Question:
Fitday Question - problem with calories used ????

As part of trying to break this darn plateau I signed onto Fitday for the first time. I've recorded everything I ate & did so far today but it just doesn't look right. It shows me as burning just over 3600 calories so far, much of that from the basal (55%), 27% lifestyle, 18% activites ??? I've not exercised at the gym today or anything, infact its a pretty calm day for me. Can I possibly be burning almost 4x the calories I consume in a day? If so, then why isn't the scale dropping like crazy?? Your input would be greatly appreciated.    — Shelly S. (posted on September 12, 2002)

September 12, 2002
I have had the same question. I have sumitted a question like this to fitday but I haven't gotten any response. If you find anything out let me know.Good Luck~ Candi
   — Candi B.

September 12, 2002
I agree, it seems like I am burning way to many calories. I am taking in 1000 calories a day, and burning over 3000. If this is true, I should have not been overweight at all! Maybe others out there can tell us if we are inputting our information wrong. I am glad to see I am not the only one out here confused.
   — januaryrn

September 12, 2002
Me too! Fitday does seem to indicate we should be weigh a negative number after awhile. :P I'd be curious to know the answer!
   — Suzy C.

September 12, 2002
Me too! Shows basically the same info, I usually burn 3400 calories a day doing nothing.......imagine that. I hope you get an answer, inquiring minds want to know =)
   — stacjean

September 12, 2002
I got a measurement from a device that said I burned over 5000 cal/day. HAHA! If I burned 500, I'd be ahead of the game. Always remember that rpograms & such a generic, and they're built for normies. That is, people who are not genetically obese. People who have a 20# flux are NOT us. We don't burn calories, we store them. If we had burned them, every diet we tried would have worked. But instead, most of us GAINED on even minimal calorie diets. Why? Because 1200 cal diets would starve a normie, b ut we gain on them. If the original rules applied to us, we wouldn't be sitting here having this chat, right?
   — vitalady

September 12, 2002
I have never thought thatthe cal's burned on fit day worked right, or could be right!! If it were right, I would be burning more then 4 x the number of cals eat, I just cannot be doing that. I just use the cal counter.
   — Vicki L.

September 12, 2002
You do burn calories all day long, just by breathing. When you sign on to fit day, they use your weight and your indication of lifestyle to decide how many calories you burn each day. If you weighed 120 pounds, your calories burned each day would likely go down. I do agree it seems fairly high to me, but I don't put much emphasis on it... they can't do much really accurately without following you around each day and knowing exactly what your activities are. personally, I don't put in every time I was the dishes or do housework or have sex ... and you can do that. I just record exercise I do JUST for exercise sake.
   — Lisa C.

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