Hi everyone. I need some help figuring out these meters. Of course, the "eat" meter is easy enough, it tells me how many calories I've consumed. It's the burn meter that has me confused. I added some foods and activities before I went out this afternoon, the top portion of the burn meter was at 1900. I can't remember what the bottom portion said anymore, wasn't all that high cause my morning wasn't that busy. Came home and added the muffin and apple I had eaten and the activities of the afternoon, now the burn meter at the top is up to 2040 and the bottom portion is 1639. Why did the top portion change? Was it because I went over what is supposed to be my calorie limit for the day? And how does the burn meter and eat meter relate to each other, as I enter activites, the number of calories in the eat meter goes down? I can never figure out exactly where I stand with these meters. Thanks so much for your help!!! :)
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Did you log some activities?
For the burn meter, the top number is an estimate of how many calories you're expected to burn total in the day, it does increase when you log activites. The bottom number shows how many based on what you've logged for the day.
For the eat meter, the number at the top is your calorie goal and the bottom shows what you've logged during the day.
Thank you for your answer. Now, I'm a complete fool when it comes to math things and I know I'm complicating my mind far more than I need to right now, but it really confuses me as to why the total calories burned for the day goes UP when I log activities. As I burn the calories, should this number not go down? I'm only supposed to take in 1200 calories, but I'm supposed to burn 1600?? It just seems that, the more activities I log, is the more calories I burn yet the meter says I need to burn more, as though I will never reach my goal of calories burned. ((can you see what I'm doing to myself??)) lol It's so easy to confuse me at times!! Thank you SO much for your help!! My hubby is a math whiz and I've even got him confused!! Thanks again!!
Cant be any help but am waiting the answer! I have the same question/confusion :-)
Think of the activity meter as a 24 hr clock. No matter what it says it is going to run out at the end of the day - you will meet that goal. It isn't how many you are supposed to burn, it is how many you did burn.
The activity meter starts the day with just a basic estimate of how many calories your body will use throughout the day even if you don't do any specific exercise. You burn calories all of the time - even in your sleep. So... when you add an activity, the number on the top goes up because you burnt more than it expected you too - you burt calories in addition to what your body is using to just function.
Make sense?
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Are the numbers on my burn meter and I have yet another question!
The top is an estimate for the day..I understand that. I still don't get the bottom number though. I've entered a number of activities and my BMR is supposedly around 1250. How can the lower number be smaller then my BMR PLUS 45 minutes on the treadmill plus various household activity?
The EAT meter BOTTOM number reflects the calories you are logging into your food log.
The BURN meter TOP number is the total estimated calories you burn based on your age, height, current weight, gender, and activity level -- if you set yourself as "sedentary" and then add in your activity calories -- those are added into the TOP number.
The BURN meter BOTTOM number shows how many calories you have burned at the moment you are looking at the meter. This number starts at 0 at midnight, reflects all the calories you burned throughout the night while sleeping, all the calories you burn just by living, and calories normally expended at your listed activity level. When (If) you add in activity minutes -- it will also reflect that added to the total.
If you stay up til midnight you can see both meters switch over to 0
In order to lose one pound in a week you must EAT an average of 500 calories LESS than you BURN each day
Hi mcderin. Yes.. thank you so much. I see now, I have been looking it the wrong way. I was thinking it would count down to what I should be at the day, instead, as in the eat meter adding up the calories ingested, the burn meter adds up calories burned. Thank you very much for helping me with this!!
