn fat on your body AND the food in your stomach, above the fat burn zone you only burn the food in your stomach.
If you're pretty much always in your fat burn zone your Fitbit will show you burning a lot more calories.
FrangipaniBlue · 23/04/2018 09:26
Do for example, I'm 37 so max heart rate is 183bpm, my fat burn zone is therefore a heart beat in the range of 110-128bpm
LaurieFairyCake · 23/04/2018 10:11
I have no idea what my maximum heart rate is, I never work at it. Even when using a stationary bike it goes up to about 130
FrangipaniBlue · 23/04/2018 20:07
@LaurieFairyCake your max hr in exercise terms is 220 minus your age.
LaurieFairyCake · 23/04/2018 20:23
Oh right! Thanks 
I thought it was about what I got up to when I exercised
Sorry, bit dim about this 
FrangipaniBlue · 23/04/2018 22:44
I did too when I first started - we all start somewhere!!!
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